eMoviePoster.com has a wonderful selection of 425 mostly deluxe "oversized"
stills (mostly 11x14, or close to that, both sets and singles) at auction
ending Sunday at *http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/15.html
<http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/15.html>* (starting at 3 PM
CST, not 7 PM CST like our Tuesday and Thursday auctions).
Did you know that in addition to 8x10 stills, studios also made deluxe
"oversized" stills as well? 'Tis true! 11x14 stills (or sizes close to
that) were made for most movies along with 8" x 10" stills, but very few of
these "oversized" stills survive. While most theaters from the 1920s on
received 8x10 stills, few received 11x14 stills, which were often printed
on a higher quality paper stock than the 8x10s.
Most of them were sent to media outlets, like newspapers and magazines, so
they could have the highest quality images for their promotional stories
about upcoming movies and current stars! Some speculate that these larger
higher quality stills were mostly only sent to major theaters and virtually
never to regular theaters, which would help account for their far greater
rarity than 8x10 stills, which were sent to EVERY theater, no matter the
size!
They are often the work of famous studio photographers (such as Clarence
Sinclair Bull, Elmer Fryer, Eugene Robert Richee, Otto Dyar, Ray Jones,
Alexander Kahle, Bert Six, Gaston Longet, Durward Graybill, Ruth Harriet
Louise, George Hurrell, Kenneth Alexander, and Don English), who would
often be credited on the still, either with a stamp on the back or an
embossed credit on the bottom of the front.
Go to our "Search Filters" to the left of the above gallery and click on
any of the photographer names above to see which ones from that
photographer we are currently auctioning!
*Note that in the 1960s, a few dealers acquired original negatives and
transparencies from some studio photographs, and starting in the late 1960s
they made and sold restrikes of some of these, and sometimes in an 11x14
size. HOWEVER EVERY ONE OF THE 425 DELUXE STILLS (SINGLES AND SETS) IN THIS
SET OF AUCTIONS ARE STUDIO ORIGINAL AND NOT RESTRIKES!*
A special note on the rarity of these mostly deluxe "oversized" stills.
They are SO rare that it takes us a couple of years to be consigned enough
of these to run a special selection of them! The last time we ran an
auction of just these was two and a half years ago, and it may well be two
and a half more years before we get consigned enough to run another auction
of them. They really are THAT rare!
We did not list these 425 oversized stills (sets and singles) with any
other items, because we feel these are so special that they deserve to be
listed "on their own"! You will love looking at these, even if it is solely
to "window shop". They cover the entire history of film, with a few from
the 1910s through a few from the 1980s, but with the bulk being from the
"Golden Age of Hollywood", the 1930s and 1940s!
*AMAZINGLY, AS OF NOW (with a little over a day to go), MANY OF THESE ARE
CURRENTLY AT INSANELY LOW PRICES! There are 87 at $1 and 172 are $1 to $5.
Of course, many will get more bids, but some won't, and many will likely
sell for VERY low prices, but YOU can't get those great deals if you aren't
bidding, so why not look these over very soon?*.
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