Found this in the paper this morning

[mahmudf]

[Simes]

Just brilliant.

And the catalogue for that day's sale is not yet published on their site.  Indeed they are still inviting entries...

[mahmudf]

reading this do you think the relatives of the cinema boss may have a claim to these posters?

[erik1925]

I wonder if some of those shown are later, RR posters?  (like Stagecoach, for example).

[CSM]

Feels like there is more to this story given the 22 year gap in the posters coming to market...I wonder how the anonymous builders came into possession of the posters in the first place?  The article states the owner of the house had died - did they purchase the house from the estate or family and thus took ownership of the house (and remaining contents)? 

Did they buy them (or obtain them) from the family or estate after the discovery?

Or, more nefariously, did they simply take them while performing their 'building' work without the homeowners' knowledge...?

[basemem]

A bit more info and some images of the posters

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/classic-hollywood-movie-posters-were-13488931

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4813656/Rare-cinema-posters-used-carpet-UNDERLAY.html

[crowzilla]

wasn't this already talked about (or was that somewhere else)?
another article from last week here - (with a Black Friday poster I'm sure Jeff will like even though it's pretty ugly)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40966146

If the events happened the way the story lays them out (builders found them while doing renovations), they absolutely belong to the home owners unless consent was given back then that they could keep them.
Might explain why they waited so long to bring them to market - wanted to wait until the home owners passed.

Another article had a nice shot of the Stagecoach poster, definitely not a re-release.

[mahmudf]

There can't be many of that sherlock holmes

[crowzilla]

Love the £150 estimates on the larger posters.
Wonder if I could call them up and offer them double that amount each to take them all of their hands now?

[basemem]

Love the £150 estimates on the larger posters.
Wonder if I could call them up and offer them double that amount each to take them all of their hands now?

Give it a go. Let us know how you get on 

[erik1925]

Love the £150 estimates on the larger posters.
Wonder if I could call them up and offer them double that amount each to take them all of their hands now?

Go for it, Sean. 

[guest4955]

The auction is Sept. 15:


On Aug 21, 2017, at 4:59 AM, Alys Lloyd <alys.lloyd@rogersjones.co.uk> wrote:

Good morning,
 
Thank you for your recent enquiry. The posters will be offered in our Antiques & Fine Art auction (September 15th). The catalogue will be online about 10 days – 2 weeks before the sale. If you are registered to our website & have ticked for catalogue update notifications, you will receive an email when the catalogue is live.
 
Kind regards
 
Alys
Rogers Jones & Co
 
*****

Apparently this one:

https://www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/antiques-and-fine-art/265/2017-09-15