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Over 340 rare and sought-after posters, including some of the special Mondo creationsare among the lots in the latest Prop Store auction taking place on Thursday 26 March.

Prop Store’s fifth cinema poster live auction is expected to fetch in excess of £200,000 ($261,750). The auction is to be held at Prop Store’s UK headquarters in Hertfordshire. Some of the material comes from the collections of Star Wars Producer, Howard Kazanjian and Oscar-winning Special Effects Cinematographer, Richard Edlund.

The auction will be live-streamed online for fans to track the bidding on auction day. Items will be available to view by appointment at Prop Store in the run up to the auction, opening for registrations via: http://www.propstore.com/posterauction

Top items to be sold at Prop Store’s cinema poster auction include:

Star Wars – A New Hope (1977) US One-Sheet Style-A “Printer’s Proof” Poster, 1977 £1.5k – 2k (Approx. $1,963- 2,618)
Back To The Future (1985) US One-Sheet Poster £200 – 400 (Approx. $262 – 524)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) UK Quad “Style-A” Poster, 1981 £50 – 100 ($65 – 130)
Get Carter (1971) UK Quad Poster, 1971 £2k – 3k (Approx. $2,618 – 3,926)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) US One-Sheet Poster, 1982 £800 – 1,200 (Approx. $1,047 – 1570)
Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (1977) Special One-Sheet Style Poster, 1976 £1k – £2k (Approx. $1308 – 2617)
Goldfinger (1964) US Twenty-Four Sheet £2k – 4k (Approx. $2617 – 5235)
Iron Giant (1999) Mondo Poster, 2012 £300 – 500 (Approx. $392 – 654)
Apocalypse Now (1979) Mondo Poster, 2015 £300 – £500 (Approx. $392 – 654)
Midnight Cowboy (1969) Polish One Sheet, 1973 – First Release In Poland £700 – 900 (Approx. $916 – 1,177)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) UK Quad Poster, 1967 £50 – 100 ($65 – 130)
Vertigo (1958) US One-Sheet Poster £1k – 2k (Approx. $1308 – 2618)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) UK Quad Poster £11k – 13k (Approx. $14,398 – $17,015)
Goldfinger (2007) Mondo Poster, 2007 £1.5k – 2.5k (Approx. $1,964 – 3272)
Planet Of The Apes Movies (1968 – 1973) Set Of Six Mondo Posters For Alamo Drafthouse, 2011 £500 – 700 (Approx. $655 – 916)
Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983) US One-Sheet “Lightsaber” Style Poster, 1983 £50 – 100 ($65 – 130)

The auction is suitable for fans with a variety of budgets with lots ranging from £50-100 (approx. $65-130) to £11,000-13,000 (approx. $14,400-17,000).

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the upcoming auction: “After the success of our James Bond Cinema Poster Auction last year, we are delighted to offer over 340 lots from over 200 films in our forthcoming auction on Thursday 26th March 2020. We have some incredible lots going under the hammer from Star Wars, Bond, and many more iconic movies.”

Mark Hochman, Prop Store’s poster expert said: ” Our first cinema poster auction of 2020 includes an impressive collection of popular titles many of which have rarely appeared on the auction market in recent years (if ever) and includes not only original movie posters from around the globe, but artwork and the increasingly collectable area of ‘Mondo’ posters.  The provenance of this collection is exceptional and our Star Wars selection truly outstanding.”