RARE FILM POSTERS & ORIGINAL ARTWORK AUCTIONED YESTERDAY AT PROP STORE AUCTION. OVER 400 POSTERS AND ORIGINAL ARTWORKS WERE AVAILABLE TO BIDDERS:
Notable Lots Sold Were:DRACULA A.D. 1972 (1972) - UK QUAD POSTER ARTWORK SOLD FOR AN ASTONISING £12,300 ($16,103)
THE DAM BUSTERS (1955) - UK Quad Poster SOLD FOR £7,380 ($9,266)
JAMES BOND: GOLDFINGER (1964) - UK Quad Poster SOLD FOR £6,765 ($8,855)
STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) - Hong Kong Poster SOLD FOR £10,455 ($13,658)
Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies – has today announced results from its first cinema poster live auction, with posters and artwork on offer fetching in excess of £197,000 ($257,870). The Prop Store Cinema Poster Live Auction was held yesterday (Thursday 28th June) at London’s ODEON BFI IMAX.
Other notable sales included:
The UK DVD/Blu-Ray Artwork (2013) from the 1960 film The Fall of the House of Usher sold for £1,722 ($2,254) and Three Olly Moss Posters (2010) from the Star Wars Trilogy (1977-83) sold for £4,305 ($5,636).
Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO commented on the auction: “We’re delighted with the success of our first Cinema Poster live auction which was held at the ODEON BFI IMAX London. After four successful Entertainment Memorabilia live auctions, we were thrilled to introduce the Cinema Poster auction and it was a truly unique event with a global audience. Prop Store are already making plans and accepting consignments for a second poster auction later this year.”
About Prop Store
Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online auctions. Over 7,500 items are also available for sale at fixed price on propstore.com.
Operating since 1998, Prop Store founder Stephen Lane’s love for movies led him to begin hunting for the same props and costumes that were used to create his favourite films. He found that he could not only provide collectors with access to their most coveted pieces, but also establish archival standards for a new, pop-culture hybrid of fine art and memorabilia collecting – prop art. Prop Store handles prop disposal, sale, archive and auction services to production companies and distributors as well as fixed price item sale on its website.
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