Our May Major Auction contains 843 items, covering all years and sizes and is being run in three parts:

• Part I (Ends Sunday May 1st): 307 linenbacked one-sheets
• Part II (Ends Tuesday May 3rd): 328 linenbacked posters (movie and non-movie, U.S. and non-U.S., standard sized and oversized)
• Part III (Ends Thursday May 5th): 208 great movie paper items of all sorts

What distinguishes OUR major auctions from other major auctions? Only the lack of any reserves or buyers premiums, honest condition grading, and unenhanced super-sized images! You will find an amazing "supermarket" selection of great posters from all years, genres, and countries!

HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN REGULAR FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
6w001-6w002 FOOTLIGHT PARADE and FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS lobby cards
6w003-6w006 mini window cards
6w031-6w048 window cards
6w049 SOPHIA LOREN deluxe Seawell still
6w050 BRINGING UP BABY framed 8x10 still signed by entire cast & crew
6w051 BLONDE VENUS jumbo LC
6w052 12 AFFICHES DU CINEMA Raymond Gid portfolio containing 12 posters
6w053-6w055 French 1p, German 2p, Italian 2p
6w056 set of nine MGM framed photos
6w057 incredible BELA LUGOSI/BORIS KARLOFF 1932 candid portrait still
6w058-6w060 BIG TRAIL 11x14 still, PETER LORRE folio with deluxe 8x10 still, STOOGE hardcover script
6w061-6w064 NAPOLEON French souvenir program book, FAUST German program, CABIRIA souvenir program book, DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER promo cards
6w065-6w075 Italian 1p & 2p, Japanese 30x43, Russian, HARD DAY'S NIGHT Danish, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Australian daybill, ALEXANDER NEVSKY set of 3 Canadian premiere posters, SEA SQUAWK 3sh, LOVE ON THE RUN 24sh
6w076-6w092 one-sheets
6w093-6w100 Argentinean
6w102 LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE advertising poster

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE WIDER THAN 32" AND SHIP IN OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
6w007 JAWS 2 8ft x12ft unassembled standee
6w008-6w012 Forty by Sixties, STAR WARS German 47x66, Australian surfing poster, RICHARD NIXON campaign poster

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST SHIP FLAT IN OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
6w013-6w018 paperbacked half-sheets including GILDA
6w019-6w029 paperbacked inserts including THIS GUN FOR HIRE
6w030 KLONDIKE ANNIE jumbo WC
6w101 local theater metal display sign
6w103 MARILYN MONROE 18x23 uncut stamp sheet
6w109-6w112 TAP ROOTS original movie poster art, MARIHUANA silk banner, tri-folded three-sheets

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN REGULAR SIZE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
6w104-6w108 boxing, travel, World War I posters
6w113-6w120 paperbacked one-sheets and non-U.S. posters
6w121-6w122 MUMMY & CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON S2 re-creations
6w123-6w128 U.S. & English one-sheets
6w129-6w136 half-sheets
6w137-6w146 inserts
6w147-6w150 special posters, Thirty by Forty
6w151-6w175 long Australian daybill, French, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Czech, Polish, English including British quads
6w176-6w207 Japanese
6w208 PRINCE KAR-MI 1914 magic poster

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!

THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part III of our May Major Auction). The items being auctioned ship in a variety of ways, and you should refer to each individual auction page or the chart above to know how it will be shipped. After winning and depending on what you win, you may need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system. Learn the exact details of flat rate shipping
     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).

Do you need "signature required"?
Neither UPS nor USPS automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $4.25 for UPS or $2.45 for USPS that they charge for "signature required", and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package at the door, and you may well have to go to the UPS or USPS facility yourself to pick it up if you aren't there to meet the delivery person. 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 need to be sent in a variety of ways (as noted on the individual auction pages and in the chart above) 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. *Most "flat" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Sunday March 27th groups of 2 or more stills from the same title or star Sunday April 3rd "flat" items in our all Star Wars auction Tuesday April 5th folded one-sheets Thursday April 7th complete and incomplete lobby card sets Sunday April 10th all sorts of misc. items Tuesday April 12th three-sheets, six-sheets, and more Tuesday April 19th single lobby cards Thursday April 21st folded non-U.S. posters and non-U.S. stills & lobbies Sunday April 24th groups of 2 or more stills from the same title or star *Most unbacked "rolled" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Tuesday March 29th rolled non-U.S. posters Thursday March 31st inserts and half-sheets Sunday April 3rd "rolled" items in our all Star Wars auction Thursday April 14th inserts and half-sheets Tuesday April 26th inserts and half-sheets Thursday April 28th rolled one-sheets * Linenbacked posters must be ALL be sent separately from all other types of items for an additional shipping charge! There are solely linenbacked posters in Parts I and II. * ALL of the items be sent separately from these auctions for an additional shipping charge: Sunday April 3rd "flat" and "oversized" items in our all Star Wars auction Sunday April 17th bulk lots (NOTE: Some items can be combined and if safe to do so, we will!)

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 COST OF SHIPPING AS STATED ON THE INDIVIDUAL AUCTION PAGES (or using the chart above).