Auction Description: 1,552 posters, lobby cards, stills, and more
Start Date: 7/13/2021
End Date: 8/3/2021 beginning at 7:00 CDT

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Our July Major Auction contains around 1,000 items from all of the world and from every decade, and many different sizes and is being run in three parts:

• Part I (ends Tuesday, August 3rd): 1,552 posters, lobby cards, stills, and more

• Part II (starts Thursday, July 15th): 1,500 unbacked and paperbacked posters of all kinds

• Part III (starts Sunday, July 18th): 700+ linenbacked posters of all kinds

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

9j0001-9j0004 8x10 camera original Universal negative
9j0005-9j0011 comic book (Golden Age & Fantastic Four #1)
9j0012-9j0013 LOUISE BROOKS 11x14 still, FELT PENNANT COLLECTION
9j0014-9j0019 6-sheet, 3-sheet, 40x60, subway
9j0020-9j0031 Australian, Italian, Argentinean, Mexican
9j0032-9j0034 20th CENTURY mini WC, KIRK DOUGLAS Christmas card, SPARTACUS money clip
9j0035-9j0043 cartoon snipe, herald, pressbook, promo brochure
9j0044-9j0047 special poster, standee, German LC, 1897 FRANKENSTEIN hardcover
9j0048-9j0064 program book, exhibitor magazine, campaign book
9j0065-9j0560 folded one-sheet
9j0561 FRANKENSTEIN Title lobby card!
9j0562-9j0635 Title lobby card
9j0636-9j1003 single Scene lobby card
9j1004-9j1005 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN photolobby
9j1006-9j1167 lobby card sets (complete and incomplete)
9j1168-9j1552 single still

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!

KNOW THAT IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part I of our July Major Auction), the posters, lobby cards, and other items will be shipped in our  standard flat packages or boxes for the actual cost of sending your order (plus $3 for the packaging materials). The price will vary depending on the size of the items and how many you purchase, and that is why we have no "estimated rates" below. All of these 1,552 items CAN be combined with each other, but they almost surely CAN'T be combined with the items in Part II and Part III. 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.

Our Pay and Hold Program (see below for how this works) allows you to have your purchases sent every SIXTEEN weeks, which means we will only send you packages around three times a year, but you MUST pay for your purchases every two weeks, even though they may not be shipped for 16 weeks. We urge all of our customers to join the Pay and Hold Program, because it really saves you a massive amount on shipping!

Missouri, California, Washington, and Illinois 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 from 16 consecutive weeks (a total of 12 auctions and around 18,000+ 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!

The flat items in this Part I likely CAN be combined with any other "flat" items that you won in recent auctions or will win in upcoming auctions, and you will have to pay the actual cost of shipping the combined flat package. HOWEVER, we won't combine the Part I items with the rolled items in Part II or the linenbacked items in Part III.

Note that (if you join our Pay and Hold Program) we allow you to 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 I of our July Major Auction), the posters, lobby cards, and other items will be shipped in our  standard flat packages or boxes for the actual cost of sending your order (plus $3 for the packaging materials). The price will vary depending on the size of the items and how many you purchase, and that is why we have no "estimated rates" below. All of these 1,552 items CAN be combined with each other, but they almost surely CAN'T be combined with the items in Part II and Part III. After winning, you need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system.

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.

Have you heard about our Pay and Hold Program?
This lets non-U.S. buyers pay for their purchases from 16 consecutive weeks (a total of 12 auctions and around 18,000+ 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)!