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Auction History Result 1h0196 BUCK ROGERS pressbook 1939 Buster Crabbe science fiction fantasy serial, very rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/2" [29 x 44 cm]; 8 pages). Also included is an ad supplement (that has one page that measures 23" x 35" when unfolded) (Learn More) Buck Rogers, the 1939 Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind science fiction (sci-fi) action adventure fantasy serial ("The New Universal presents 'Buck Rogers'"; "12 amazing thrill-thronged chapters" "Based on the Buck Rogers newspaper feature owned and copyrighted by John F. Dille Co."; "Original Cartoon Strip by Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan") starring Buster Crabbe (billed as "Larry Crabbe"; in the title role as Buck Rogers), Jackie Moran, Constance Moore (as Wilma Deering), Anthony Warde, C. Montague Shaw, William Gould, Philson Ahn, Roy Barcroft, and Wheeler Oakman NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, and it sold for $1,550! Note that this is one of a truly remarkable collection of 37 uncut pressbooks we have been consigned and are auctioning in 37 separate auctions! This is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever auctioned at one time. 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 can't be found in great condition, and some of them are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have many 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! Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. The covers are separated at the spine. It was folded across the middle at one time and there are scuffs, tiny tears and tiny paper loss on that fold on the cover. It has two stamps on the cover in the top left and upper right that read "FILE COPY RETURN TO STILL DEPT.", both in background areas (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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