The Worlds Rarest Movie Posters

November 17, 2010

By Todd Spoor
Schiffer Publishing
Hard Cover
$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7643-3498-6
This is the perfect book for lovers of movies and movie posters. Among the over three hundred images of vintage movie posters are the extremely rare drive-in theater posters, along with more common one-sheet size examples.
These rarer posters, known as 30x40s and 40x60s, were very different from the standard posters, and were printed in much smaller numbers, adding, according to Spoor, to their interest and value. The criteria he used in choosing the 30x40s and 40x60s posters to be represented in his book were that there had to less than 10 known copies to exist (many have only one or two known examples); the image had to be different from the one sheet image; and they had to sell for around $1,000 or more.
Posters of such favorite movies as "Vertigo," "Seven Year Itch," "War of the Worlds," and "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" are included, with iconic movie stars like Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, and director Alfred Hitchcock.
Spoor has included auction results from 1989 to the present, as well as other pricing information that makes this book extremely useful for collectors and dealers alike!
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