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Auction History Result 9a0485 LOT OF 7 BOX OFFICE BAROMETER EXHIBITOR MAGAZINES 1948-1976 great images & articles! Date Sold 6/13/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. a lot of 7 Barometer issues of Box Office ("The Pulse of the Motion Picture Industry"), the foremost magazine purchased by theater owners from 1932 until the present day. In the 1910s and 1920s, there were lots of similar magazines, and theater owners would subscribe to them so that they could keep up with the latest releases, decide which ones to book for their theater, and also see ads for current movies plus ads for accessories that theater owners needed. Each issue is filled with lots of information on then-current movies, including how much they were taking in (because that was the information of most interest to theater owners). Box Office was first published in 1932, and in 1933, they got the novel idea of publishing seven different editions! Starting in May of 1933, there were six different editions for different regions of the country, and one was the "executive" edition, which included all the material from the regional editions. The different editions had mostly the same advertising, but the interior information referred to theaters in that part of the country. By the 1950s, Box Office had become the number one exhibitor magazine, and one by one, all of its rivals ceased publication. Box Office is still published today and is still subscribed to by theaters all over the country! Note that the items in this lot are from 1948 to 1976, and there are images of all of them. Measurements: 9 1/4" x 12 1/4"Note that we have provided a picture of the front cover of each magazine, but no other images. Please know that these magazines are sealed in bags and are ready for shipping, and we cannot answer any questions about them or look through them for you, so please bid (or do not bid) based on the images we have provided. Condition: good to very good. Please note that we briefly attempted to check to see if the magazines are complete and uncut, and we believe that they are. However, there is a slight possibility that we might have missed a small cut or a page that was neatly removed, and if that happens, you can return the magazines. We have solely provided an overall description of the condition of the magazine, but you can also refer to our super-sized images of the covers. Please bid (or not bid) based on that overall grade and by viewing the super-sized images. Learn More about condition grades Titles included:
 
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