Released from the famed Todd Feiertag Collection; Graphic stunner could set world record, Nov. 12, with $700,000+ estimate; currently on view at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills, 9478 West Olympic Boulevard

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The tantalizing combination of rarity, quality and sheer artistry could all merge to create a world record price at public auction when the only known The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935) teaser one sheet Style E movie poster, from the renowned Collection of Todd Feiertag, comes up for auction as part of Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills Signature Movie Poster Auction, Nov. 12. It is estimated at $700,000+.

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UPDATE: The poster failed to sell, but is now being offered in a post auction sale. So if you have some spare pocket change, you can pick it up for $717,000 until November 22, 2010. You can view the poster here at Heritage Auction Galleries >>

Looking for a reproduction Frankenstein movie poster? Check movieposter.com or allposters.com.

Interested in owning your own, not so pricey, original “Frankenstein” movie posters? Check out the following current eBay auctions:

Frankenstein (Category: Originals-United States ): Frankenstein (Category: Originals-United States )

• ORIGINAL 1957 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN & BLOOD IS MY HERITAGE Trade Poster

US $145.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Feb-12-2012 6:58:37 PST Buy It Now for only: US $185.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

• FRANKENSTEIN COMQUERS THE WORLD ’66 – Reynold Brown art

US $79.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Feb-12-2012 17:06:39 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

• Sexy Rosalba Neri Vintage LADY FRANKENSTEIN Poster Not a Reproduction 1971

US $39.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Feb-12-2012 19:00:20 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

• Rare Midnight Spook Show Dr. Silkini Huston Magic Halloween Frankenstein Dracula

US $69.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 7:58:59 PST Buy It Now for only: US $89.95 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

• Universal Horror GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN 1942 window card CHANEY Lugosi ATWILL

US $3,999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 9:34:59 PST Buy It Now for only: US $4,500.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

• MAD LOVE 1935 window card PETER LORRE Colin “Frankenstein” Clive MGM horror

US $2,999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 10:12:51 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

• BORIS KARLOFF Universal BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN orig REALART Lobby Card 4 horror

US $650.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 10:13:06 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

• BORIS KARLOFF Universal BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN orig REALART Lobby Card 3 horror

US $650.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 10:13:24 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

• BORIS KARLOFF Universal BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN orig REALART Lobby Card 2 horror

US $599.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 10:15:19 PST Buy It Now for only: US $750.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

• BORIS KARLOFF Universal BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN orig REALART Lobby Card 1 horror

US $899.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Feb-14-2012 10:15:35 PST Buy It Now for only: US $1,199.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

With a body modeled after May West and an attitude to rival Madonna’s, she has evolved into a cult figure with thousands of fans world wide. Although only a cartoon character, her obvious sensuality and her “I can do anything a man can do” approach to life, have earned her as loyal a group of fans, as any flesh and blood woman. This year she celebrates her 80th birthday, and she is still going strong. She is the incomparable Betty Boop.

Betty started life as a dog type character with a human body in the 1930′s film “Dirty Dishes”. Created by Max Fleischer with the help of animator Grim Natiwck, she was originally intended to be the love interest of Bimbo, the lead dog in the Talkartoons cartoon series. Bimbo met with moderate success, but the public instantly fell in love with the nameless little girl/dog. Within a year she had evolved from semi-canine to full human form and was given the name Betty Boop. In early 1931, with her new name and an ever growing audience, she appeared briefly in the film “Kitty From Kansas City”. Later that year in “Silly Scandals” she delighted audiences with her rendition of “You’re driving Me Crazy”, during which her blouse kept slipping down revealing a frilly bra underneath. Her next release “Ups and Downs” pushed the boundaries of good taste even further containing a scene with her dress blowing up. This scene would be recreated many years later by another famous screen vixen, Marilyn Monroe, in “The Seven Year Itch”.

Created at the very end of the “Roaring 20′s”, Betty’s risqué nature was generally accepted by an American public that was relatively uninhibited about sexuality. Her cartoons were geared to an adult audience and as a result were rather explicit, especially in the early years. Interaction between her character and the male leads in her films was suggestive, to say the least, and on more that one occasion her catch phrase “Boop-oop-a-doop” could be interpreted to be more than just scatty nonsense. From 1930-1934 she was a top box-office draw, but as the moral attitude in America shifted, Betty found her self on shaky ground.

In the mid 1930′s women’s clubs, church organizations, and various reform groups began organizing demonstrations at theaters across the country, calling for censorship of Hollywood films. With Will Hays, the head of the Motion Picture Producers and Directors Association, as their spokesperson, studios were held to new standards of decency. Under the guidelines of the “Picture Producer’s and Distributor’s Code” and the “Hays Act of 1935″ heavy fines were levied against studio that did not comply. In addition Hays created the “Purity Seal” . Movies that did not qualify for this stamp of approval were not allowed to be shown in PPDA-affiliated theatres, which most major theatres were.

