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Our 2009 Special Non-U.S. Mini/Major Auction has our best selection
EVER of non-U.S. posters (765 in all),
covering all years, genres, and 22 different countries including exceptional
linenbacked, paperbacked,
and unbacked items!
This special auction is being run in
two separate parts:
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Part I runs from Tuesday
September 15th to Tuesday September 22nd and includes Flying Down to Rio
Danish linenbacked poster and 542 more incredible non-U.S. posters from 20
different countries (but NOT England and Australia)
- Part II runs from Thursday September 17th to
Thursday September 24th
and includes 222 linenbacked OR non-backed English-language posters from
England and Australia OR and "oversized" non-backed non-U.S. posters from
12 different countries
What distinguishes OUR Special Non-U.S.
Mini/Major Auction from
other major auctions? Only the lack of any reserves or buyers premiums!
You will find an amazing selection of posters from all years, genres, and
countries, all accurately described, with unenhanced super-sized images!
Start browsing and bidding in Part I in our
Tuesday Auction Gallery
or in Part II in our
Thursday Auction Gallery!
SPECIAL
BONUS OFFER TO EVERY BUYER IN THESE AUCTIONS!
 INCREDIBLE!
Every buyer from EITHER of the two parts of our "Special Non-U.S. Fall
Mini/Major Auction" receives a
great full-color printed t-shirt as a free bonus (even if you only purchase one
item)!
Every buyer in the
two parts of this special auction will receive the great full-color
T-shirt pictured at right, which shows the image from the Follow the Fleet
Danish poster (we
will only be making as many t-shirts as there are different buyers in the
two parts of the auction, so
it will be a VERY limited edition, and likely will become a
"collector's item" in its own right!). Given that you get this great full-color
T-shirt with any purchase, shouldn't you absolutely find any one item to
purchase from us from among the 765 items in these
two special auctions?
*Note: we give this shirt (which costs
us $9 to $11 each at wholesale, because they are very high quality) to anyone
who purchases one or more items in the two parts of this auction.
BUT KNOW THAT YOU ONLY GET ONE SHIRT, NO MATTER HOW MANY ITEMS
YOU PURCHASE, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU PURCHASE FROM ONE OR BOTH OF THE PARTS OF
THIS SPECIAL AUCTION.
Please also note that, because some of the
posters in this auction are un-backed and rolled, we will NOT send the
t-shirt together with your purchase, UNLESS you purchase items that go in
flat packages, or linenbacked items. If you purchase rolled items that are
unbacked, we will hold the t-shirt on your account and we will add it to the next flat
package you receive from us.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE!
The above offer is for anyone who purchases any ONE item from either
part of this mini/major auction. But if you are a member of our
weekly e-mail club,
we will be offering our most generous bonus offers ever to those who purchase
just FIVE items from either or both of the two parts combined (you need
just purchase a total of three items from both parts). We will have
multiple great offers for those who purchase as few as three items, and as many
as twelve or more, and you get these just for being a member of the club (so if
you are not already a member, and over 5,500 collectors already are, then why
not join today by going to
http://www.emovieposter.com/mail/clubsignup.php).
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Special Notes About This Tuesday's Items
HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)
All of the following are linenbacked:
7h001 PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC original French 31" x 47"
7h002-7h012 French 1p, door panel, 23x31
7h013-7h017 Danish, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
7h018-7h026 Japanese, Argentinean, Belgian
7h027-7h036 English 1sh, German 33x47, German 23x33
7h037-7h051 Italian (3sh, 2p, 1p, 37x39, locandina)
All of the following are unbacked:
7h052-7h054 METROPOLIS French program book and 2 German stills
7h055-7h056 WOMAN IN THE MOON 2 French/German stills
7h057-7h059 FAUST German still, Argentinean two-sheets
7h060-7h066 German (door panel, 33x47)
7h067-7h107 British quads including GOLDFINGER (excellent condition
and unrestored!)
7h108-7h122 English 1sh, commercial, double crown
7h123-7h166 Aust one-sheets and daybills
7h167-7h173 English 6sheet & 3sheets
7h174-7h195 French 31x47s, one-panels
7h196-7h222 Italian one- and two-panels
WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF BUYING A LINENBACKED POSTER OVER A NON-LINENBACKED POSTER
(this solely applies to the 51 linenbacked items in Part II of this special
auction)?
