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“What Makes a Movie Poster Valuable?”
New Book Explores an Exciting Collectibles Field
The year is 1978. A woman buys her husband a birthday gift—an old horror-movie poster, one of many in a stack in an antiques shop. The price: $10. Her husband, a fan of horror movies, loves the poster, and it hangs on their wall for 30 years.
“I knew it was something special,” the woman says.
In 2009, they sell it through Heritage Auction Galleries for $107,550.
Since the 1990s, rare movie posters have skyrocketed in value. High demand and low supply have created one of today’s hottest collectibles markets. Hollywood celebrities buy up these classic pieces of movie memorabilia—but so do everyday collectors: people who love the color, history, drama, and beauty of American film posters.
In Collectible Movie Posters, Jim Halperin and Hector Cantu—two experts from Heritage Auction Galleries, which handles 70 percent of the world’s movie poster auction sales—share with you the wonderful world of the rarest, the most valuable, and the most exciting movie posters known to exist.
Who knows—maybe a poster that you find in an antique store’s bargain bin will someday make this list.
“This wonderful book is a tribute to the Golden Age and to the fans who have preserved its images for us all to enjoy and savor. These pieces of Hollywood history should be treasured—not only for their timeless link to our cinema past, but also for their vibrant beauty.”
—Sara Karloff, daughter of screen legend Boris Karloff
This full-color, 8.5 x 11-inch book will be available in February 2010. Stay tuned to www.WhitmanReview.com for more details.
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