My haul from Tuesday’s auction at emovieposter

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My haul from Tuesday’s auction at emovieposter. I’m pretty happy with it — and also grateful that I got outbid on a few lots here and there. Please feel free to do the same again in today’s auction. I really went overboard.

This is supposed to be my last auction for a while. I need to properly sort everything out here and pull together the invoices, customs, etc., just to figure out what this madness has actually cost me in the end.

Then again… maybe I don’t really want to know. :-)

PASSIONNELLE – French 1p (1947) – Pour une nuit d'amour, Joyeux, different Peron art, ultra rare

WHO'S GOT THE BLACK BOX – Italian 1p (1968) – Claude Chabrol, Criminal Story, Gasparri art, rare

WAKE OF THE RED WITCH – 3 Sheet R1952 – art of barechested John Wayne & Gail Russell at sea

ANGRY RED PLANET – 1 Sheet (1960) – great art of gigantic drooling bat-rat-spider creature

BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA VIXENS – 1 Sheet (1979) – Russ Meyer, 5 chicks & sexy Kitten Natividad

DARK CRYSTAL – 1 Sheet (1982) – Jim Henson & Frank Oz, incredible Richard Amsel fantasy art

EXCALIBUR – Teaser 1 Sheet (1981) – John Boorman directed, Robert Addie as Mordred wearing mask

FIRST BLOOD – NSS Style 1 Sheet (1982) – artwork of Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo by Drew Struzan

LOVE-SLAVES OF THE AMAZONS – 1 Sheet (1957) – Reynold Brown art of sexy female native with spear

PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF – 1 Sheet (1951) – barechested Tony Curtis & pretty Piper Laurie

STRANGER IN MY ARMS – 1 Sheet (1959) – art of Jeff Chandler holding pretty June Allyson

COMMANDO CODY – Chapter 8 Title Card (1953) – art & inset of Judd Holdren, Hydrogen Hurricane, ultra rare

JOAN OF ARC – Title Card (1948) – Ingrid Bergman & Ward Bond in full armor, Bergman on horse with sword

ROAD TO RUIN / AGREEABLE SURPRISE – Stage Play English Handbill (1799), dated, ultra rare

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Well, some folks obviously took it very seriously when I asked to be outbid at the Thursday auction. Thanks. :-) I definitely saved 2k. Here's my meager haul. Nice to have. I need to check if restoring "Princess Bride" is worth it.

And that's it for now with my shopping spree. Maybe here and there again, but... No, no, no! In the end, I need money for the frames too, and they cost a fortune, as you all know.

Perfecting the database is right at the top of the agenda. And photographing everything. Front, back, damages, etc. That's gonna take a while. Oh, yeah.

Bruce

I love that Road to Ruin! Amazing to me that a poster from 1799 is not in a museum.

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Bruce said:

I love that Road to Ruin! Amazing to me that a poster from 1799 is not in a museum.

Yes, absolutely, Bruce. I’m very proud to have won this at auction. It’s something truly special, and I’m very happy about it. When it arrives here, I’ll review it with a conservator in Hamburg to determine whether restoration makes sense and what scale that might involve. A few houses down from me there’s a long-established gilder who will then create a beautiful, appropriate frame for it. This handbill will be in very good hands with me.