The great plus about buying a linenbacked poster is that it has had its defects restored, and it looks its absolute best (if it was well backed), so it is far more enjoyable to display on a wall, as your eye is not distracted by the defects that most non-backed posters have (and even nice condition unbacked posters usually have annoying foldlines). In addition, it is far easier to properly frame a linenbacked poster, as you have to be incredibly careful when framing an unbacked poster, to be sure the poster is not damaged.
There are two downsides to having a poster linenbacked. The first is that it can be very expensive, usually around $100-$200 for a one-sheet, and more or less for smaller or larger sizes. The second is that once it is linenbacked, it can be difficult to tell exactly how much restoration a poster has had, and many people have been deceived over the years, because they were sold a linenback restored poster, and they were led to believe it had less restoration than it actually had
(often with very fuzzy written descriptions of the defects, and even fuzzier
images), but even when the seller did not use deceptive methods, the buyers
often lacked the skills to determine how much restoration the poster had.
But in OUR auctions, you get only the upside, without the downside! We tell you exactly what restoration was done to each poster, and the extent of the restoration, so you CAN'T be deceived as to how much restoration the poster has had, and you receive a poster that often looks its best (if the restoration was not so well done, then we clearly tell you that), and you get a poster that is far easier to frame.
Plus, YOU don't have to pay for the restoration! The person who consigned the poster to us paid for the restoration, and in many cases, you may well be able to purchase the poster for less than the actual cost of restoration, because these are no reserve auctions. In some cases, you may be able to purchase the poster professionally linenbacked for less than you would have paid for the poster prior to restoration!
About the Condition
SPECIAL
NOTE ABOUT THE CONDITION DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR CURRENT 51 LINENBACKED POSTERS:
It is always difficult to give a single overall grade to a linenbacked (or paperbacked) poster, for a simple reason. Some posters had few defects, but have had little restoration performed on them, whereas some posters had a greater number of defects, but have had expert restoration performed on them. The second type of poster currently looks to be in "better" condition than the first type, so how do you grade them both in a single scale? You really can't! We do the best we can by first giving each poster an overall grade that that conveys the most important information YOU want to know about the current appearance of the poster and the quality of the restoration, WHICH IS, WOULD YOU LIKELY BE HAPPY TO DISPLAY THIS POSTER AS IS, OR WOULD YOU FIRST WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESTORATION PERFORMED?
A poster with a grade of "fine" means BOTH that the poster was very well backed, AND also that it was in
truly excellent condition prior to linenbacking, and I feel everyone would be happy owning this poster (this grade is just for "condition freaks", and we
ALMOST NEVER grade linenbacked items as "fine", so they can KNOW what posters are sure to make them happy!).
A poster with a grade of "very good" or "very good to fine" means that a poster displays nicely, and I think all but the fussiest collectors would likely be happy to display it on their wall "as is", but the poster HAS had some degree of restoration (it may be a relatively small amount, or a relatively larger amount, and this is a big part of what makes a poster either "very good" or "very good to fine", and we detail what areas needed restoration in our "Overall
Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration" field). Note that for a few posters that we gave a "very good" grade to (NOT "very good to fine"), the poster either has a small amount of noticeable restoration (but it is not very distracting, and we think many collectors could accept it), or the poster might have an unrestored defect, but we know that a talented restorer could repair it without re-backing the poster. There are a VERY few posters that we gave a "very good" grade to which would benefit from professional re-backing, but we only did this with extremely rare posters that were backed long ago, and did not have major defects other than their lesser backing,
and in the rare cases where we did this, we CLEARLY noted exactly
what areas could use additional restoration and why.
A poster with a grade of
"good to very good" means that the poster had enough defects that were
not well corrected through restoration to where I feel that they are
SOMEWHAT noticeable, but not very distracting, and that a lot of
collectors WOULD be able to display the poster just as it is
(although some collectors might want to have additional restoration performed, and in
many cases, that could be done without re-backing the poster).
A poster with a grade of "good" means that the poster either had significant defects that were not well corrected through restoration, or
some that were not corrected at all, to where I feel a lot of collectors would NOT want to display the poster unless it had additional restoration performed. Many of these posters will look fantastic after additional restoration is performed, and in some cases, that can be done without re-backing the poster.
