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“Casablanca” Movie Poster Ties World Record, Selling For $478,000
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Only Surviving Example Of Italian Issue Poster Is Most Valuable “Casablanca” Poster Ever Sold FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 2017 • VOL. 48, NO. 33
Hake’s Americana Hits $1.1 Million With Rare Political Memorabilia, Comic Art And Other Pop Culture Categories 1860 Lincoln/Hamlin Campaign Flag Sets New Record, Selling For $40,124
This 1860 glazed-cotton parade flag emblazoned, “For President, Abraham Lincoln,” and, “For Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin,” sold for a new record price of $40,124. Celebrating its 50th anniversary year, Hake’s Americana cemented its reputation as “the home of million-dollar pop culture sales,” and then some, in achieving a $1.1 million total on July 11 and 13. In its second auction of 2017, Hake’s twosession online-only event blazed to new record highs in several categories, with political memorabilia and comic art putting in especially strong performances. All prices quoted include an 18-percent buyer’s premium. Unlike campaign promises that fade into thin air, predicted selling prices for the top five political items offered by Hake’s were not only met, but also surpassed, by healthy margins. A spectacular 1860 glazed cotton parade flag emblazoned, “For President, Abraham Lincoln,” and, “For Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin,” sold for $40,124, a world auction record for an 1860 Lincoln name flag. “Early political textiles have always been coveted by collectors of 19th-century campaign material, with Lincoln flags being at the top of collectors’ want lists,” said Scott Mussell, Americana specialist for Hake’s. “The example we offered
The only known surviving Italian issue movie poster for “Casablanca” sold on July 29 for $478,000 at a public auction of vintage movie posters held by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas. Measuring a massive 55.5-by-78.25-inches, the 1946 “Casablanca” Italian four Fogli poster matched the world record for the most valuable movie poster ever sold at public auction. “The buyer has just set a world record and acquired what we in the poster collecting world would equate to a masterpiece,” said Grey Smith, director of Vintage Posters at Heritage Auctions. “The stunning artistry put into this poster makes it stand head and shoulders above any paper produced for the film.” Previous Italian posters for the film have sold for as much as $203,000, and U.S. issues of the poster have fetched $191,200. Each of the previous record holders were sold by Heritage Auctions. Italian posters are well known for their extraordinary quality, and this illustration by Luigi Martinati is considered perhaps the finest image found in any advertisements for the film, which went from being a film studio executives hoped would break a profit to one of the most beloved films ever produced.
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Other rare posters for the film featured a half sheet poster, which sold for $65,725, and a post-war Spanish release poster selling for $35,850. The auction featured two offerings that drew $107,550, including a “Supernatural” (Paramount, 1933) one sheet. Believed to be the most ever paid for any poster featuring Carole Lombard, this is one of just three copies known to exist. Lombard resisted playing the role because she viewed herself as a Continued on page 4
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The 1860 John Bell Constitutional Union Party handpainted, double-sided banner sold for $13,700.
Schiffer Publishing Announces Release Of “The Historic Barns Of Southeastern Pennsylvania” New Book By Greg Huber Delves Into Architecture And Preservation Of Barns Built 1750-1900
The 1955 Bill Haley and His Comets concert poster, Himmelreich’s Grove, Womelsdorf, Pa., sold for $17,785.
was fresh to market and had remained in Leon Rowe’s collection ever since he obtained it at a Pennsylvania flea market 30 years ago.” Historically, on any election day there’s no prize for second, but there was certainly a nice payoff for the political category’s runner-up on July 11. A John Bell Constitutional Union Party The 1930s Ohio Art lithographed-tin Atlantic City sand pail banner, the first of its type with images of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Pluto sold to be handled by Hake’s, for $9,735. Continued on page 2
For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, “the hearth,” the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the Blue Mountains. One of the earliest-settled areas in North America, this region of the Keystone State, which includes eleven counties, is home to an astounding 20,000 standing barns, in various states of repair, built from the late 1700s on. Discussed in this new book authored by Greg Huber, “The Historic Barnes of Southeastern Pennsylvania,” are the primary factors that have determined the fundamental structures and appearances of the six great barn classifications, including forest resources. Other featured topics are architectural aspects and regionalisms, dates of construction, survival of 18th-century examples, mysterious decorations, and barn preservation.
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Completing this treatise are representative color photographs, building plan sketches, charts conveying the prevalence of types, and a glossary of barn terms. The 288-page hardcover book retails for $50. For ordering information, visit www.schifferbooks.com.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Converse Auctions - Online-Only - August 25 in Malvern, Pennsylvania - Page 9
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15