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Movie Paper Sale #427 Special Notes
(this is our 427th set of Tuesday auctions
which runs from 5/5 to 5/12)
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ATTENTION! The
Notes and Shipping Details shown below apply SOLELY
to the 606 three-sheets, six-sheets, and Argentinean posters we are selling from
5/5 to 5/12, 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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*Special Notes About Tuesday Items (ending
May 12th)
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*U.S. Shipping Details
*Non-U.S. Shipping Details
*Add More to Your Order: We have over
400 items in our Fixed Price section,
most of which can be added to your order for NO additional shipping cost!
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Special Notes About This Tuesday's Items About The Shipping of Our Current
606
Items
All of the posters we are currently auctioning are "oversized", meaning that
most of them can't be sent in our regular standard-sized flat mailers (and NONE
of them can be rolled in a tube). There are possibly a few exceptions (see our
shipping section below). This means you mostly will have to pay slightly greater
than normal shipping (especially if you live outside the U.S., as the U.S. Post
Office has just increased their rates yet again!), but we try to offset that by only charging
TWO extra dollar over our regular U.S.
shipping rate!
About "Oversized" 3-sheet & 6-sheet U.S. Posters
(three-sheets which measure 41" x 81" & six-sheets which measure 81" x 81")
This week we are auctioning a very large number of three-sheet
and six-sheet posters, including some very scarce titles, some of which may never have been at auction before. Most of the posters we are selling were actually used in a theater (all were printed intended for theater-use, but some never made it out of the poster exchange that distributed them,
and on the few that appear to have been never used, we clearly note that in
the item's condition), and they have defects typical with those acquired by a poster that has been attached to a wall and then taken down again. Some of the posters were used in theaters in other parts of the world, and some of those have "censor stamps" on them (but, unlike one-sheets with censor stamps, most three-sheets
and and six-sheets with censor stamps are stamped in unobtrusive places, often in the blank background areas; in addition, sometimes the censor stamps are relatively very small on these larger posters and are much less noticeable than they would be on one-sheets). MOST COLLECTORS OF THREE-SHEETS
AND SIX-SHEETS ARE ACCEPTING OF THE DEFECTS THAT THEATER-USED LARGER POSTERS ACQUIRE, BUT IF YOU ARE NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BID ON THESE POSTERS
(unless they are one of the ones we marked as having been never used). Most collectors of three-sheets
and six-sheets have them linenbacked and restored prior to displaying them, and they know that most of the defects theater-used posters acquire can be fairly easily restored during the linenbacking process. If you are like most collectors, and can accept the defects that most of these posters have (which WERE acquired during actual theater use!) then we think you will be very happy to have this rare opportunity to select from such a huge number of rarely seen larger U.S. posters!
About
Our Digital Images of Posters Printed in 2 or More Pieces, and of Larger Posters
Most of the three-sheets and six-sheets we are offering this week are printed in 2 or more pieces (because
they were made before printers had the ability to print such large posters in one piece, so they were normally printed in two
or four pieces; in the late 1970s, printers began printing three-sheets in a
single piece, and six-sheets in two pieces). To give you the best possible idea of what the poster will look like when the pieces are combined, as intended, we photograph each piece separately and then digitally "join" the images to show you what the entire poster looks like (when there are multiple pieces, they are printed with extra blank borders designed to overlap, so that the pieces can be combined to have a perfect "fit"). BUT THE DOWNSIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHING THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS BY THEMSELVES IS THAT THE LIGHTING IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN WE PHOTOGRAPH EACH PIECE SEPARATELY. Often this leads to one part of the poster appearing darker (or lighter) than the rest of the poster. THIS IS DUE SOLELY TO THE LIGHTING AND DOES NOT MEAN ONE PIECE IS "DARKER" THAN ANOTHER! If one of our posters ACTUALLY has significantly different coloring from one piece to another, we SURELY note that in words. This same "lighter" and "darker" issue can occur in single piece posters, if they are very large (like three-sheets that are printed in a single piece), because the poster is so large that the lighting may vary from one area of the poster to another. But know that any color difference from one section of a poster to another, or from one portion of the poster to another, is purely due to photography and is NOT on the actual poster, and when you see the poster in person, you will see that this is correct!
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
only a few less than "good") along with more details about the condition described in words (but pretty much
a general description of the defects, and we only describe specific defects if they are
the type 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. |
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 65775If 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)!
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U.S. Shipping
Details As a special offer to our customers, U.S. buyers need to enclose $11
shipping no matter how many items you win!
Why $11 shipping this week?
This week only (because we are selling
"oversized" posters which do not fit in our standard mailers, and will need
to be sent in large oversized mailers, or between six heavy pieces of large
cardboard), all U.S. buyers must pay a total of $11 (eleven) shipping, whether
you buy 1 item or 100 (or any number in-between). Note that we FULLY
INSURE EVERY U.S. order we send! We will spend the shipping collected on
virtually all orders, and we spend far more on those that involve lots of
items and high dollar items.
A few of the
posters this week are not oversized!