A poster with a grade of "fair" or "poor" means that the poster had REALLY significant defects that were
either not well corrected through restoration, or not restored at all, to where I feel almost all collectors would NOT want to display the poster unless it had additional restoration performed. Many of these posters may look fantastic after additional restoration is performed, but the result will still
surely be a heavily restored poster, so bear that in mind before bidding.
IT IS VERY LUCKY
(both for me and for the buyers of these posters!) that many of these
posters either did not require a lot of restoration, or that many of them
were restored by the most talented professionals, which means that many of
the posters now look great! PLEASE REALIZE THAT SOME OF THESE POSTERS WERE LINENBACKED IN THE "AMERICAN" FASHION, which usually means that the restorer attempted to repair and conceal virtually every defect, AND SOME OF THE POSTERS WERE LINENBACKED IN THE "EUROPEAN" FASHION, which usually means the restorer did little or no restoration to the poster, often simply linenbacking it
exactly as is (AND WE ALWAYS NOTE WHEN THE RESTORER DID LITTLE OR NO RESTORATION
TO THE POSTER).
After the overall condition grade, I described each poster's pre-restoration defects in words. All of these posters were already linenbacked when I received them, but I have sold literally
over ten thousand linenbacked posters (more than anyone in the world!), and I believe I know how to look for "hidden" restoration better than anyone else in the hobby, and I describe everything that was done to the poster, along with the quality of the work. Far too many sellers of linenbacked posters fail to see the restoration their posters have had, either intentionally or because they lack the ability to see it. When you buy a linenbacked poster from us, there is NO chance you will get an unpleasant surprise when you receive your purchase (although you may well be pleasantly surprised, especially if you have purchased from "major" auction houses that usually "optimistically" grade most of their restored posters). Of course, our large and super-sized UNENHANCED images will also help you better know the exact condition of each poster BEFORE you place a bid (and we NEVER enhance any image in any way, including NEVER giving a slightly "fuzzy" image that hides many tiny defects)!
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U.S. Shipping
Details THIS WEEK ONLY, all buyers (U.S. AND non-U.S.) must pay the
actual cost of
sending your order, plus $2 for the packaging materials.
Why don't we have a "flat rate" for U.S. orders this
week? Because we are only selling posters that are in many
cases quite rare and sometimes expensive, which must be sent in our custom-made extra heavy duty gorilla proof
mailing tubes which are much stronger than the ones used by most sellers (*read
more about our "gorilla proof" tubes that stand up to the greatest
of abuse, and we wrap all expensive items in plastic, so that even a
submerged tube may arrive undamaged!). Shipping will vary greatly depending on how
many items you get, what weight of linen the posters were mounted on, if
they fit in the same package, and where you live. Generally it will cost
around $14 to send a standard-sized tube anywhere in the U.S. by either U.S.
mail or UPS, fully insured (all U.S. orders MUST be fully insured).
Can we send your order in a less expensive way? We have
purchased movie paper items many hundreds of times over the Internet
ourselves, and we have seen the tubes that other
sellers use (both the free kind and the kind purchased at shipping supply
stores), and the protection offered by those tubes is spotty at best (those
cheaper tubes will often get bent resulting in creasing or tearing to the
poster, or in extreme cases, a tube can even lose a cap from an end
resulting in the buyer receiving a tube but no posters!), so please do not
ask us to use a lighter weight tube or less expensive packing materials to save on
shipping, because we won't do it! We know that once you see our tubes
you will agree that they are a great investment in protecting your purchase(s) and you will wonder why other sellers of vintage movie paper do
not use these same tubes (and if somehow you don't agree with us, we ask you
not to bid at all)!
You CAN usually combine shipment!
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Thursday items will
mostly need to be sent rolled in tubes or in oversized flat packages so...
*the linenbacked
items and the posters that will be rolled in tubes can NOT be combined with any of our current or recent auctions because we
never combine expensive items that ship rolled with items that ship flat
due to the great chance of damage to the "flat" items
*the "oversized" non-backed
items which need to be sent in flat packages (NOT the rolled items) CAN be combined with any of these auctions:
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Sunday September 13th glass slides, German
programs, presskits, magazines
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Tuesday September 15th folded one-sheets
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Thursday September 17th folded one-sheets
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Sunday September 20th stills
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Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single
set of EITHER 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 three 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 CURRENT ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING PLUS $2 FOR
PACKAGING MATERIALS (and remember this also applies to U.S. buyers, this
week only)!
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