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2s0063 PERSONAL PROPERTY pressbook 1937 Jean Harlow & Robert Taylor together at last, ultra rare!
Date Sold 8/7/2022Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price.
An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]; 19 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 6 pages. (Learn More)
Personal Property (released in other English-speaking countries as "The Man in Possession"), the 1937 W.S. Van Dyke ("The Hit-Director of 'After the Thin Man' 'San Francisco' and others") romantic comedy ("At last they're together - and how!"; "Just because he's her handsome butler can she call him her 'Personal Property'"; "They're sweethearts now! And what thrills!"; about a broke American widow living in London, and a son of a formerly wealthy family is assigned to watch over her so that she can keep her house, and his brother meets her and begins romancing her, and each thinks the other is rich and the solution to their problems, but of course, she eventually falls for the handsome man who knows she is broke!) starring Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor ("in a happy huddle for the first time!"), Reginald Owen, Una O'Connor, Henrietta Crosman, E.E. Clive, Lionel Braham, and Marla Shelton. Note that this was a re-make of the 1931 film The Man in Possession, with Robert Montgomery and Charlotte Greenwood.
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, and that was 24 years ago, when it sold for $595!
Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we are auctioning 30 of the very best (and most rare) pressbooks from this collection, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut!
Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we are auctioning 30 of the very best (and most rare) pressbooks from this collection, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut!
Condition: fair to good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. However, the interiors of MGM pressbooks from this period were printed on a newsprint that was exactly like what was used in newspapers at that time, and it almost always ages terribly, resulting in incredibly brittle insides. The color covers were printed on a better paper, but they tend to chip around the edges. In this particular pressbook, the interior pages are incredibly fragile and there is chipping and small paper loss around the edges, and there are some tears and tiny paper loss around the edges of the covers. The pressbook was folded in half many years ago, and there is a piece of clear tape at the right end of that fold on the front cover. The pressbook had a tipped-in herald that is no longer present. Please bear all of the above in mind and look closely at our super-sized images before bidding on this incredibly rare pressbook.
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