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PLEASE RETURN TO OUR SITE ON DECEMBER 1st, WHEN THIS WONDERFUL AUCTION OF 1,100 ITEMS BEGINS!

Our upcoming December Major Auction is "great", and in describing it that way I am not exaggerating one bit! You know how EVERY other major auction but us has a "round up the usual suspects" feel to them?

THEIR auctions are filled with items that supposedly recently sold for vast sums of money, but for some reason they keep coming back to auction again and again and again. You will never see that is OUR auctions, because what we sell REALLY sells (if the buyer never pays we always reveal that, and if the buyer later re-consigns the item we reveal that too!).

And we make a MASSIVE effort to track down items we have NEVER auctioned before, or have only auctioned long ago, which gives OUR auctions a "fresh" quality you never see in other auctions. One quick look at the preview ads below confirms that this is completely true with this auction!

I want say a few words about the half-sheet from The Raven shown below.  This is one of the only movies that feature both of the greatest horror actors EVER, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi TOGETHER, and just about everyone agrees is a wonderful movie, and quite a few (including myself) think it is the BEST of the movies these two giants made together!

All first release one-sheets from this classic horror movie are ultra-rare, and until we were consigned this half-sheet the only poster from it we had ever auctioned was a heavily restored window card! Twenty six years ago, we auctioned the Title Card and three scenes (in 1998) and those sold for $12,363, $6,440, $3,450 and $1,380!

Now we have been consigned this wonderful half-sheet, and best of all, it is NOT backed, and it only had some minor amateur restoration (likely many years ago). This will likely be the centerpiece of the new owner's collection, and come the end of this auction, THIS POSTER WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE A NEW OWNER!

I want say a few words about the 20th Century one-sheet shown below. This is one of those rare movies that everyone agrees is a masterpiece, surely one of the finest romantic comedies ever created and many say it is one of the handful of finest movies of any kind, period! This is not that surprising, considering that many of the greatest talents of classic Hollywood came together to create this!

From legendary director Howard Hawks, to the superb screenwriting team of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and the acting talents of the amazing John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, everything in this screwball romantic comedy "works" to perfection!!

While almost all first release one-sheets from ALL 1934 movies are frustratingly ultra-rare, one-sheets from THIS classic go far beyond that! In the 1970s, a collector purchased the Style B one-sheet offered here from another longtime collector, and at that point, it was the first one-sheet of either style that was known to have surfaced!

Flash forward 17 years, and I, Bruce Hershenson, was consigned an example of the Style A one-sheet for my second Christie's auction in 1992, and it sold for $23,100. In the THIRTY TWO additional years since, NO additional example of either poster has surfaced!

Now, the collector who purchased this poster FIFTY YEARS ago has consigned it to us, and it remains the only example of this poster we know of. And it may well be DECADES more before another example of either style surfaces, but come the end of this auction, THIS POSTER WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE A NEW OWNER!

Below are SIXTY additional posters that are ALL guaranteed to be in the upcoming December Major Auction (Click on any of the images to enlarge them).

Click on the above images to see much larger images of each, so you can better view each poster!

Our 25th Annual Halloween Auction had INCREDIBLE results overall, with $528,663 in sales, and around one thousand different buyers! As I been telling you for well over a year, we have the best and most buyers we have EVER had! Use the below links to see ALL the results from each part in its own gallery, OR see EVERY result (not just the top ones, as so many auctions love to do) HERE: https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/results.html

Part I: See ALL the results of the 1,278 folded one-sheets, lobby cards and much more at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/11.html

Part II: See ALL the results of the 1,222 inserts, half-sheets, art prints and other rolled posters at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/12.html

Part III: See ALL the results of the 371 linenbacked, oversized and all sorts of other cool stuff at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/13.html

 

On 12/7/2023, another major auction company sold an example of the one-sheet from The Empire Strikes Back that has unedited Kastel art, and it sold for $20,000. On 12/19/2023 (12 days later), our company, eMoviePoster.com, sold a different example of the one-sheet from The Empire Strikes Back that has unedited Kastel art, for $21,500.

