Auction Description: 531 posters, lobby cards, and more that ship in standard tubes or flat packages in Part III of our April Major Auction
Start Date: 4/5/2020
End Date: 5/3/2020 beginning at 3:05 CDT

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

THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN SMALL FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0001-4d0009 heralds, English card games, stamp album, signed photo, ash tray
4d0010-4d0013 Japanese campaign books, MGM booklets

THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN STANDARD FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0014-4d0022 U.S. campaign books, campaign manual, German campaign books
4d0023-4d0027 pressbook, marketing manual, program books, faux LCs
4d0028-4d0035 war posters, Argentinean, German, Hungarian, Australian
4d0036-4d0037 TOWN MOOK Japanese magazine with Star Wars poster, ANDY WARHOL rubber stamp print
4d0038-4d0054 Mexican posters, mini Window Cards
4d0055-4d0068 Australian 3sh, German 37x56, Hungarian, Italian 1p, 2p, 4p
4d0269-4d0320 folded one-sheets
4d0321-4d0375 lobby card sets, title cards, scene cards

THE FOLLOWING SHIP ROLLED IN OVERSIZE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0069-4d0080 Andy Warhol Italian posters, non-U.S. special posters
4d0080-4d0082 Hungarian, Japanese, French
4d0083-4d0087 U.S. circus poster, special U.S. movie posters, 40x60s

THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN VERY OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0088-4d0092 standee, advertising poster, Australian, Russian, tri-folded 3-sheet
4d0093-4d0136 inserts and half-sheets that ship flat
4d0137-4d0142 jumbo window card, pressbooks, standee, tv poster, art print set

THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0143-4d0147 pressbook, jigsaw puzzle, animation cels, German advertising
4d0148-4d0180 large Italian posters, large French posters
4d0181-4d0206 window cards, Star Wars exhibitor brochure

THE FOLLOWING SHIP ROLLED IN STANDARD SIZE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
4d0207-4d0233 Russian movie posters, other Russian posters
4d0234-4d0249 non-U.S. posters, war poster
4d0250 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 30x40 acetate poster
4d0251-4d0252 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 30x40, VERTIGO British quad
4d0253-4d0268 country of origin British quads with LADYKILLERS
4d0376-4d0388 unfolded one-sheets
4d0389-4d0416 half sheets, inserts
4d0417-4d0424 cloth banner, music posters, art prints, war posters
4d0425-4d0427 ANDY WARHOL museum posters
4d0428-4d0442 advertising posters, special posters
4d0443-4d0452 travel posters, English war poster and one-sheets
4d0453-4d0459 Romanian, Belgian, Australian, Yugoslavian, Spanish
4d0460-4d0476 Cuban, German, Polish, Danish
4d0477-4d0493 Japanese
4d0494-4d0516 Hungarian
4d0517-4d0531 Italian one-sheets, photobustas, locandinas

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 an item 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!

KNOW THAT IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part III of our April Major Auction), all of the posters, lobby cards, and other items must be shipped either rolled in tubes or in flat packages for the actual cost of sending your order (plus $3 for the packaging materials). The price will vary greatly depending on this size of the items, and how many you purchase, and that is why we have no "estimated rates" below. In general, all of the "flat" items can be combined, and all of the "rolled" items can be combined, and whenever possible we will do so! But flat and rolled items likely CAN'T be combined. THERE ARE SOME POSTERS THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE THEY COULD BE ROLLED, BUT THEY NEED TO BE SHIPPED FLAT (like inserts and half-sheets). We have some inserts and half sheets that must ship flat and others that CAN be rolled. Refer to the chart above to know how each item needs to be shipped (and that information is also on each individual auction). After winning, you need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system.

U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order plus $3, for both the best packaging materials you have ever seen (you can choose either the U.S. Post Office or UPS (since you are paying it, you can choose the method you prefer). All U.S. orders will be sent fully insured.

NOTE: In the past, we offered a "flat rate" shipping price on some of our auctions. We no longer have this, for two reasons. One is that the shipping companies have drastically raised their rates many times in the past few years, so we were losing lots of money with our flat rate. The other more important reason is that our Pay and Hold Program (see below for how this works) allows you to have your purchases sent every TWELVE weeks, which means we will only send you packages four times a year, and almost all of those packages were already being charged the actual cost anyway. We urge all of our customers to join the Pay and Hold Program, because it really saves you a massive amount on shipping!

Missouri, Arizona, California, Washington, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio customers: If your order is sent within these states, we MUST collect sales tax, and we will do so automatically (unless you have a Reseller Certificate from your state in which case you need to reply to this email with a copy of that Certificate, so you can be exempted from the sales tax).

Have you heard about our Pay and Hold Program?
This lets U.S. buyers PAY for their purchases every two weeks, but we HOLD their purchases from 12 consecutive weeks (a total of 18 auctions and around 24,000+ 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 U.S. buyers who are already part of this program.

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 $5.00 for UPS or $2.60 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: These items in Part III of our April Major Auction can NOT be combined with any of the linenbacked items we auctioned in Part I or Part II (because we try to never combine linen and non-linen items, due to the chance of damage). Also, the rolled and flat items likely CAN be combined with any non-linenbacked "rolled" or "flat" that you won in recent auctions, and you will have to pay the actual cost of shipping the combined rolled or flat package.

Note that (if you join our Pay and Hold Program) we allow you to PAY for your orders within two weeks, but then wait to have your purchases shipped until a total of twelve auctions have ended 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 all those items, 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 two types of items can be combined, most of our regular buyers end up with at least two packages after twelve 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 combined 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 SHIPPING (plus $3 for packaging materials)!

KNOW THAT IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part III of our April Major Auction), while many of the items ship in standard flat packages or tubes, there are also a number of the posters that must be shipped rolled in long tubes or in large oversized flat packages for the actual cost of sending your order (plus $3 for the packaging materials). The price will vary greatly depending on how long the posters are, and how many you purchase, and that is why we have no "estimated rates" below. REALIZE THAT THE OVERSIZED POSTERS WILL COST FAR MORE THAN STANDARD SIZE POSTERS TO SHIP, SO BEAR THAT IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING ON THEM, AND REALIZE THAT POSTERS THAT SHIP IN VERY LONG TUBES OR VERY LARGE FLAT PACKAGES WILL COST A GREAT DEAL TO SHIP OUTSIDE THE U.S., SO DO NOT BID ON THEM AT ALL, UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY THE SUBSTANTIAL SHIPPING FOR THOSE POSTERS.

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 both the best packaging materials you have ever seen and a separate printed invoice mailed to you. 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 all buyers PAY for their purchases within two weeks, and then we HOLD their purchases from 12 consecutive weeks (a total of 18 auctions and around 24,000+ 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 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: 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!

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 (but bear in mind that, depending on the state, we might have to then charge U.S. sales tax)! 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 (plus $3 for packaging materials)!