Note that a few of the posters we are selling this
week are not technically "oversized", because they can be folded down to a
size that fits in our standard mailers. But there are relatively few of
these, and since we only now charge $2 extra for U.S. shipping ($11 versus
$9), we don't want to fold those items (thus reinforcing creases that have
been greatly diminished) to save $2, so ALL U.S. buyers will pay $11
shipping on items from this set of auctions!
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY ON SHIPPING!
We used to charge $10 for U.S. shipping on "oversized" posters of these
sizes, but we know the U.S. Postal Service has yet again increased their
rates, but we have raised our rate to just $11 (but if we discover that we
lose a lot at this rate, we will have to raise the price the next time we
sell these sizes). THIS LIKELY WILL NOT COVER OUR COST OF SHIPPING
FOR MOST U.S. ORDERS, but we are keeping this special "$11 U.S.
shipping" rate this week, as a special discount to our buyers in our auctions on
our own site, even though this means we will lose money on shipping
virtually every U.S. package!
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 Tuesday items must
be sent in "oversized" flat packages and can NOT be combined with the
British quads and 30x40s we are auctioning 4/28 to 5/7 [except with some of
the folded British quads, and then only if the buyer specifically requests
that we do so], and CAN be combined with the French and Italian posters we
will be auctioning 5/7 to 5/14, and CAN be combined with the one-sheets we
will be auctioning 5/12 to 5/21)
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 $11 U.S. SHIPPING!
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Non-U.S. Shipping Details 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.
A few of the
posters this week are not oversized!
Note that a few of the posters we are selling this
week are not technically "oversized", because they can be folded down to a
size that fits in our standard mailers. But there are relatively few of
these, and since we only now charge $2 extra for U.S. shipping ($11 versus
$9), we don't want to fold those items (thus reinforcing creases that have
been greatly diminished) to save $2! The only exception to this is when one
of these posters is purchased by someone from outside the U.S., because the
difference between sending a standard sized package and an oversized package
can be $15 or $20.
But since there are not many of these posters, we will
leave it up to our non-U.S. buyers to let us know (if they solely purchased
one poster) if they would prefer their item to be packaged in a standard
mailer to save money on shipping (but they would then not get the free
Masterprints, and of course many of the posters CAN'T be sent in a
standard mailer without damaging them).
Here is a chart
containing estimated shipping charges for up to 3 items from this
week's auctions
(Note: Insured quotes are based on a $200 value; you pay
$1.60 more for each additional $100 of insurance) |
Type of Shipping |
Canada/Mexico |
Australian/Asia/Japan |
Everywhere Else (inc Europe) |
Airmail - Uninsured |
$27.20 / $33.75 |
$43.00 |
$41.00 |
Airmail - Insured |
29.10 / N/A |
45.20 |
44.20 |
Global Express - Insured |
44.90 / N/A |
49.95 |
52.95 |
Global Express - Uninsured |
43.00 / 45.00 |
48.25 |
49.25 |
First Class |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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.)!
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You Can
Add More to Your
Order
In addition to our current auctions, we offer
many other non-auction items. Please note that the items in this week's
auction will mostly be sent rolled in tubes, so you can add any item that
can easily be rolled for no additional shipping costs. We have noted in each
paragraph below whether the items can be shipped rolled or not.
2008 Movie Poster Sales Results!
(can be
shipped rolled or flat)
This edition includes 25,000
verified sales results from our 2007 sales and contains NO duplication to our
previous editions! We are offering the brand new 2008 edition for the cover
price of $10, or you can order it, plus the previous four editions for a
total of $15, a great savings of $35 off of the combined cover prices! Go
to our "Other
Publications" books page at
http://www.emovieposter.com/books/books.php?section=nonBruce to learn more
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Illustration Magazines
(can be shipped flat only)
Know that we also sell several other movie poster-related publications, so now
is a good time to pick up items you may have missed! We have copies of a great
full-color magazine entirely devoted to the great legendary poster artist, Bob
Peak! This magazine (called Illustration Magazine #6) has tons of
full-color images, all shot directly from Peak's originals, and has a great
in-depth overview of Peak's entire career, written by his son! It sells for $9
and it is almost completely sold out, but if you want a copy, just enclose $9
with your order! We also have copies of Illustration Magazine #7, which
has a long article on master horror/sci-fi illustrator Reynold Brown, with many
full-color images shot directly from his originals, and that issue is also just
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Movie Collectors World
(can be shipped rolled or flat)
We also offer the latest issue of Movie Collectors World to all
our buyers (the latest is the June issue, which we just received). This magazine has been published for over 30 years and is the "Bible" of the movie poster collecting hobby! The cover price is $3.00. If you want a copy of the
June issue added to your order for $3.00 (with NO additional shipping), just let us know when you pay for your order and we will include it! |
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Fixed Price Posters
(most can be shipped rolled but not all can be sent flat; if an
item has a "UF" or "TF" in the description, it can only be shipped rolled, but
if it has a "FF" in the description, it can likely be sent rolled or flat;
please
check with us if you are unsure)
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 422 MOVIE POSTERS ON OUR WEBSITE AS "FIXED PRICE" ITEMS! Click
HERE
to view these Fixed Price posters on our website (many of them are one-sheets). If we can combine any of the Fixed
Price items with your current purchases into a single package, then we won't
charge you any added shipping!
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