I am NOT bragging about the $1,500 difference, because in the big scheme of things, getting a 7.5% difference in price is not that big a deal, and it COULD have gone either way. And I am not saying that we did a "better" job, or that the other auction did a "lesser" job, or that theirs was in better condition, because we use different grading scales.

But this brings up a great point. A few collectors (especially "newbies") have a perception that the auctions that print fancy catalogs and have giant showrooms sometimes get more money than we do. BUT THIS IS NOT BORNE OUT IN ACTUAL RESULTS! When you compare "like items" (apples to apples and oranges to oranges), you will find that we at eMoviePoster.com often DO get more than the "fancy catalog" auctions.

This is almost surely because we describe the condition far and away the best of ANY auction anywhere, and we ALWAYS post completely unenhanced images of what we are auctioning. THIS takes away the "fear factor" so many collectors have when buying from auctions that can't always be trusted to accurately grade what they are auctioning, and who sometimes will enhance an image to make it appear better than it is.

But back to what I was saying about the difference in the price WE received for our Empire Strikes Back one-sheet and what the other auction got for their Empire Strikes Back one-sheet. What I AM focusing on is the GIGANTIC difference in how much money the CONSIGNORS of the two posters received, and why THIS says so much about where YOU should consign! What do I mean? The poster at that other auction sold for $16,000 "hammer" price, plus a 25% "buyers premium, for a total of $20,000.

The consignor of that poster paid 15% of the hammer price in commission, $2,400, so HE RECEIVED $13,600 OUT OF THE $20,000 SALE! The poster at eMoviePoster.com sold for $21,500 "hammer" price, plus ZERO PERCENT "buyers premium, for a total of $21,500.

The consignor of our poster paid 10% of the hammer price in commission, $2,150, so HE RECEIVED $19,350 OUT OF THE $21,500 SALE! SO OUR CONSIGNOR RECEIVED $19,350, AND THE OTHER CONSIGNOR RECEIVED $13,600, A DIFFERENCE OF FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS!

AND EVEN IF THE OTHER POSTER HAD SOLD FOR $25,000 AND OURS HAD SOLD FOR $20,000, OUR CONSIGNOR WOULD STILL HAVE RECEIVED $1,000 MORE, EVEN THOUGH HIS POSTER SOLD FOR $5,000 LESS!

And this is not solely true with super expensive items! Go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign#intro On that page you will find a detailed breakdown of what happens to someone who consigns a poster that sells for $15,000 at both auctions.

Also for posters that sell for $1,200, $600, $100, and $30 at both auctions, and THE COMPARATIVE RESULTS ARE PRETTY SHOCKING. When you compare, there is NO comparison! $13,200 or $9,000 for a $15,000 poster? $960 or $720 for a $1,200 poster?

$468 or $360 for a $600 poster? $72 or $53 for a $100 poster? And the most SHOCKING of all, 15 DOLLARS or 75 cents for a $30 poster? So if YOU have posters you have considered selling, shouldn't you consign them to eMoviePoster.com, where you get so MUCH more money for equivalent selling prices?

Please go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign for a complete and transparent explanation of exactly how consigning to us works! And we CLEARLY state exactly what we charge at every price level, something you can't find at any other major auction site.

EIGHTEEN months ago, on May 1st, 2023 we announced we would no longer accept ANY sub-$30 consignments AT ALL (and those in under "good to very good" must be $50+). Almost ALL consignors have now realized this, and are either solely sending these lower priced items (or not sending any items), and that saves us massive time sorting through low value items, time we get to spend on the $30+ items we receive, which we are now getting to auction even faster than ever!

But a very few consignors continue to send low value items, and we are now simply returning those at the consignor's expense, so PLEASE, if you are one of the very few doing this, please stop doing so right away!

IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW WE STILL HAVE ANY "BULK LOT" AUCTIONS, THOSE ARE ALL ITEMS RECEIVED BEFORE 5/1/2023! WHEN THOSE ITEMS ARE GONE, THERE WILL BE NO MORE BULK LOTS AT ALL!

This added change has resulted in a much "leaner" eMoviePoster.com, one that does not auction hardly any lesser condition items, and I guarantee you all that bidders have greatly welcomed this change! AND IF THIS MEANS THAT ANY OF YOU NO LONGER WANT TO CONSIGN, I CAN ACCEPT THAT.

