Nice group of rare quads came up at a provincial auction house in the UK today.
The highest prices were for War Of The Worlds (£18,000), Forbidden Planet (£7,600), Dr. No (yet again - £5,600) and Day The Earth Stood Still (tape marks to front £4,300). All of these amounts are before buyers premium/fees of ca. 25%. There were some crazy prices paid (e.g. Great Escape for £3,500 before BP/fees, Psycho £2,400 before BP/fees). Astons was the auctioneer. It got fair amount of publicity, partly because the War Of The Worlds was on the UK Antiques Roadshow a long time ago. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2443533/film-buffs-widow-releases-his-remarkab le-collection-of-230-old-movie-posters-as-they-go-on-sale-for-65000/ Here is a link to the prices: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/astons/catalogue-id-as tons10092/search-filter?sortTerm=highestimate My guess is that Bruce and Heritage would have been struggling to get some of these prices. Just goes to show that being a big fish in a small pond can work wonders. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
