Hollywood Movie Poster Auction Takes $2.17 million
Published November 30th, 2008
On Nov. 9, as Heritage Auction Galleries Vintage Movie Poster Auction brought intense bidding from the Internet, the phones and the auction floor. The end result was an amazing $2.17 million total in prices realized, with a poster for one of 1930s Hollywood’s most opulent musicals leading the way.
Flying Down To Rio, featuring the inimitable Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, was a flamboyant, rare and simply gorgeous 1933 movie, and its equally amazing one sheet movie poster gaveled at $239,000, including seller’s commission.
A few posters and lobby cards stood out, bringing spirited bidding and unexpectedly high prices. Among those surprises was a Benson Murder Case insert poster that brought $33,460 and a Casablanca rare half sheet that brought $38,837.
An Italian poster for the Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone spaghetti western For a Few More Dollars fetched an extraordinary $11,950 when the gavel finally came down, and a one sheet to The Oregon Trail, featuring a very young and charismatic John Wayne,was even more impressive when it fetched a final total of $21,510.
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