VERY RARE 1960 GERMAN ROCKET SCIENTIST LAB MONKEYS MOVIE POSTER
Description
Hi, here's a very rare, unique and great piece of Hollywood movie memorabilia. Perfect for the science enthusiast or WWII historian. This is a 100% original, USA made movie poster lobby card (11" x 14"). It advertises a key movie scene from the 1960 Columbia Pictures, scientist biography, "I Aim at the Stars - The Wernher Von Braun Story". This movie theater lobby card is 100% authentic, 59 years old and in superb condition with very little sign of use from movie theater display. This classic film starred Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loved Me, Lord Jim, The Enemy Below); Gia Scala (Ride a Crooked Trail); Herbert Lom (Revenge of the Pink Panther, The Phantom of the Opera); Victoria Shaw and James Daly. My photo is of the actual vintage lobby card poster for sale. This is the best lobby card in the set showing the scientist/Dr. at work with monkeys in his lab. He used them in his rocket flight tests. These type of scientifically themed cards are very scarce and very difficult to find, especially in this lovely condition. This piece of vintage movie memorabilia is NOT a recent or cheap video/DVD poster. It is NOT a commercial knockoff. It is NOT a copy and it is NOT a reproduction of any kind. This 1960 lobby card is sold as is from one collector to another and would make a wonderful addition to someone's collection, a superb conversation piece and a great decoration for a home theater, recreation room, den, office, man cave, science lab, classroom, etc.. Please take a look at my many other 100% original movie theater posters for sale. Perfect for gift giving for any occasion. If you are a fan of Hollywood's golden age or biographic/science movies, then this 100% original movie theater poster is just right for you!
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A brief history of vintage movie theater posters. What all serious movie poster collectors should know. From the 1890's until the early 1990's the majority of movie theater posters were folded for shipping to movie theaters. Only lobby cards and window card posters were not normally folded, (folds on those two poster sizes are considered by collectors to be defects and affect their eventual value). The folds on other vintage movie theater posters, (i.e. one sheet, half sheet, insert, 3 sheet, 6 sheet and 24 sheet, etc.) are not considered a defect in themselves. In fact those size posters were folded soon after they came off the printing press. It is only when their folds have separated or paper loss has occurred from continually opening and closing the poster that it becomes a factor in condition and pricing. It is extremely important to know that vintage movie posters were never made for the general public's use. They were made to be used solely by the movie theater and then returned to a poster exchange for a credit or return deposit. Over the years most were returned to the poster exchanges, lost or destroyed in paper recycling drives, (especially during WWII). Vintage movie theater posters were made to be disposable and not considered as souvenirs or collectibles. Printed in very low numbers, (estimated at 3,000 to 8,000 copies per film title); and not by the tens or hundreds of thousands or even millions like comic books, gum cards or other items made for the general public's consumption. It is estimated that for most films in the 1910's to 1970's that no more than 8,000 one sheet size posters were issued for most Hollywood films in the USA. These same posters were used in Canada, as we were considered an extension of the American market. Over the years, vintage movie theater posters that survived in private hands usually have signs of theater use, (such as, pin holes, fold wear, stains, tape, etc.) and these things along with rarity, film title, star, and other factors enter into pricing. Vintage movie theater posters that survived with little to no wear usually bring a premium price from collectors. Around the early 1990's most movie theater posters were now shipped rolled, they were also being made in larger numbers, often as licensed products by many different printing companies. Hollywood saw the collectible popularity of their movie posters and finally decided to cash in on a part of the market that they had been missing out on. DVD and video posters are a different product printed by the millions and distributed to corner stores, drug stores, grocery stores, video stores, department stores and poster distributors everywhere; almost any place where DVDs and videos were sold, rented, leased or distributed. Made in major abundance DVD/video posters were made to be mass distributed in a completely different manner than the traditional vintage movie theater poster and to date DVD/video posters have not acquired a substantial collectible value and that may take years to come.
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- More Info: Pop Culture Collectibles
- For Sale By: Owner
buy and sell | art, collectibles
2021-03-05