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Once Discarded Frankenstein Movie Poster Sells For $358,500 At Heritage Auctions
MAJOR COLLECTORS AUCTION II
Vintage Movie Posters Auction Hits $2.1 Million On March 28 And 29
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 AT 9:30 A.M.
amazing poster and a true piece of Hollywood history. It will be the gem of any collection. Period.” The Style C three-sheet measures a hulking 41-by78.5-inches and had apparently been used by the theater as a display for a number of reissues of the film, as was often the case throughout the 1930s and ’40s. Bidders also pushed the sale price of an 11-by-14-inch lobby card from the film to $40,630, making it the most valuable example of its kind from the movie. An imposing six-sheet for “The Maltese Falcon” (Warner Brothers, 1941), the only-known copy to have appeared at public auction, sold for $191,200 after
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reached $2,588. Reed was famous for her paintings of Western scenes, often showing Butterfield Overland stagecoaches, the Overland Mail Route, cowboys and horses. A prehistoric Anasazi pottery jar, a black-on-white water olla in as-found condition (in Tularosa, a village in Otero County, N.M.), 11.75inches tall, with some cracks but in remarkable condition for its age, sold for $2,185. A traditional hand-carved and painted Hopi cottonwood root “White Ogre” kachina doll from the Home Dance ceremony, 15-inches tall, brought $978. Baskets that fared better than expected included a Chemehuevi basket from the early 1900s, an outstanding oval-shaped tray with arrow and diamond figures. Estimated to bring $400$800, the basket went for $1,840. And a Papago (a tribe from south of Phoenix, known for their crude stitch baskets) large cylindrical storage basket, circa 1970s, (est. $200-$400) sold for $748. Other lots that exceeded expectations included a Navajo miniature, all-silver canteen from the 1960s or ’70s, with the edges and stopper set with square-cut turquoise stones. Estimated at $300-$600, the canteen brought $1,265. Also, a mid1900s hand-wrought, all-silver Navajo salt dish (or container) with matching spoon, expected to sell for $150$300, sold for $920.
This outstanding Shoshone woman’s sinew sewn flat and lazy stitch beaded white buckskin outfit, circa 1960s, small/medium, sold for $5,463.
Allard Auctions’ next auction event will be a smaller sale in Missoula, Mont. (time, date and location yet to be determined). In the summer, on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 and 16, Allard Auctions will conduct the annual Best of Santa Fe Auction, a major event on its calendar. It will be held at the Scottish Rites Hall at 463 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, N.M. To learn more, call either 406-745-0500 or toll-free 888-314-0343 or visit www.allardauctions.com.
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spending decades in the private theaters of an old Detroit collection. Another lone survivor from the early years of American cinema, a three-sheet for the silent film “London After Midnight” (MGM, 1927) starring Lon Chaney, sold for $71,700 in its auction debut. A one-sheet Style D for “The Wizard of Oz” (MGM, 1939), considered to be the better style one-sheet of the two produced for the film’s original release, saw interest from eight bidders who pushed the selling price to $65,725, more than double its estimate. Two one-sheet posters featuring memorable images of Hollywood’s leading ladies quickly surpassed their esti- This Frankenstein movie poster, the only mates: a gorgeous six-foot example from the 1931 Universal poster for the 1933 horror classic known to exist, sold for Marlene Dietrich $358,000 at Heritage Auctions. daybill for vehicle “The Song of Songs” Australian (Warner (Paramount, 1933) sold for “Casablanca” $35,850, against a $15,000 Brothers, 1942) selling for estimate, and a bruised $21,510; an Italian four Carole Lombard on a 1936 foglio for “La Dolce Vita” poster for “Love Before (Cineriz, 1960), $19,120; a Breakfast” (Universal) sold three-sheet for “The Dawn for $33,460, against a Patrol,” starring Errol Flynn (Warner Brothers, 1938), $20,000 estimate. A rare surviving one- $15,535; and a signed, presheet from the silent film era, liminary artwork sketch by a poster for “Rebecca of director Akira Kurosawa Sunnybrook Farm” (Artcraft, from his 1980 masterpiece 1917), starring Mary “Kagemusha,” which also sold for $15,535. Pickford, brought $31,070. For additional informaAdditional highlights included the following: an tion, visit www.HA.com.
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A once discarded Frankenstein movie poster, the only six-foot example from the 1931 Universal horror classic known to exist, sold for $358,000 in Heritage Auctions’ $2.1 million Vintage Movie Posters Auction. The poster was the top lot in the March 28 and 29 auction and was discovered by Steve Wilkin, who found the poster in a longclosed and boarded-up projection booth in a Long Island theater where he worked as a teen. “Serious collectors know the best time to buy a new discovery is the first time it’s offered at auction,” said Grey Smith, director of Vintage Posters at Heritage Auctions. “This is quite simply an
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An oil-on-canvas rendering of the Holy family’s arrival by Marjorie Reed (1915-96), titled “Stable Room Only,” circa 1950s, sold for $2,588.
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