The Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=667&ic=auctionhome_catalog> begins tomorrow, so if you've been waiting to get your bids in, this is the time. Online bidding will close tonight, November 12, 2007, at 10 pm Central Time for Sessions One and Two, While Online bidding for Sessions Three and Four will close tomorrow night, November 13, 2007, at 10 pm Central Time. If you can't be with us in person here in Dallas, Heritage's new live bidding platform, HALive, is the next best thing. Using this free application, you'll be able to follow the auction, complete with streaming audio and video, in real time, and place your bids as the auction happens, allowing you to compete with bidders on the floor from anywhere else in the world. Best of all, there's no additional Buyer's Premium required to use this totally free service. And if you want to phone bid, now is the time to make those arrangements by calling Client Services at 1-866-835-3243.
Just before the auction begins, I'd like to take this opportunity to call out a few last pieces you may have overlooked. Undoubtedly, you've seen the one-of-a-kind Style D Bride of Frankenstein <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29167> one sheet, the only known copy of the Scarface<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=28254> one sheet, the exceptionally beautiful 40" x 60" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=28977> and the glorious three sheet from Mary Pickford's The Pride of the Clan<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=28124>, but have you looked closely at these outstanding posters? Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful and alluring actresses of the Golden Age of Film was Veronica Lake<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=28858>. With her peek-a-boo bangs and her perfectly sculpted features, Lake was an absolute stunner. It's hard to imagine a poster that more perfectly captured this luminous star's beauty than this French Petite from 1944, with outstanding artwork by noted poster artist Roger Soubie. This eye-catching poster, a simple portrait of Lake, is absolutely captivating and would make a wonderful display piece for any fan of this classic actress. One of the biggest stars of the silent era was cowboy actor Tom Mix. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Mix's cowboy skills were real, earned the hard way by the time he spent working on a ranch prior to getting involved in motion pictures. Few could match Mix for daring and audacity, and the result was some of the most action-packed, fast-paced Westerns ever seen on the silver screen. Once sound came to the movies, Mix retired from movies for several years, but was lured back in the early 1930s to star in a few talking pictures before his untimely death in a car accident in 1940. One of those talkies was My Pal, the King<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29101>, represented here in a fun and colorful one sheet. Of note about this poster is that the twelve-year-old boy in the poster next to Mix is a young Mickey Rooney, soon to become a superstar actor in his own right. The poster, and the movie, gives viewers a small taste of Mix's actual Wild West show, making for an exceptional piece of movie poster art. Posters for Mix's Universal pictures are incredibly scarce - there are only a small handful of posters for My Pal, the King known to exist, for example. Also, many collectors consider these posters far superior to the paper produced for his silent films. When discussing the Golden Age of Universal Horror, many count Dracula (1931) as the first film in that storied series. But it is perhaps more accurate to cite Lon Chaney's epic production of The Phantom of the Opera<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29189> (1925) as the film that began that important genre. While Chaney was certainly a star before Phantom, it was this film that transformed him into a legend. Between his ghastly make-up and his incredible nuanced performance, Chaney set the stage for such later stars as Boris Karloff, who would create characters who were at once both monstrous and sympathetic. Paper from this film is notoriously scarce, so don't miss your opportunity to check out the stunning, and ultra-rare, insert offered in this auction. Speaking of great horror material, no fan of the genre is going to want to miss the collection of photographs and stills from the scrapbook of famed Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce. Included are such unique and exceptional pieces as several shots of Claude Rains <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29255> in his rarely-seen Phantom of the Opera scar make-up, Henry Hull <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29246> in his original Werewolf of London make-up, which was later used for Lon Chaney in The Wolf Man, a great shot of Pierce leading a hooded Karloff <http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29268> to the set of Frankenstein, and an early make-up shot of Karloff from The Old Dark House<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=29273>. This is an incredible archive from one of Hollywood's top talents, and a collection you'll certainly want to look at. There are some posters that are just plain fun, and the stone litho one sheet to Harry Langdon's Picking Peaches<http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=667&Lot_No=28358> from 1924 is one of those. This colorful poster, promoting Langdon's first film with famed director Mack Sennett, features a portrait of Langdon surrounded by half a dozen of Sennett's finest bathing beauties. Known as one of the most popular comedians of the silent era, along with Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd, paper for Langdon material is fairly scarce, making this an excellent opportunity for any fan of silent comedy. Good luck in the auction. I hope you get everything you want! 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