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The only known 9-foot by 20-foot billboard for Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Realized: $10,755.DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!.

A rare World War I propaganda recruitment poster “Destroy This Mad Brute”: Realized: $15,535.

A previously unknown German magazine advertisement for the 1921 vampire classic Nosferatu: Realized: $20,912 against a $6,000 estimate.

A spectacular six sheet for the 1955 generation-defining Rebel Without a Cause: Realized: $22,705.

A French grande style A poster for King Kong ended at $25,095. A full-bleed, style B one sheet from The Song of Songs, the 1933 Paramount classic, ended at $28,680 and an insert from the incomparable Citizen Kane closed at $26,290. The auction’s most valuable half sheet is from the 1953 classic The War of the Worlds the rare style B version sold for $35,850. Another Italian 2 foglio for The Lady from Shanghai – featuring Rita Hayworth as a blonde femme fatale – sold for $31,070.

Likewise, a rare, 1941 insert for The Wolf Man quickly cleared $47,800 against a $30,000 estimate.Ī stunning Italian 2 foglio for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, depicting what many collectors consider the most fetching image of star Audrey Hepburn, sold for a strong $35,850. The gorgeous poster measuring 55 inches by 77 1/5 inches hammered for $47,800. Another rare survivor from one of the world’s most critically acclaimed films, a German poster for the 1931 unnerving classic M, sold for $50,787 following interest from 18 bidders.Ĭollectors of classic film images disregarded the $15,000 estimate for an Italian foglio for La Dolce Vita.

“Collectors know they have to respond when rarities like this come to market and I know it will be heading to a very good home.”Ī stunning and highly sought-after insert for the cinema masterpiece Casablanca – a collector favorite from 1942 – sold for $83,650.

“It was very gratifying to watch 10 bidders vie for a chance to own The Phantom of the Opera one sheet,” said Grey Smith, director of movie posters at Heritage. The $2.3-plus million auction saw strong interest in prewar movie posters as a rare Charlie Chaplin six sheet for Sunnyside, from 1919, sold for $71,700. DALLAS – A scarce original one sheet poster for the 1925 horror classic The Phantom of the Opera – formerly from actor Nicolas Cage’s collection and one of only four known to exist – sold for $203,150 in Heritage Auctions’ Vintage Movie Posters Signature Auction July 19-20.

Formerly from the Nicolas Cage Collection, the 1925 ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ poster sold for $203,150.