About eMoviePoster.com's Sunday Auctions #132

ATTENTION! The details shown below apply SOLELY to the 722 German and Austrian programs including many ultra-rare pre-WWII & 'conditional' ones we are auctioning from 1/22 to 1/29, and may well NOT apply to our other weekly auctions. If you are looking for details for other weekly auctions, please check our Info Archive.

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*Details About Sunday's Items (722 German and Austrian programs ending January 29th)
*Payment Options
*U.S. Shipping Details
*Non-U.S. Shipping Details
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Where are the many bulk lots and our usual "Sunday items" regularly offered on Sunday?
      We are taking a break from our regular Sunday offerings of scripts, exhibitor magazines, movie magazines, German & Austrian programs, soundtrack CDs, pressbooks, sheet music, and bulk lots while we offer a special collection of German & Austrian programs this week, but know that we have a HUGE number of items waiting to be auctioned in our "regular" Sunday auctions, so please know that they will return in one week on Sunday January 29th, and then we will take another two week break, but then the regular Sunday offerings will return almost every week thereafter. 

A special note about the German and Austrian programs contained in this auction
     A year ago, we offered a collection of over 500 German and Austrian programs where the collector was trying to get as many of the highlights of German cinema (and the world's cinema) from all years, and he was successful in tracking down a very large number of pre-war German and Austrian programs, and he even located 20 of the 'conditional' programs (from movies made by the Nazis in the late 1930s and early 1940s), as well as a wonderful overview of the best movies from after World War II, all the way to the 1990s!
     We THOUGHT that we would never get another collection like this, but now we have been consigned one that SURPASSES it! Not only does it contain hundreds more, but it has higher numbers of the really rare ones, plus it has most of the highlights of the 1950s through 1970s!
     Note that some of the programs we are auctioning are from Germany, some are from Austria, and a smaller number are from East Germany. Germany and Austria were completely separate until Hitler annexed Austria, and they were again separate right after World War II. There are differences between the programs from the two countries, most notably the sizes, and we clearly identify which of the two countries each program is from. Of course, East Germany became its own country after World War II, and at first they did not show "western movies", but starting in the 1950s they did, and this collection includes a nice selection of those programs as well.
     Also note that there were two entirely different companies that made programs in Germany (and there were a few smaller companies over the years). Both of these companies made programs right when the movies first came out, and the programs from the same movies usually look entirely different from each other. In a few cases, we have two programs from the same movie that are from the different companies, and both are first release.
     This is certainly the finest collection of these programs I have ever seen, and it is remarkable in how wide ranging it is. This is a wonderful opportunity to get original first release movie paper on titles where you never ever see any first release items offered for sale (or if you do, they are priced so high that they are beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest of collectors)!

HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)

NOTE: Many of these are INCREDIBLY rare due to paper shortages in WWII when most pre-war paper was recycled:
7y001 DIE NIBELUNGEN German premiere program
7y002-7y042 pre-WWII German programs
7y043-7y072 pre-WWII Austrian programs

7y073-7y095 "conditional" German programs (movies made by the Nazis that can only be shown in Germany if accompanied by a lecturer, in an educational setting)
7y096-7y109 WWII German programs (made during Hitler's rule, but not on the list of "conditional" movies)
7y110-7y497 post-WWII German programs
7y498-7y694 post-WWII Austrian programs
7y695-7y722 East German programs

About the Condition
Note that we give an overall condition grade to every item we sell ("fine", "very good to fine", "very good", "good to very good", "good", and "fair", with only a few graded "poor") along with more details about the condition described in words (but pretty much only if they are defects that CAN'T be seen in our super-sized images, or if the item is especially valuable). We felt this would help bidders identify items they want to bid on more easily. Of course, we still strongly recommend that you look at our super-sized image to see the extent of the defects that we describe and to examine the item for minor defects that we did NOT describe.

If an item is in less than very good condition, should you not bid on it? Of course not, as long as you are accepting of the defects the item has! The item that is graded "very good", but has as many minor defects as is allowed under the "very good" definition is only in SLIGHTLY better condition than the best of the "good to very good" items. So please take the time to look at the larger images of items that interest you, and see if the defects are the sort that you can "live with", or are willing to restore. Some of these items are EXTREMELY rare, and it may be years before you see them offered again!

