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Auction History Result 7t033 STARS OF METRO GOLDWYN MAYER signed commercial poster '78 by TWENTY THREE classic MGM stars! Date Sold 1/22/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded Commercial Movie Poster (made to be sold directly to the public; measures 23 3/4" x 30" [60 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) The Stars of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, the late 1970s commercial poster featuring a close-up of the classic MGM logo against a red background with the signatures of MGM stars. Not all of the stars signed every poster but the stars included: June Allyson, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Cyd Charisse, Jackie Cooper, James Craig, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Irene Dunne, Kathryn Grayson, Virginia Grey, Van Johnson, Fernando Lamas, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Tony Martin, Vincente Minnelli, Margaret O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, Joe Pasternak, Eleanor Powell, Ann Rutherford and Esther Williams. Note that this was published by The Nostalgia Merchant, which was a company owned by Snuff Garrett. He worked in the movies, and he was a poster/lobby card collector, and he thought there would be a market for posters signed by a number of then-living stars. This is one of several different posters he created, and of course, in this case, he rounded up classic MGM stars, and arranged for each of them to sign a number of these posters, which he then marketed to collectors (and there were actually several different editions of this "The Stars of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" poster, done over a few year period, with different stars signing each different edition). There were also several other posters he produced, each one devoted to a different theme, and each one was signed by a number of actors related to that theme. We have heard from a knowledgeable source that it took over a year to complete all of the signatures for the posters. Employees of Nostalgia Merchant/Snuff Garrett would often travel to the stars homes or their offices, or the stars would come to Hollywood to sign. To sign all prints in the series took each star approximately 5 to 6 hours! Of course, in recent years, we have seen many posters signed by large numbers of celebrities appear on eBay, and the vast majority of them are completely fake, but this poster is 100% authentic! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by TWENTY THREE different stars (see above)! About the Jon Robert Shaps Autograph Collection Note that this item and 56 others were consigned to us by the brother of Jon Robert Shaps, a celebrity photographer in the 1970s and 1980s. This is a truly remarkable collection of signed items! We have created a webpage explaining who Jon Robert Shaps was and how he acquired this collection, and we urge you to view that page at this link. The page also has images of Mr. Shaps with 29 celebrities he photographed, and also an image of an appraisal of these items done in 1991, after Mr. Shaps' untimely passing. The phrase "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" is certainly overused, but it seems to be very appropriate in the case of the auction of these 57 items! Condition: good to very good. There is rippling around the edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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