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½Prop Store’s December 2021 live cinema poster online auction fetched more than £384,968 ($508,158).

The first two-day Cinema Poster Live Auction took place on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th December 2021, with lots selling between £50 and £42,500.

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – original full colour painted concept artwork, 1980 sold for £53,125 ($70,125)

Forbidden Planet (1956) – UK Quad, 1956 – sold for £10,000 ($13,200)

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Indian One-Sheet – Style C, 1977 – sold for £7,500 ($8,250) (Charles Lippincott Collection)

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

UK Quad, 1968 from BARBARELLA (1968) sold for £1,500 ($1,980)
UK Quad, 1960 from THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960) sold for £6,250 ($8,250)
Bryan Fuller Collection: US One-Sheet, 1977 from STAR WARS: EP IV – A NEW HOPE (1977) sold for £4,062 ($5,362)
US Half Sheet, 1951 from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) sold for £3,125 ($4,125)
Original Video Cover Artwork, 1982 from EVIL DEAD (1981) sold for £2,000 ($2,640)
Howard Kazanjian Collection: US One-Sheet – Happy Birthday Style, 1978 from STAR WARS: EP IV – A NEW HOPE (1977) sold for £5,000 ($6,600)
Hand-Numbered, Signed and Dated Silver Variant Artist Proof Mondo Poster, 2008 from THE THING (1982) sold for £1,625 ($2,145)

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the auction: “We continue to exceed all expectations and produce another phenomenal auction. Alternative movie posters continue to increase in popularity and value, and items from the Bryan Fuller and Charles Lippincott collections sold exceptionally well. Our global bidders were very active throughout the auction and we’re looking forward to present another outstanding collection of posters in April 2022.”

Mark Hochman, Prop Store’s poster expert, also commented on the auction: “Prop Store’s first two-day poster auction proved to be a special event and more successful than we could have hoped for in the current climate with our Star Wars content proving incredibly popular and very well received with an incredible £53,125 being achieved for our Empire Strikes Back original artwork painting. There were certainly some impressive sale prices across the whole auction with the Howard Kazanjian and Bryan Fuller Collections reaching impressive prices. with once again our Alternative Movie Poster offerings one of the standout categories.”