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ATTENTION! The details shown below apply SOLELY to the 687 original vintage scripts (all originals, with no 'copy' scripts!) we are auctioning from 1/14 to 1/21, and may well NOT apply to our other sets of weekly auctions. If you are looking for details about any of our other sets of weekly auctions, please check our Info Archive.

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Where did this collection of scripts in this set of auctions come from?
Last September, we auctioned 700 scripts that primarily came from two sources. Some came from the personal collection of director/screenwriter Charles Shyer, and many came from the files of super agent Paul Kohner (we had auctioned many scripts from this collection in previous auctions). We also had other scripts that had been consigned to us by a large number of people. In EVERY case, we very carefully verified that these are original scripts and NOT any sort of later copy script. |
     Now we have the remaining scripts from the Kohner files (414 of them!) and the remaining scripts from the Shyer collection (89 of them, most of which are "For Your Consideration" scripts Mr. Shyer received as an Academy member). We also have 184 scripts from many other consignors, and just like last time, we very carefully verified that these are original scripts and NOT any sort of later copy script (but we are NOT script experts, so it is not impossible that we made a mistake on one or more scripts, but we will gladly accept returns of any scripts that the buyer believes is not as we said it was as to originality, but they must be returned within 30 days of the end of the auction).

What about the rights to publish or reproduce these scripts (especially the unproduced ones)?
Around 250 of the scripts we are currently auctioning (mostly from the files of Paul Kohner) are from movies (or plays) that were never made! It is important to note that we are solely auctioning the physical scripts, and we are NOT auctioning anything else. The person who purchases these unproduced scripts is solely purchasing the script itself, and NOT any right to reproduce all of it or any part of it in any way, or publish it or put it on the Internet. The same is also true for the scripts that are from movies that WERE made. In all these script auctions, the buyer solely owns the script they have purchased. If they want to pursue publishing it or doing anything else with it, they need to acquire those rights from the person who owns them.

About the scripts in this set of auctions
All the scripts we auction are either originals that were printed for use by actors, crew, or agents when the movie first came out or were printed to "pitch" the movie to studio executives. EVERY one of the scripts we auction are absolutely genuine and from the time the movie first came out (there are unscrupulous dealers on the Internet who take original scripts and copy them and then sell those copies as if they were originals). Included in this auction is a large group of scripts that were sent to the screenwriter members of the Motion Picture Academy, to try to get them to nominate that movie for a screenwriting Oscar (and those are clearly marked in those specific auctions). There ARE a very few scripts that are not from the time the movie came out, but those are very clearly noted (those were usually given to people working on a possible remake, or they were given to friends of the director or screenwriter, etc).

If you are new to collecting vintage scripts, here are some important things to know:

There are three basic kinds of scripts:

1) OUTLINES AND TREATMENTS. These are preliminary story proposals which are later fleshed out into scripts. These scripts always are called either OUTLINE or TREATMENT.

2) SCRIPTS/SCREENPLAYS These are shooting scripts for movies. They are written before a film is made, and they are often revised during the shooting of a film. In some cases, you will find multiple DIFFERENT versions of a script for the same film. The script might say FIRST DRAFT or REVISED FIRST DRAFT or SECOND DRAFT, etc., and these are all different things. Some script collectors would only want one script for a film, whereas others could be quite interested to buy different drafts or versions for the same film.

NOTE: Sometimes two scripts may initially look identical. They will have the same covers and both will say, for example, THIRD DRAFT. But, if the number of pages is different (and, typically, one version is all on white paper, and the other one has various pages of revisions, on various other colors of paper), then the two scripts are actually separate and different from each other. Most commonly, when a script was revised, the changed pages were printed in a new color, with the date of the revision at the top of each page, and then someone would collect all the scripts and manually take out the old pages and insert the new pages, and then pass the scripts back out! That way, everyone could quickly see the changed pages by looking for the pages of a new color. Often, the script would be revised a second time, and then yet a different color would be used for the second changes, and the same procedure would be followed. Sometimes there would be five or more revisions, and all of the scripts would end up looking like they were "rainbow colored", because of the many different color revision pages inserted inside. Sometimes, however, the revision pages would be printed in white, and sometimes they would not be inserted where they belonged, but would simply be added to the back of each script.

