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About Vintage Movie Posters Vintage movie posters are highly collectible, especially those for films released before the 1940s.
Few of these early posters survived because theater owners were obliged to send them along to the next theater. A smaller variant of the poster, the http://www.collectorsweekly.com/movies/lobby-cards">lobby card (or window card), is more widely available because theaters were allowed to add their names to the cards and keep them. {About Vintage Movie Lobby Cards} Lobby cards, the smaller cousins to movie posters, once graced theaters everywhere.

They were produced from about 1910 to 1985, and typically consisted of eight cards, including a title card and seven scene cards. They were printed on 11 by 14 inch card stock, and displayed all around the theaters. Collectors value complete sets, which are surprisingly possible to find, as many people who collect them try to keep them together.

Beginning in the 1940s, theaters were able to buy additional copies of the larger sized posters, known as one-sheets, and keep those, too.

These later posters are generally marked with the year and edition number... Movie posters were originally produced purely as advertising, so even the major studios rarely saved posters from their films. Thus, movie posters from the 1920s or earlier are almost nonexistent today. It wasn’t until the release of http://www.collectorsweekly.com/movies/star-wars">Star Wars in 1977 that a strong interest in owning original movie posters became widespread.

The movie posters most sought by collectors tend to be from science-fiction films, followed closely by those from horror flicks. Sci-fi posters from the 1950s are especially in demand (The War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still), and the most popular era for horror posters tends to be the 1930s (Frankenstein, Dracula).

Posters for genre movies such as film noir, independent films, and B-movies are also especially desirable. In some cases, these posters are more collectible than ones with star-studded casts because the artwork can take center stage. That said, there are exceptions to every rule—the original 1941 Bill Gold poster for Casablanca is not only graphically compelling, it features Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at its center.

Other categories of vintage movie posters include musicals (An American in Paris, Singin’ In the Rain), Bollywood (Pyaasa, Shree 420), the Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night, Yellow Submarine), James Bond (Dr. No, Goldfinger), and French New Wave (Jules et Jim, Breathless).

Most collectors seek vintage movie posters because of their passion for a particular actor, director, or film, but some collectors like to acquire posters based on the poster’s designer. For example, Saul Bass’s classic designs for West Side Story, Vertigo, and Anatomy of a Murder echoed the http://www.collectorsweekly.com/mid-century-modern/overview">Mid-century Modern aesthetic of the 1950s and 1960s.

As for Reynold Brown, his posters for such forgettable films as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Love-Slaves of the Amazons were far better than the movies they advertised. On the other hand, sometimes the stars aligned, as was the case in Brown’s posters for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Ben-Hur.

Top 40 current eBay Lobby Cards auctions
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Top 40 current eBay Lobby Cards auctions


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1) Rare Orig. 1940 Pinocchio Lobby Card Disney Best Card - $500 (9 bids)

2) Ginger Rogers, Donald Duck Bachelor Mother 39-lobby Lc - $100 (5 bids)

3) Rage In Heaven '41 Ingrid Bergman George Sanders Mgm Tc - $75 (1 bid)

4) Original 1961 Lobby Card - Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii - $75 (2 bids)

5) The Alamo Linen Back Poster John Wayne 27x41 - $74 (2 bids)

6) Mad Max 1 Mel Gibson - $62 (7 bids)

7) Robotrix Amy Yip Hong Kong Lobby Card Set Uncut - $61 (3 bids)

8) Alien 1979 Complete Set - 8 Original Movie Lobby Cards - $60 (1 bid)

9) Gentleman Prefer Blondes(1953) Foh Lobby Marilyn Monroe - $57 (1 bid)

10) The Omega Man - Set Of 5 Lobby Cards - Charlton Heston - $54 (4 bids)

11) Rare Orig. 1941 Hudson's Bay L/card Sexy Gene Tierney - $50 (1 bid)

12) Rare Orig. 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge Lc Horror - $50 (1 bid)

13) Aliens 1986 Complete Set - 8 Original Movie Lobby Cards - $50 (1 bid)

14) I Could Go On Singing Judy Garland Dirk Bogarde 8 Lobby - $40 (1 bid)

15) 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Us Lobby Card Set - $39 (3 bids)

16) Ida Lupino / Robt Ryan--beware My Lovely--set --free Do - $35 (1 bid)

17) Original 1972 Godfather Photo Lobby Card Set Mint Nr - $35 (4 bids)

18) Original 1960 ??the Time Machine’ Lobby Card - $33 (6 bids)

19) Sci Fi Classic The Deadly Mantis 12 Pages - $30 (1 bid)

20) Roy Rogers Lobby Card Rainbow Over Texas Gabby Hayes - $25 (1 bid)

21) Elvis Presley-1956 Love Me Tender Lobby Card=fair Shape - $25 (1 bid)

22) Kubrick Full Metal Jacket Vintage 1987 Lobby Card G - $25 (1 bid)

23) Tron 16 X L.c French 1982 Jeff Bridges - $23 (4 bids)

24) Barbarians Vs Steves Reeves Large Lobby From Italy - $20 (1 bid)

25) Hercule In Center Of The Earth Reg Park Large Lobby - $20 (1 bid)

26) Hercules Vs Amazons Reeves Sylviaz Lopez Large Lobby - $20 (1 bid)

27) Galaxina Dorothy Stratton Sci Fi 8 Orig Lobby Cards - $20 (1 bid)