Betty Boop received a complete makeover. Her wardrobe was altered to skirts that reached below her knees and shirts that fully covered her cleavage. No more clothing that slipped off or back lighting to expose her ample silhouette. Films from 1935 forward saw her as a baby sitter, teacher or housewife. Gone were the great jazz songs of the 1930′s that had been the back drop for many of the early films, removed due to their questionable lyrics. The surrealism of “Minnie the Moocher” and “Snow White” was replaced with story lines about Betty and her new pet monkey. In fact, by the time the censors finished, Betty was all but unrecognizable and the public gradually lost interest in her films. After appearing in “Yip, Yip, Yippy” in 1939 Betty Boop retired. In the nine short years of her career she had worked with such greats as Rudy Vallee, Cab Calloway, Don Redman and Louis Armstrong and appeared in over 100 animated features

The risqué little girl with an air of innocence still enjoys a following of loyal fans who are willing to pay top dollar for authentic 1930′s Betty Boop memorabilia. Recent auction results include results include a string holder for $250, a celluloid bobble-head Betty for $450, a twelve inch chalk carnival figure for $1,994 and a linen-matted 1930′s Paramount movie poster for a whopping $7,455. Now that’s a lot of Boop-Oop-A-Doop! Until next time………Linda

Linda Hamer Kennett is an associate member of the International Society of Appraiser specializing in down-sizing for seniors and the liquidation of estates and may be reached at 317-356-8967 or lkennett@indy.rr.com}

www.myfinances.co.uk
Monday, 20 Oct 2008

“The release of Quantum of Solace is set to boost interest in Bond movie posters as a collectors look for nostalgia and returns.

Specialist high net worth insurance broker Stackhouse Poland predicts that collectors buying original posters could see the value of such memorabilia soar over the coming five years.

Keith Hester at Stackhouse Poland, explains many movie posters have multiplied in value by up to ten times over the past five years, with poster prices typically depending on film title, rarity, condition and nationality.

“There is a growing market for vintage movie posters with the record price achieved to date set by Metropolis – director Fritz Lang’s 1927 vision of the future – with an impressive $690,000,” he says.”

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Times Union – Albany NY
Associated Press
First published: Monday, December 17, 2007

CALABASAS, Calif. — A photograph of Soviet film pioneer Sergei Eisenstein and a poster from an early Bette Davis movie (1938 film “Jezebel” – it sold for $70,000) commanded huge prices last week at the opening day of an auction of Hollywood memorabilia.

The photo of Eisenstein (it sold for $70,000), the silent movie director and film theorist, was taken by famed photographer Man Ray, said Joe Maddalena, president of Profiles in History, which put on the auction.

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Auction House Prepares to Sell Rare Find
WOWK-TV
Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Story by Craig McKee

“HUNTINGTON — A rare discovery recently made in Louisa, Ky., is giving a West Virginia auction company high hopes.

When new owners took over the old Garden Theater in Louisa, they discovered boxes of old movie leaflets, posters, tickets and more stored away in the attic.”

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Old Central Auction, in Huntington will offer the items up at www.auctionzip.com/WV-Auctioneers/4110.html

New York Times
By MATTHEW HEALEY
Published: November 18, 2007

“Last Wednesday, Mr. Hack attended another stamp auction, at Siegel Auction Galleries in New York City, and went home with a second Inverted Jenny after bidding $850,000. The final price, with the commission, came to $977,500, a record for an American stamp sold at auction and a confirmation of a trend that is transforming the world of high-end collectibles.”

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The article goes on to mention that auction prices for many rare and high-quality collectibles, including coins and memorabilia, have gone up significantly in recent months. Other examples mentioned were a collection of American pattern coins that were traded for $30 million between an anonymous buyer and seller, and a 1935 “Bride of Frankenstein” poster that was originally purchased for 50 cents sold for $334,600 by by Heritage Auction Galleries.

The increase in prices is attributed to the wealth accumulated by the baby boomer generation, and their ability to purchase items they remember from their youth. Another area that is mentioned to watch are vintage science fiction books.

TheStar.com | Movies |
The 500-plus rare and beautiful movie posters up for auction likely won’t be seen again
September 25, 2007
Geoff Pevere, Movie Critic

“It was the will of the late Gene Andrewski that other people get what he had, an opportunity to own some of the rarest, boldest and most beautiful movie posters of what he called “Hollywood’s glamour era.”

This Saturday, more than 500 items from the vast Andrewski collection of posters and lobby cards will be go up for auction at Ritchies in Toronto.

…For the aficionado as well as the casual buff, it’s an overwhelming assembly – estimated values between $100 and $5,000 per piece – of vintage pop-cultural arcana.

The collection includes such top-tier classics as Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz (French version: Le Magicien d’Oz) and Frankenstein – expected to be the star of the show and bring upwards of $4,000 – to such savoury obscurities as They Came to Bomb America, Juke Girl and Susan and God.”

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Christie’s Mystery Buyer Drives Up Prices for Movie Posters

Bloomberg.com: Culture
By Linda Sandler

“March 16 (Bloomberg) — At Christie’s International, a mystery buyer paid 10,200 pounds (US $18,900) for “Casino Royale” film posters, nearly treble their valuation. He bought about 60 lots in the first two hours of a London sale yesterday.

The six door-sized posters for the 1967 James Bond film, featuring gun-toting women, had a top estimate of 3,500 pounds. The buyer, who was unfamiliar to dealers and collectors in the room, paid 3,600 pounds (US $6700) for a “Goldfinger” poster, five times the top estimate.”

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Sunday, July 9, 2006
By ED BEESON
HERALD NEWS
North Jersey Media Group

“Is it art? Is it nostalgia? Is it advertising?

Does it matter? Like many things in American culture, original movie posters can be immensely collectible scraps of paper. An original poster advertising “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” can set you back $8,500. One for “Flying Down to Rio,” Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ first flick together, once sold for $82,000.

The most anyone has paid for a movie poster, at least on record, is $690,000. Some lucky bidder spent that much at an auction last November on an exceedingly rare original poster for “Metropolis,” the futuristic 1927 Fritz Lang film.”

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“The 1976 Star Wars 1 sheet poster featuring the art of artist Howard Chaykin closed at $2,495. This classic poster is one of the grail items for serious Star Wars poster collectors with few examples changing hands on a regular basis.”

Auctions/Prices, Scoop, Friday, April 28, 2006

They didn’t mention where it sold, though…

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