Why are there so few items overall, compared to our usual 999?
There are "only" 283 items in all, but they all need to be shipped in either very oversized flat packages or in boxes, and they include many very interesting and extremely rare ones, and we are OK with there being fewer items in this set of auctions so you have more time to browse these rare and unusual items!

About the 283 "very oversized" or "oversized" items
The 283 items we are currently auctioning in this set of auctions need to EITHER be shipped either in very oversized flat packages OR in boxes (some of those are large as well). There are also 12 vinyl banners which need to be sent in tubes, but they are in this set of auctions because they can't be combined with regular rolled posters. There are many items you may well not see again for sale or auction for many years to come, and there is an amazing variety of all sorts of very unusual items, covering all years, sizes, and genres, so be sure to look through all of these items (in addition to looking at the chart below). If you miss some of these items, you may never again get a chance at them! However, please bear in mind that many of these items may have condition issues that would require restoration. Bear that added expense (and the cost of shipping in a large flat package or box) in mind before placing a bid. In the case of the lesser condition items, you might prefer to wait for a better example of that item to come along, but some of these items only come along once every decade or two, so it could be a very long wait!

Where did the collection of 58 board games come from?
In May 2018, we auctioned a collection of 120 board games that sold for as much as $903, and only a handful went for under $10 each. Now we have been consigned another 58 that come from a variety of consignors, which covers all decades and genres. Most are movie or TV related in some way (often based on a specific movie or TV show, but sometimes on a character). This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase many of these games at one time! If you bought them one at a time, you would have to pay postage on each package, but if you purchase a group of these from this set of auctions, we will combine as many as possible into a single box, which will save you much on shipping. All of these 58 board games will have new owners when these auctions end, because, like all our other auctions, all are being sold with no reserve, and all start at just $1!

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 ITEMS MUST BE SHIPPED IN VERY LARGE FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
2z001-2z015 inserts, half-sheets, jumbo window cards
2z016-2z021 personality, one-sheets (mounted & lenticular), trolley card, special posters
2z034-2z065 pressbook, trade ad, assorted non-U.S. and non-movie posters, oversized stills
2z066-2z085 billboards, 30sheets, 24sheets, 8sh, 3sh
2z086-2z115 40x60s, standees, banners

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE VINYL BANNERS AND SHIP ROLLED IN LARGE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING, AND CAN NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER ITEMS (because of the great chance the thick vinyl can damage non-vinyl paper posters):
2z116-2z127 vinyl banners

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE THREE DIMENSIONAL MUST BE SHIPPED IN BOXES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING, AND CAN LIKELY NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS:
2z128-2z174 all sorts of cool and unusual items
2z175-2z189 printing blocks
2z190-2z202 cups, mugs, and glasses
2z203-2z211 jigsaw puzzles
2z212-2z225 toys and action figures
2z226-2z283 board games

About the shipping of the current 283 "very oversized" or "oversized" rolled items
All of the items we are currently auctioning are "very oversized" or "oversized" items that need to be shipped either in large flat packages or in boxes. This means that, in this set of auctions only, we will combine items that are safe to combine, and we will pack your winnings in as few packages as possible, as long as the items won't be damaged by further combining. YOU HAVE TO PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING YOUR PURCHASES FROM THIS SET OF AUCTIONS, AND THEY ALL REQUIRE LARGE (OR VERY LARGE) FLAT PACKAGES OR BOXES, so bear that added expense in mind before bidding.
     You will likely have to pay a greater amount for shipping these items than for shipping items in our regular auctions (especially if you live outside the U.S., so bear in mind the very high shipping for those outside the U.S. before placing any bids). Because we are selling many different items of many different sizes, our shipping estimate charts below for non-U.S. buyers are only of limited use (and the actual cost can vary drastically from the chart, so PLEASE do not think that you can rely on them!), due to the wide variance of the size of packages, so if knowing the actual shipping cost is important to you before you bid, please contact us with the item or items, along with where you live.

About the condition
We give a detailed overall condition grade ("fine", "very good to fine", "very good", "good to very good", and only a few which are "good" or lesser) along with more details about the condition described in words (where we thought additional details were needed, because the defects were hard to see). We felt this would help bidders identify items they want to bid on more easily. Of course, we could not describe every single defect, so 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 still for minor defects that we did NOT describe.

THIS WEEK ONLY, all buyers (U.S. AND non-U.S.) must pay the actual cost of sending your order, plus $3 for the packaging materials (and remember as described above, some ship in flat packages and some in boxes, so if you win both types, you likely will be charged for two packages, and some of the flat items are not combinable with other flat items). After winning, you need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system. Learn the exact details of flat rate shipping

Why don't we have a "flat rate" for U.S. orders this week, like we do most weeks? Because we are selling "very oversized" or "oversized" posters of all shapes and sizes, some of which must be sent in our custom-made extra heavy duty gorilla proof mailing tubes and others in really oversized flat packages, shipping will vary greatly depending on how many items you get, what the weight of the posters are, if they fit in the same tube or package, and where you live. Generally it will cost $35 at the very least to send an oversized tube or flat package anywhere in the U.S. by either U.S. mail or UPS, fully insured (all U.S. orders MUST be fully insured).

Can we send your order in a less expensive way? We have purchased movie paper items many hundreds of times over the Internet ourselves, and we have seen the tubes and oversized flat packages that other sellers use (both the free kind and the kind purchased at shipping supply stores), and the protection offered by those tubes is spotty at best (those cheaper tubes will often get bent resulting in creasing or tearing to the poster, or in extreme cases, a tube can even lose a cap from an end resulting in the buyer receiving a tube but no posters!), so please do not ask us to use a lighter weight tube or less expensive packing materials to save on shipping, because we won't do it! We know that once you see our tubes you will agree that they are a great investment in protecting your purchase(s) and you will wonder why other sellers of vintage movie paper do not use these same tubes and oversized flat packages (and if somehow you don't agree with us, we ask you not to bid at all!).

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. 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, due to the massive rise in "porch thefts", unless you specifically tell us not to, and you will need to fully accept responsibility for the package if it is stolen from your porch or lobby)!

You CAN usually combine shipment!

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).

AS STATED IN THE CHART ABOVE, DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE COST OF U.S. SHIPPING PLUS $3 FOR PACKAGING MATERIALS (and on a week like this, when we use very large flat packages or boxes, the $3 usually does not come close to covering the cost of those materials). MANY OF THE ITEMS WE ARE CURRENTLY AUCTIONING WILL COST A HIGH AMOUNT TO SEND, SO BEAR THIS ADDED COST IN MIND BEFORE PLACING A BID ON THOSE ITEMS!

Non-U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order (you can choose whatever method you prefer), plus $3 for packaging materials. 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. KNOW THAT IT IS USUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE (SOMETIMES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE) TO SEND THESE OVERSIZED ITEMS OUTSIDE THE U.S., AND THE BELOW CHARTS ARE ONLY A VERY ROUGH GUIDE TO THE ACTUAL COSTS. We do not make a penny on the shipping (because we charge the actual cost), BUT PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THE SUBSTANTIAL ADDED SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE YOU PLACE A BID ON THESE ITEMS!

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!

AS STATED IN THE CHART ABOVE, DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING PLUS $3 FOR PACKAGING MATERIALS (and on a week like this, when we use very large flat packages or boxes, the $3 usually does not come close to covering the cost of those materials). MANY OF THE ITEMS WE ARE CURRENTLY AUCTIONING WILL COST A HIGH AMOUNT TO SEND, SO BEAR THIS ADDED COST IN MIND BEFORE PLACING A BID ON THOSE ITEMS!