Our 18th Annual Halloween Auction contains 1,002 items of all years and sizes and is being run in three parts:

• Part I (ends Thursday, November 2nd): 187 items (mostly linenbacked, oversized, and stills)

• Part II Preview (begins Sunday, October 29th): 449 folded one-sheets, lobby cards, and other items that ship in standard flat packages
• Part III Preview (begins Tuesday, October 31st): 366 posters that can be sent rolled in standard tubes

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 OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
1w001-1w014 gel-backed, paperbacked, linenbacked, board-mounted & laminated inserts, trade ad & half-sheets
1w015-1w031 FANTASTIC VOYAGE special window card, window cards (paperbacked and unbacked)
1w032-1w052 Mexican WC & LC, pressbooks, Italian photobustas, French one-panels
1w053-1w054 TOM WHALEN'S UNIVERSAL MONSTERS folio, HOLD THAT GHOST board-mounted one-sheet

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE UNBACKED AND SHIP IN OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (and can not be combined with linenbacked posters):
1w055 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Cinerama subway poster
1w056-1w060 subway, forty by sixties, bus stops

THIS IS UNBACKED AND SHIPS IN AN OVERSIZED TUBE FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (and can not be combined with ANY other posters):
1w061 NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS vinyl banner

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND SHIP IN OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (and can not be combined with un-backed posters):
1w062-1w067 Italian 1p, French 1p, three-sheet

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND SHIP IN TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (and can not be combined with un-backed posters):
1w068-1w088 Australian, Spanish 1-stop, Colombian, Spanish, British quads, French, Argentinean, Mexican, thirty by forty
1w089-1w136 U.S. one-sheets

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN SMALL FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
1w137-1w187 unbelievable collection of 8x10 horror stills!

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 I of our Halloween 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 (unless your package has a dollar value over $300, in which case we will always send it with signature required, unless you specifically tell us not to, and accept responsibility for the package if it is stolen from your porch or lobby)!

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: Tuesday October 3rd "flat" signed items (most of the items in the auction) Thursday October 12th three-sheets, six-sheets, and more Sunday October 15th single 8x10 stills Tuesday October 17th folded one-sheets Thursday October 19th complete and incomplete lobby card sets Sunday October 22nd programs, 11x14s, presskits, and more Tuesday October 24th concert posters, WCs, Italian, and more Thursday October 26th single lobby cards Sunday October 29th groups of 2 or more stills from the same film * The large rolled, paperbacked, and linenbacked posters must ALL be sent separately from all other types of items for an additional shipping charge! There are NO other recent or upcoming auctions that could be combined with rolled, paperbacked, or linenbacked posters.

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).

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 $3 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.

Have you heard about our Pay and Hold Program?
This lets non-U.S. buyers pay for their purchases from 6 consecutive weeks (a total of 18 auctions and around 15,000+ items!), and we then send all your purchases at once saving you LOTS of money! Click HERE to learn more about becoming one of the hundreds of our non-U.S. buyers who are already part of this program.

Learn more about how to save money on shipping by shipping to friends/family in the U.S., insurance, and customs fees.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please bear these approximate shipping cost in mind BEFORE you 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!

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (plus $3 for packaging materials)!