ATTENTION! The Notes and Shipping Details shown below apply SOLELY to the 765 British quads and 30x40s we are selling from 4/30 to 5/7, and may well NOT apply to other auctions. If you are looking for details for other auctions, please check our Special Notes Archive.

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About Those British quads in This Auction Which Were Once Folded
     Note that some of the British quads in this auction were NEVER folded, and some were folded (almost all "older" British quads were folded before they were distributed to theaters).  Unlike U.S. one-sheets, which were almost all folded in the exact same way, some British quads were folded vertically three times and horizontally once, but others were folded vertically three times and horizontally three times (folded one time more).
     However, all of the quads in this auction were stored unfolded, which has diminished how noticeable the foldlines are.  UNLESS WE ARE TOLD OTHERWISE BY THE NEW OWNER, WE INTEND TO SEND ALL OF THESE QUADS ROLLED IN TUBES.  However, if a person solely purchases one of the previously folded quads, we WILL re-fold it and send it in a flat package if the person specifically requests it (this will lower the shipping when it is one of the quads that was folded an extra time, because it will fit in a small flat package, but it will likely not lower the shipping when it is one of the quads that was folded in the regular way).  Of course, if you purchase both quads that were once folded and quads that were never folded, then it will make far more sense to send them all together in a single tube.

About the Rarity of 30x40 Movie Posters
     Thirty by forty posters have been made since the 1930s, but few theaters ever ordered them, making them FAR more rare than one-sheets of the same titles.  Why?  Because they were printed on a much better paper stock than that of one-sheets, and the studios charged between five and ten times more for these posters, so only the biggest theaters ordered them.  Many collectors do not realize these sizes exist, but there is a great argument for why thirty by forties should sell for more than corresponding one-sheets, which is that they are printed on a much better paper stock, don't have the annoying foldlines of regular folded one-sheets, and are a jillion times more rare!  We have seen high grade thirty by forties continue to rise in price as more and more collectors become aware of them, and we expect this trend to continue.  The collection of thirty by forties we are offering this week include many titles that are both rare AND desirable!  Best of all, many are in really wonderful condition, and very few have any annoying tiny creases (referred to as "crinkle marks" in the hobby)!

About Creases in 30x40 Movie Posters
     Thirty by forty posters have many advantages over one-sheets (see above), but the only disadvantage they have is that the kind of paper they were printed on creases very easily, especially if the poster is at all roughly handled.  Once a poster has these tiny creases (and if the poster is roughly handled while it is rolled, the creases are libel to be scattered throughout different parts of the image), then is no quick or easy way to remove them. 
    Most collectors dislike these creases (called "crinkle marks"), but most recognize that it is very hard to find any thirty by forty posters without ANY of them, and are accepting of just a few, especially if they are not very noticeable or distracting.  We have strongly downgraded the thirty by forty posters we are selling that have very noticeable crinkle marks, and we try to always note that in our written description of those items (sometimes, crinkle marks don't show well in a digital image, and some unscrupulous dealers will fail to mention them to unsuspecting buyers!), but we ALWAYS mention them in writing (if they are at all distracting), so the buyers of these posters will not get unpleasant surprises when they first see them in person!
    Know that a fair number of the 30 x 40 posters we are selling are in REALLY excellent condition (with few or no crinkle marks).  But generally, know that posters in "fine" condition have virtually no crinkle marks, and that posters in "very good to fine" have very few crinkle marks, and the ones that there are are barely noticeable, and not very distracting at all!

About the Condition
     Note that we give a detailed overall condition grade to every item we sell ("fine", "very good to fine", "very good", "good to very good", "good", and "fair", with only a few graded "poor") along with more details about the condition described in words (but pretty much only if they are defects that CAN'T be seen in our super-sized images, or if the item is especially valuable).  We felt this would help bidders identify items they want to bid on more easily.  Of course, we still strongly recommend that you look at our super-sized image to see the extent of the defects that we describe and to examine the poster for minor defects that we did NOT describe.

    If a poster is in less than very good condition, should you not bid on it? Of course not, as long as you are accepting of the defects the poster has! The item that is graded "very good", but has as many minor defects as is allowed under the "very good" definition is only in SLIGHTLY better condition than the best of the "good to very good" items. So please take the time to look at the larger images of items that interest you, and see if the defects are the sort that you can "live with", or are willing to restore. Some of these items are EXTREMELY rare, and it may be years before you see them offered again!

