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Hershenson began his career in movie posters in 1990, when auction house Christie's offered to sell some of his collection. He conducted an annual movie poster auction at Christie's for the following eight years, grossing between $1.5 million and $2 million each year.
Posters: Metropolis (1927) An original poster set a record by selling for $690,000 in 2006. [64] [65] The ninth most expensive poster is also for this film, going for $357,750 in 2000. [66] The Mummy (1932) A movie poster for The Mummy was auctioned off for $453,000 in 1997, [67] making it the fifth most valuable poster. [66] Scripts ...
In the early days of internet selling, prices varied widely. One could find posters normally valued in the hundreds of dollars selling for twenty dollars, or, alternatively, find posters normally valued at twenty dollars going for a hundred or more. Today, the market place for film memorabilia has mostly stabilised.
The poster made with this theme merged perfectly with the mood of the film." [9] An auction profile for the original art gives a synopsis of Jung's concept: "Accomplished in acrylic on a leaf of 17 x 18 ¼ in. artist's illustration board it features the defiant, squinting profiles of Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. Jung commented that ...
John Henry Alvin (November 24, 1948 [1] – February 6, 2008) [2] was an American cinematic artist and painter who illustrated many movie posters. [2] Alvin created posters and key art [1] for more than 135 films, beginning with the poster for Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974). [2]
The "billing block" is the "list of names that adorn the bottom portion of the official poster (or 'one sheet', as it is called in the movie industry) of the movie". [24] In the layout of film posters and other film advertising copy, the billing block is usually set in a highly condensed typeface (one in which the height of characters is ...
AMC is selling the collectable "Eras Tour Film" bucket and cup set for $24.99 on its website. Considering the price of one popcorn bucket was $19.89 during opening day, it's a pretty sweet deal.
Renato Casaro was born on 26 October 1935 in Treviso. [3] His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements.He would go every day to the cinema to see if they were changing the posters, and if they were he would ask if he could take them home where he would try to reproduce them. [4]