Payment Options

We accept all major credit cards via phone at +1 (417) 256-9616 during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9 AM CST to 5 PM CST except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch), via e-mail, or via fax at +1 (417) 257-6948.

You can send a check or money order (if you do, enclose your address and details about what you purchased) to:
Bruce Hershenson
Attn: Payments
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775

If it is your best payment option, you can pay by Western Union, but please don't send cash (as we can't be responsible for lost cash).

If your order requires a shipping quote, please request it through our Checkout system. Please note that we are still developing this checkout system, so while you may request your quote using it, we do not quite have it ready to complete payment (although we hope to have that added soon), but payment may still be completed using whatever method you have used in the past. If you run into any sort of problem requesting your quotes, please e-mail Phillip right away so we can get it addressed.

U.S. buyers need to enclose $11 shipping (which includes full insurance)! 
     Missouri customers: You must pay an additional 7.162% sales tax on your purchases.  If your order is sent within the state of Missouri, we MUST collect this tax (if it is shipped to another state, we do not collect the tax).

Will your order be shipped to you by UPS?
     UPS does NOT automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $3.00 UPS charges for "signature required" Delivery Confirmation, and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package, and you may well have to go to the UPS facility yourself to pick it up.  But if you prefer this, that is fine, and if you have any other special requirements, please tell us when you are paying for your order.  IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT SIGNATURE REQUIRED, THEN YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE SENT WITHOUT SIGNATURE REQUIRED!

You CAN usually combine shipment!

NOTE: These Sunday items need to be sent in flat packages so... *they can be combined with these auctions (but note the higher cost of shipping of some auctions): Tuesday January 10th "oversized" French & Italian posters ($15) Thursday January 12th window cards and "oversized" posters ($15) Sunday January 15th 'regular' Sunday auctions Tuesday January 17th folded one-sheets Thursday January 19th folded non-U.S. posters and non-U.S. lobby cards Sunday January 22nd all signed auction ("flat" items only) Tuesday January 24th single vintage 8" x 10" stills Thursday January 26th lots of 2" vintage 8" x 10" stills from the same title *they must be sent separately from these auctions for an additional shipping charge: Sunday January 8th & 15th 'bulk lot' Sunday auctions Sunday January 22nd all signed auction ("rolled" items)

Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single set of Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Sunday auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge for all of the items, but we also allow you to wait until the next five sets of auctions end (a total of six sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to six of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package). We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do, but we know that our packaging is the best there is, and our orders virtually never arrive damaged (and on the very rare times that they do, all our U.S. packages are fully insured, and FULL INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE U.S. SHIPPING CHARGE).

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE $11 U.S. SHIPPING!

Non-U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order (you can choose whatever method you prefer, but know that the U.S. Post Office has eliminated Surface Mail, so we can only send via Express or Airmail), plus $3, for both the best packaging materials you have ever seen and a separate printed invoice mailed to you.  All non-U.S. buyers must tell us if they want the package sent insured or uninsured at the time they pay for their order.

Have you heard about our Pay and Hold Program?
This lets non-U.S. buyers pay for their purchases from 4 consecutive weeks (a total of 12 auctions and around 8,000+ items!), and we then send all your purchases at once saving you LOTS of money!  Click HERE to learn more about becoming one of the hundreds of our non-U.S. buyers who are already part of this program.

Learn more about how to save money on shipping by shipping to friends/family in the U.S., insurance, and customs fees.

     IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please bear these approximate shipping cost in mind BEFORE you place a bid (if you live outside the U.S.). The vast majority of our customers want a very securely packed tube, and will pay the extra shipping cost involved (and of course, it goes to the Post Office or UPS, and not us!). Please do not ask us to pack less securely, as that would likely result in a damaged order.
    Some sellers are sending by Ground UPS to Canada, but that incurs large "brokerage fees", so we do not recommend it.  Note that there are also some sellers sending non-U.S. packages via a "Letter" rate, but of course this is not legal, and we can not do this.  We have outlined the possibilities for sending non-U.S. packages above, so please read that carefully, BEFORE placing a bid!

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (the actual cost of shipping plus $3 outside the U.S.)!