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Prop Store’s November 2020 Cinema Poster Live Auction, held Thursday 5th November entirely online, with posters and artwork on offer fetched more than £256,500 ($331,000).

JAMES BOND: DR. NO (1962) UK Quad Poster, 1962 sold for £16,250 ($21,000)

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) – Hildebrandt UK Quad Poster, 1977 sold for £6,250 ($8,075)

MAD MAX (1979) – Australian One-Sheet, 1979 sold for £3,750 ($4,845)

Other notable sales included (sale prices are inclusive of buyer’s premium):

ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969) – Carter-Jones Collection: Italian Two-Panel (4-Fogli) – Advance, 1969 sold for £7,500 ($9,695)
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) – UK Quad ‘Gone With the Wind’ Style, 1980 sold for £4,375 ($5,655)
CARRY ON SPYING (1964) – UK Quad, 1964 sold for £1,500 ($1,940)
BLADE RUNNER (1982) – Mondo Poster, 2008 sold for £3,437.50 ($4,445)
KILL BILL: VOLUME II (2004) – Japanese B1, 2004 sold for £1,500 ($1,940)
PARASITE (2019) – Autographed UK Quad – La Boca, 2020 sold for £1,125 ($1,455)
TOY STORY 2 (1999) – Hand-drawn Pencil Storyboard, 1999 sold for £1,875 (£2,425)
IPCRESS FILE (1965) – UK Quad, 1965 sold for £1,625 ($2,100)
GOLDFINGER (1964) – Carter-Jones Collection: Mondo Poster, 2007 sold for £3,125 ($4,040)
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) – Commercial One-Sheet, 1990’s, Autographed by Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd sold for £2,375 ($3,070)
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) – Carter-Jones Collection: French Four-Panel Poster, 1963 sold for £4,062.50 ($5,250)

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the auction: “Another fantastic result! We are very pleased with the outcome of our sixth Cinema Poster Live Auction, which saw some great bidding from across the globe. We sold above and beyond our high estimate, with many of the Mondo and autographed posters performing particularly well!”

Mark Hochman, Prop Store’s poster expert, also commented on the auction: “Prop Store’s sixth dedicated poster auction continued to raise the profile and collectability of original movie posters and associated memorabilia, achieving outstanding results across all genres with rare Star Wars, Sci-Fi and James Bond memorabilia proving as popular as ever among a growing fanbase for the emerging area of the uniquely artistic alternative movie posters”