Poor Bela probably wasn't even paid $3,200.00 to make this film but the poster can be had for that... or a best offer.An un-restored, US OS for Invisible Ghost (Monogram, 1941)
What a wonderful Ballester Bruce! Love the art.
There was an original release Monogram on eBay about a year ago for something like $1,200 or $1,500 - condition was not quite as good but still nice. It didn't sell and then was never relisted...
Poor Bela probably wasn't even paid $3,200.00 to make this film but the poster can be had for that... or a best offer.An un-restored, US OS for Invisible Ghost (Monogram, 1941)http://www.ebay.com/itm/Invisible-Ghost-1941-Bela-Lugosi-poster-Monogram-pictures-/291001754840?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43c10e64d8
A rare, German advance poster from 1919 for The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is being offered on ebay. It may be an only one known copy to exist or surface, up to this point. The artists are Erich Stahl and Otto Arpke, as marked on the lower left of the poster.With a nice BIN price tag of $200,000.00 (No best offer option is available, at least on the listing). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400572875466&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160
Love the image.Last one HA sold was in 2009 for $507 in FN+ condition.
So these are becoming less and less 'uncommon' - popping up all the time now (but probably no less desirable).http://www.ebay.com/itm/THIS-GUN-FOR-HIRE-movie-poster-1942-Original-Rare-Veronica-Lake-Alan-Ladd-/111201506803?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e42055f3Wish I had been around to buy it for $8.50...
That one was the 1949 Astor re-release
Wish I had been around to buy it for $8.50...
You are correct, that will teach me to not read the title/description or look closely or....
But the text in the bottom says it can't be traded, sold, given away or sub-leased...
The 8.50 price written on the poster KILLS me! Aaaaargh! Where are you, dear time machine!!
Yes, from what I've heard the fire inspectors have historically been the poster collector's worst enemy. They went around from theater to theater starting in the 50s and told them to clear out those store room death-traps -- stacked floor to ceiling with posters!
I know of an old time collector who's collection was about 85% of stuff he was given free by a local theater in the 50's. They were going to trash all the old paper materials in their basement when this collector found out about it and asked the manager of the theater if he could haul the stuff away. The manager gave him one day and he got just about everything out of there. Photos, posters, lobbies, you name it.
