Our August Major Auction contains hundreds of items, covering all years and sizes and is being run in three parts:

• Part I (Ends Tuesday August 16th): 283 linenbacked one-sheets

• Part II (Ends Thursday August 18th): 376 non-animation items (backed and unbacked, an unbelievable selection)
• Part III Preview (Sunday August 14th to 21st): a special "all animation" section

What distinguishes OUR major auctions from other major auctions? Only the lack of any reserves or buyers premiums, honest condition grading, and unenhanced super-sized images! You will find an amazing "supermarket" selection of great posters from all years, genres, and countries!

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 MUST SHIP FLAT IN OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g001-9g007 English 30sh, 24sheets
9g204-9g213 paperbacked half-sheets
9g230-9g244 paperbacked inserts
9g298-9g309 CLEOPATRA jumbo window card, PHILIP CASTLE signed CLOCKWORK ORANGE prints, window cards, Italian & French
9g310-9g311 KING KONG R56 Thirty by Forty, WHERE EAGLES DARE Thirty by Forty

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND ARE WIDER THAN 32" AND SHIP IN OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g008-9g042 six-sheets and three-sheets
9g043-9g046 Forty by Sixty, Thirty by Forty, half subways
9g133 English three-sheet
9g134-9g153 Italian 40x80, two-panels, one-panels; French one-panels

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE WIDER THAN 32" AND SHIP IN OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g258-9g264 banners, Forty by Sixties, bus stop, 1915 Hungarian newsreel poster

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND SHIP IN REGULAR SIZE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g047 MAN FROM PLANET X door panel
9g048-9g078 Colombian, Cuban, Hungarian, Spanish, Danish, Mexican, German, Argentinean, Russian, Polish, Australian
9g079-9g092 Belgian
9g093-9g102 Czech
9g103-9g110 English (including British quads)
9g111-9g116 French
9g117-9g124 Italian
9g125-9g132 Japanese
9g154-9g203 stage play, war, travel, advertising, museum, music, art print, repro circus, special, magazine (centerfolds and covers), commercial, video
9g214-9g217 half-sheets
9g229 insert

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN REGULAR SIZE TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g218-9g228 half-sheets
9g245-9g257 inserts
9g312-9g320 one-sheets, special posters, stamp sheet, commercial poster
9g321-9g376 Belgian, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, British quads, Czech, Italian, Japanese

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHIP IN REGULAR FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9g265-9g273 incredible MAD MAX collection
9g274-9g297 folded one-sheets, Thirty by Forty, Forty by Sixty, lobby cards, mini window card, three-sheet, Australian three-sheet, Italian one-panel, French campaign book, exhibitor magazine, trade ad, promo brochure, magazine ads, program book

About the condition
Note that we give a detailed 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 poster for minor defects that we did NOT describe.

If a poster 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 poster 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!

THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part II of our August Major Auction). The items being auctioned ship in a variety of ways, and you should refer to each individual auction page or the chart above to know how it will be shipped. After winning and depending on what you win, you may need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system. Learn the exact details of flat rate shipping
     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).

Do you need "signature required"?
Neither UPS nor USPS automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $4.25 for UPS or $2.45 for USPS that they charge for "signature required", and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package at the door, and you may well have to go to the UPS or USPS facility yourself to pick it up if you aren't there to meet the delivery person. 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 Thursday items need to be sent in a variety of ways (as noted on the individual auction pages and in the chart above) so... IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COMBINING: Flat rate shipping is good for 3 weeks worth of purchases (assuming all the items fit into a single package; Learn More About Combining). If you win items over a span of more than 21 days, you will then be charged the actual cost of shipping plus $3 for packing materials. *Most "flat" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Thursday July 14th complete and incomplete lobby card sets Thursday July 21st single 8x10 stills Sunday July 24th Film Daily Yearbooks, mini WCs, slabbed stills, and Spanish heralds Tuesday July 26th window cards, French & Italian, and more Thursday July 28th complete and incomplete lobby card sets Sunday July 31st groups of 2 or more 8x10 stills Tuesday August 2nd folded one-sheets Thursday August 4th oversized "flat" items only Sunday August 14th pressbooks, heralds & programs Thursday August 18th "flat" items from Part II of our August Major Auction *Most unbacked "rolled" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Sunday July 17th inserts, Belgians, Italian locandinas Tuesday July 19th rolled non-U.S. posters Thursday August 4th oversized "rolled" items only (NOTE: Some items such as vinyl banners can NOT be combined) Tuesday August 9th rolled non-U.S. posters Thursday August 11th rolled one-sheets Thursday August 18th "rolled/unbacked" items from Part II of our August Major Auction * Linenbacked posters must be ALL be sent separately from all other types of items for an additional shipping charge! All of the posters that end on 8/16 are linenbacked, and SOME of the posters that end on 8/18 and 8/21 are linenbacked. * ALL of the items be sent separately from these auctions for an additional shipping charge: Sunday August 7th bulk lots (NOTE: Some items can be combined and if safe to do so, we will!)

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 (even if you get 100 or more, but solely from a single set!), but we also allow you to wait until the next three weeks of auctions end (a total of up to nine sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible; see Learn More About Combining), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to nine of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package, but of course, there is a limit to how many items can fit in a single package or tube, and if you end up with several packages, you will need to pay that many shipping charges; Learn More About Combining). Since around half of our auctions have items that ship in tubes and the other half have items that ship in flat packages, and since few of those items can be combined, most of our regular buyers end up with at least two packages after three weeks. We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do (and of course, there are others who charge far more!), but none of the ones with lower rates offer the same generous flat rate shipping we do, and 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 COST OF SHIPPING AS STATED ON THE INDIVIDUAL AUCTION PAGES (or using the chart above).

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 the best packaging materials you have ever seen. 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 6 consecutive weeks (a total of 18 auctions and around 15,000+ 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 (plus $3 for packaging materials)!