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Signatures boost Live Aid poster price
11 May 2020This original poster marks Live Aid, the dual-venue benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia on July 13, 1985.
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First ever Star Wars poster from 1976 comics event sells for £4000 at auction 44 years later
05 May 2020A long time ago, a poster costing $1.75 launched a series of films set in a galaxy far, far away. Forty-four years later, that series has become the phenomenally successful Star Wars blockbuster and a rare example of that same poster has just sold at auction for £4000.
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Pow! Batman poster and toy are hits
04 May 2020Well before the darker Batman film versions of directors Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan there was a more innocent era of Batman on the big and small screens.
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Dr No rubs shoulders with caddies and dishes
04 May 2020Among 83 lots of film and entertainment memorabilia offered at Lacy Scott & Knight (20% buyer’s premium) in Bury in St Edmunds was a British quad-size poster for 'Dr No', the first James Bond film starring Sean Connery released in 1962.
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Soviet Dollar features among item new AntikBar website
04 May 2020This set of 10 detective novels is by ‘Jim Dollar’, the pseudonym of Soviet author Marietta Shaginian (1888-1982), whose writing is described as ‘satirical fantasy fiction’.
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Harry Houdini memorabilia takes the stage at Chicago magic auction next month
18 April 2020Harry Houdini will be centre stage for Potter & Potter Auctions‘ latest Magic Auction taking place in Chicago.
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Pick of the week: Beatlemania: poster sets auction record
13 April 2020For their first appearance at the 55,000-seater Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, in 1965, The Beatles needed no promotion. At the height of Beatlemania in the US, the venue sold out in minutes.
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Fab Four in ‘ballroom of the stars’
06 April 2020One of the highlights of actor Peter Wyngarde’s estate sale held live, online-only at East Bristol Auctions (18% buyer’s premium) was a Beatles concert poster from 1963.
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Buddy Holly poster pre-dating tragic plane crash goes under the hammer in Dallas
03 April 2020A rare poster promoting a concert a week before the plane crash that killed three of its performers is coming to auction for the first time this weekend.
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Invisible Man appeal now clear to see
30 March 2020This rare poster for 'The Invisible Man', the 1933 Universal Studios horror film, realised a hammer price of $152,000 (£132,175) in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
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Poster from 1930s horror film The Invisible Man appears at Dallas auction
26 March 2020This rare poster for 'The Invisible Man', the 1933 Universal Studios horror film, realised a hammer price of $152,000 (£132,175) in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
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Pick of the week: Rare The Who poster – once in a Blue Moon chance for collectors
23 March 2020The Blue Moon, a club above Burton’s on Cheltenham High Street, existed for less than two years from July 1965 to May 1967, but in that time the compact 250-capacity venue with a tiny stage hosted Elton John, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds and (on February 11, 1967) Jimi Hendrix.
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Rare and early The Who poster headlines Somerset auction
18 March 2020A poster for a gig by The Who at The Blue Moon Club in Cheltenham attracted fans at a recent Gardiner Houlgate sale.
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Mucha maidens are saleroom gems
09 March 2020A highlight of the first sale of this year held by Poster Auctions International (20% buyer’s premium) in New York on February 23 was a rare 1902 set of four poster panels designed by Alphonse Mucha.
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Original movie poster designs are drawing in buyers
17 February 2020Unique artwork created to feature on film posters is proving to be a strong aspect of the popular entertainment collecting field.
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Posters lead the way on road to music stardom
17 February 2020Concert posters from the earliest days of bands that later became famous are particulary sought-after at auction. Leading this selection from recent sales is a five-figure example from 1964 which promotes one of the first Rolling Stones tour performances, but many others are available at a lower price range announcing appearances at venues with evocative names such as Bridlington Spa Hall, Basildon Locarno Ballroom and Barnston Women’s Institute.
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Gripping money-makers beyond Bond and Star Wars
17 February 2020Not all the posters making four figures at auction fall into the usual Star Wars/James Bond/Hammer/early horror bracket.
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ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA: Poster artwork is star attraction
17 February 2020The market for both film and music posters is booming but original artwork for such designs can also be a very collectable option for buyers.
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Winter wonderland – vintage skiing and skating poster selection at auction
24 December 2019Christmas is around the corner and for some a spot of skiing or skating may be on the cards.
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Good resort result for travel poster in Penzance
09 December 2019A collection of vintage travel posters included a number with the added advantage of local appeal when offered by Penzance auction house David Lay (18% buyer’s premium).
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