28) Desk Set Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy 8 Orig Lobby - $20 (1 bid)

29) Ten Commandments Demille Religion Heston 8 R72 Lobbies - $20 (1 bid)

30) W.c. Fields Follow The Boys '44 -original Lobby Card Lc - $20 (1 bid)

31) Ginger Rogers You Said A Mouthful '32 - Lobby Card Lc - $20 (2 bids)

32) ~ Designing Woman Orig Lobby Title Care Lauren Bacall - $20 (1 bid)

33) Never Let Me Go Clark Gable Gene Tierney Lobby Card - $20 (1 bid)

34) Dorothy Gish Little Miss Rebellion 6 Stills Paramount - $20 (1 bid)

35) The Ghost Writer - Roman Polanski- Pierce Brosnan - $20 (2 bids)

36) Alice In Wonderland Burton Depp Hathaway 6 French Lc - $19 (2 bids)

37) Alice In Wonderland -johnny Depp- Tim Burton - $18 (1 bid)

38) Confucius - Chow Yun Fat - $18 (1 bid)

39) Harry Potter Chamber Of Secrets 8 French Lobby Cards - $18 (1 bid)

40) The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus-heath Ledger-j.depp - $18 (1 bid)


Top 20 most watched eBay Lobby Cards auctions

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1) Rare Orig. 1940 Pinocchio Lobby Card Disney Best Card - $500 (12 watchers)

2) The Woman In Green '45 Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone - $18 (12 watchers)

3) House Of The Dark Shadows - Set Of 7 Lobby Cards - $13 (12 watchers)

4) 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Us Lobby Card Set - $39 (11 watchers)

5) Rear Window '54 Hitchcock James Stewart Grace Kelly Lc - $10 (11 watchers)

6) Reservoir Dogs - Original Us Lobby Card Set - $11 (10 watchers)

7) Rare Orig. 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge Lc Horror - $50 (9 watchers)

8) Alice In Wonderland Burton Depp Hathaway 6 French Lc - $19 (9 watchers)

9) The Omega Man - Set Of 5 Lobby Cards - Charlton Heston - $54 (9 watchers)

10) Original 1972 Godfather Photo Lobby Card Set Mint Nr - $35 (8 watchers)

11) Two-lane Blacktop Lobby Cards James Taylor Chevy 150 - $13 (8 watchers)

12) Original 1961 Lobby Card - Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii - $75 (7 watchers)

13) Mad Max 1 Mel Gibson - $62 (7 watchers)

14) Tais Toi Quand Tu Parles 12 X L.c French Edwige Fenech - $10 (6 watchers)

15) Tenebrae 12 X L.c French 1983 Dario Argento - $12 (6 watchers)

16) Ginger Rogers, Donald Duck Bachelor Mother 39-lobby Lc - $100 (6 watchers)

17) Terminator 8 X L.c French 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger - $17 (6 watchers)

18) Tron 16 X L.c French 1982 Jeff Bridges - $23 (6 watchers)

19) Orig 1939 The Girl From Mexico Lobby Card ?? Lupe Velez - $10 (6 watchers)

20) Deadline At Dawn ('46) Rare Susan Hayward Noir Tc - $11 (6 watchers)
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Top 20 completed eBay Lobby Cards auctions this past week

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1) King Kong Original 1956 Lobby Card Set No Reserve - $877 - (#390169950680)

2) The Christian- Silent Lobby Card- Richard Dix - $283 - (#300407738471)

3) Forbidden Planet/orig Set Of 12/ 1956/ 8x10 Still Set - $282 - (#290413483423)

4) Original 1920 ??the Flapper’ Silent Comedy Lobby Card - $279 - (#170460699765)

5) My Fair Lady Audrey Hepburn Lobby Card Set 1964. - $250 - (#380216668776)

6) A Fool There Was Theda Bara Silent 1918 Lc - $243 - (#350328501985)

7) Barbarella Jane Fonda 11 Orig Mini Lobby Cards Sci Fi - $243 - (#270549862944)

8) Orig. A Night In Casablanca Groucho Marx Brothers Lc - $228 - (#130375547034)

9) 1931 ~ Wally Dunbar ~ Riders Of The Cactus ~ Lobby Card - $228 - (#200450339594)

10) Funny Face Audrey Hepburn Astaire Movie Lobby Card Set - $213 - (#200449569112)

11) House Of Wax - Original 1953 Us Lobby Cards - $187 - (#130375442039)

12) Impact Original 1949 Title Lobby Card Film Noir - $170 - (#350328578405)

13) Dick Tracy`s Dilemma- Lobby Card Set-ralph Byrd - $150 - (#300407831268)

14) Let’s Get Married Richard Dix Lois Wilson Silent 1926 - $128 - (#320502129966)

15) It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Movie Lobby Card Set Of 8 - $128 - (#200449569190)

16) 1930 Jack Perrin - Ridin Law ~ Original Lobby Card - $126 - (#200451801988)

17) Clockwork Orange Original Mint Lobby Card Set Kubrick - $120 - (#390171849925)

18) Mighty Joe Young Original Lobby Card Signed By Ray H. - $119 - (#390169955705)

19) Cary Grant Hitchcock North By Northwest 5 Uk Foh Lobbys - $113 - (#380215045821)

20) The Killer Shrews Original 1959 Lobby Card #2 Horror - $110 - (#230449657010)



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