3) POST-PRODUCTION SCRIPTS These are summaries of what is on the screen, and they are made up by the studios after the film has been completed. They have different names, among them CONTINUITY, DIALOGUE CUTTING SCRIPT, CUTTING SCRIPT, CENSORSHIP SCRIPT.

IN EVERY CASE, we photograph the cover of the script, the title page, the final page (the one that says "The End"), and one or more interior pages. This will GREATLY help you to know what kind of script it is, and also help assure you of its originality. Also, seeing those images will greatly help you judge the exact condition of the script (see below for more on this).

Please realize that the prices of scripts do NOT correlate to the prices of the corresponding posters from those movies! There are cases where the posters sell for little and the scripts are quite valuable, and vice versa.

Sometimes, the title of a script was changed by the time of a film's release (the earlier title is commonly referred to as the "working title"). In the cases of those scripts, we have listed it under the title the movie was ultimately produced as. There are some scripts where we can find no information about whether they were ever turned into movies, and we think that they were never produced, but we are far from experts on this subject, so in those cases, we list it under the title that is on the script (and ask for help in identifying if it was ever produced, and if so, under what title).

KNOW THAT ORIGINAL VINTAGE SCRIPTS ARE FAR MORE RARE THAN POSTERS FROM THE CORRESPONDING TITLES! An initial outline or treatment would have had a tiny number of them printed, perhaps 5 or 10. An early draft prior to a final shooting script of a movie might have had 10 or 20 copies produced. And even a final shooting script of a film might have had a couple of hundred copies printed. And, of course, very few of these scripts survive, because no one valued them at the time. This was true all the way into the 1990s (long after collectors began placing a premium value on vintage posters, very few collectors sought out original vintage scripts, which means there is an extreme rarity of even 1990s scripts, and very few authentic scripts of the last forty years are offered for sale or auction).

U.S. buyers need to enclose the actual cost of shipping, which includes full insurance! NOTE: You will be quoted the actual cost of shipping when you request it. IMPORTANT! Scripts can be sent by Media Mail, which is far less expensive than other U.S. shipping methods. But packages sent by Media Mail are not handled as carefully as those sent by other methods. So we will gladly send inexpensive scripts by Media Mail, but we will not send expensive ones that way, unless the buyer specifically accepts responsibility in case the scripts are lost or damaged.

Missouri customers: You must pay an additional 7.162% sales tax on your purchases. If your order is sent within the state of Missouri, we MUST collect this tax (if it is shipped to another state, we do not collect the tax).

You CAN usually combine shipment!

NOTE: These Thursday items need to be sent in flat packages so... IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COMBINING: Flat rate shipping is good for 3 weeks worth of purchases (assuming all the items fit into a single package; Learn More About Combining). If you win items over a span of more than 21 days, you will then be charged the actual cost of shipping plus $3 for packing materials. *they can be combined with these auctions: Sunday December 20th groups of 2 or more stills from the same title or star Tuesday December 22nd 3sheets, 6sheets, Italian, Argentinean, and more Tuesday December 29th complete and incomplete lobby card sets Tuesday January 5th window cards and oversized folded posters Thursday January 7th folded one-sheets Sunday January 10th pressbooks, glass slides, and magazines Sunday January 17th single stills Tuesday January 19th complete and incomplete lobby card sets *they must be sent separately from these auctions for an additional shipping charge: Thursday December 24th rolled one-sheets Sunday December 27th rolled one-sheets Thursday December 31st bulk lots (NOTE: Some items can be combined and if safe to do so, we will!) Sunday January 3rd rolled non-U.S. posters Tuesday January 12th rolled non-U.S. posters Thursday January 14th inserts and half-sheets

Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single set of Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Sunday auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge for all of the items (even if you get 100 or more, but solely from a single set!), but we also allow you to wait until the next three weeks of auctions end (a total of up to nine sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible; see Learn More About Combining), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to nine of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package, but of course, there is a limit to how many items can fit in a single package or tube, and if you end up with several packages, you will need to pay that many shipping charges; Learn More About Combining). Since around half of our auctions have items that ship in tubes and the other half have items that ship in flat packages, and since few of those items can be combined, most of our regular buyers end up with at least two packages after three weeks. We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do (and of course, there are others who charge far more!), but none of the ones with lower rates offer the same generous flat rate shipping we do, and 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 U.S. SHIPPING CHARGE).

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF U.S. SHIPPING (plus $3 for heavy duty packing materials; unless otherwise specified)!