SEVENTEEN MONTHS AGO I ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT TO ALL OF YOU! It is now the middle of November 2024. I will continue running this business (just as I have for the past 34 years) through the end of 2025, at the very least!

Since that should roughly coincide with our TWO MILLIONTH auction (which I DO want to reach) I will go until 12/31/25 OR our 2,000,000th auction, whichever comes later!

After 12/31/25, I make no promises at this time. I MAY WELL continue longer (especially as I am SO liking the "new" eMoviePoster.com), or I MAY somewhat withdraw from the business so the employees run it more and more, or I MAY look for a buyer for it (possibly some of the employees themselves), or I MAY close it down!

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR CONSIGNORS? If YOU are someone with a house (or a warehouse) full of items, realize that for the next 14 months you have a effortless way to sell all your items, both with no work on your part, and you get to deal with the most honest and most trusted auction there is!

AFTER 2025 comes to an end, do those of you with a house (or a warehouse) full of items have a "Plan B" if we are no longer auctioning (which may or may not happen)? You surely DON'T want to sell your items one at a time, and you surely know most dealers would offer you pennies on the the dollar, and you surely know that almost every other auction would charge you huge fees and only want your best stuff, so SHOULDN'T YOU CONSIDER THE MERITS OF CONSIGNING TO US OVER THE NEXT FOURTEEN MONTHS?

And PLEASE don't tell me that your plan is to let your heirs worry about how to deal with your stuff after you are gone. That often works out terribly, and sometimes whole collections are literally trashed. Unless you positively hate your heirs, do not choose this option!

Over and over the past few years, very long time collectors with huge collections have told me that "we need to have a talk one of these days" because they need to make a plan on how they will deal with their collection. That time has now come, and all of you have 14 months left in which figure out what to do, and you want to start thinking about this sooner than later!

Now I have no crystal ball! Maybe a new auction like ours will emerge down the line that offers a reasonable alternative to auctioning through us. I hope that occurs. But for right now, I feel that what I say above makes a massive amount of sense for those of you who are in an age bracket (or a point in your life or collecting) where you want and need to do SOMETHING with your collection sooner than later!

If YOU are someone like the collectors or dealers I describe above with a house (or a warehouse) full of items that you would love to no longer have (while getting them into the hands of people who will treasure, and with doing little work on your own), please feel free to email or phone me so we can discuss "your next step"!

WE WANT TO BUILD AN EMOVIEPOSTER.COM THAT CAN KEEP BEING THESE BEST AUCTION HOUSE THERE IS FOR YEARS TO COME, AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH STRICTLY ENFORCING THE ABOVE RULES ABOUT SENDING NO MORE SUB-$30 ITEMS AT ALL (AND NO MORE LESSER CONDITION SUB-$50 ITEMS) THAT WE CAN DO SO. IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERY COLLECTOR AND CONSIGNOR FOR THAT TO HAPPEN! THANKS FOR BEING UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR STRICTLY ENFORCING THESE SIMPLE RULES

eMoviePoster.com is FAR AND AWAY the world's #1 vintage poster auction house, and the reason for that is simple! We give the absolute best customer service there is and we treat every buyer (and consignor) EXACTLY the way we want to be treated when we are a buyer or consignor.

And we say exactly what we will do (with no fine print) and then we do exactly what we said we would. Every week we get LOTS of emails from satisfied buyers and consignors. Here are just a few of them! Whether you are a buyer or consignor, isn't it time YOU discover "the eMoviePoster.com difference"?

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Below are testimonials from some of our longest term consignors (and one who gave us two VERY special "single consignor" auctions!) about WHY they love consigning to us! Because we know full well deciding WHERE to consign can be VERY confusing, we asked our longest term consignors (and one very special recent one!) to write our their experiences consigning to us, to help those "on the fence" about WHERE to consign their items! If any of you consignors reading this would like to share their experiences, please email us with your comments!

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And If YOU have $30+ items you would like to consign (lesser condition items must be $50+, and linen must be $100+), why not head over to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign and read our "no fine print" terms, and learn how you can join the 3,336+ others who have consigned $117 million of items to us!