Payment Options
We accept all major credit cards, either directly over the phone at 417-256-9616 during our regular business hours which are Monday to Friday, 9 AM CST to 5 PM CST except between 12 and 1 when we take lunch, or you can e-mail us payment details, and there are still a few people who fax us!

If you like to pay via Paypal (our PayPal e-mail is "mail@emovieposter.com"), that is fine, but know that PayPal has many glitches, and you should ABSOLUTELY e-mail us separately when you send us a PayPal payment!

You can send a check or money order (if you do, enclose your address and details about what you purchased) to:
Bruce Hershenson
Attn: Payments
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775

If it is your best payment option, you can pay by Western Union (unlike SOME auction sites, we are not prejudiced against Western Union!). But please don't send cash (as we can't be responsible for lost cash)!

U.S. buyers need to enclose $9 shipping (which includes full insurance)!

Why do we charge $9, when we used to charge $9 to $11 on eBay?
     We spend $9 (or more) on almost all U.S. orders, because we use such good, heavy packaging (at least twice as strong as that used by most sellers), even on low priced orders (because we believe a low priced item still deserves the best handling)!
     We USED to charge $11 for shipping on U.S. orders over $100 when we sold on eBay, but now that we are auctioning on our own site we have lowered that to $9, which is both our way of thanking those who order a lot from us, and also our way of passing on our savings from not paying eBay commissions to our customers!

Will your order be shipped to you by UPS?
     UPS does NOT automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $2.50 UPS charges for "signature required" Delivery Confirmation, and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package, and you may well have to go to the UPS facility yourself to pick it up.  But if you prefer this, that is fine, and if you have any other special requirements, please tell us when you are paying for your order.  IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT SIGNATURE REQUIRED, THEN YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE SENT WITHOUT SIGNATURE REQUIRED!

You CAN usually combine shipment!
(NOTE: These Thursday items must be sent rolled in tubes and can NOT be combined with the folded one-sheets we auctioned 4/28 and 4/30 [except with some of the British quads, and then only if the buyer specifically requests that we do so], but CAN be combined with the British quads we are auctioning on 5/5, and can NOT be combined with the 'oversized' flat items we'll be auctioning 5/5 to 5/14)
Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single set of EITHER Tuesday or Thursday auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge for all of the items, but we also allow you to wait until the next three sets of auctions end (a total of four sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to four of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package). We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do, but we know that our packaging is the best there is, and our orders virtually never arrive damaged (and on the very rare times that they do, all our U.S. packages are fully insured, and FULL INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE $5 U.S. SHIPPING CHARGE).

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE $9 U.S. SHIPPING!

Non-U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order (you can choose whatever method you prefer, but know that the U.S. Post Office has eliminated Surface Mail, so we can only send via Express or Airmail), plus $2 for the best packaging materials you have ever seen.  All non-U.S. buyers must tell us if they want the package sent insured or uninsured at the time they pay for their order.

     IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please bear this shipping cost in mind BEFORE your place a bid (if you live outside the U.S.). The vast majority of our customers want a very securely packed tube, and will pay the extra shipping cost involved (and of course, it goes to the Post Office or UPS, and not us!). Please do not ask us to pack less securely, as that would likely result in a damaged order.
    Some sellers are sending by Ground UPS to Canada, but that incurs large "brokerage fees", so we do not recommend it.  Note that there are also some sellers sending non-U.S. packages via a "Letter" rate, but of course this is not legal, and we can not do this.  We have outlined the possibilities for sending non-U.S. packages above, so please read that carefully, BEFORE placing a bid!

Do you have a friend or relative who lives in the United States? Some of our customers either visit the U.S. regularly, or have friends or relatives within the U.S., and often those customers have us send their orders to a U.S. address, and then they transport the posters from there. THIS CAN SAVE YOU A GREAT DEAL ON SHIPPING! This is fine with us, but realize that you still need to let us know within one week of receipt if you want to return anything, so don't use this method unless you are certain you will want to keep your purchases.

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (the actual cost of shipping plus $2 outside the U.S.)!