LAMP POST DECEMBER 2013 WELCOME NEW LAMP SPONSOR LIMITED RUNS We want to introduce a new LAMP sponsor Limited Runs. Limited Runs, started by passionate art collectors, have teamed with the world's most reputable and knowledgeable dealers to bring you the highest quality in 100% original vintage posters all in one place. In addition to movie posters, Limited Runs also sells advertising and rock gig posters as well as superior, handpicked celebrity and rock photography images and art. Buy with confidence knowing that Limited Runs is affiliated with poster dealers like L'Imagerie Gallery, Sarah Stocking, Inc., Vintage European Posters, Hollywood Poster Exchange, Getty Images and are rapidly signing up new dealers. That's over 100 years of collective buying and selling experience. Limited Runs spotlights their newest and best inventory in their weekly e- newsletter. Find out what you've been missing at http://www.limitedruns.com. MoviePosterBid.com January Special Auction Begins January 8th MoviePosterBid.com will be ringing in the new year with this terrific auction. Included in this auction are such great posters as: Atom Man vs Superman (1950) 3 sheet poster, Motorcycle Gang half sheet, Night of the Hunter title card, A Star is Born (1954) 14x36 insert as well as an insert of Man From Laramie with James Stewart directed by Anthony Mann. There are one sheet posters for Munsters Go Home, Pulp Fiction, I Am Curious (Yellow), The Big Heat, Bride of the Beast and many other great items. There will be US posters, Belgian posters, French & Italian posters, 8x10 stills, a selection of John Wayne pressbooks. Plus we will have a number of bulk lots that have from a few posters to many posters in single lots. All the action starts on January 8th and runs through January 22nd. MoviePosterBid.com Announces A New Website MoviePosterBid.com has announced that they will be introducing a new and improved website. The new site will be in action before the January auction. It will be a very robust site with many new features. It will be much easier for bidders to use. Set your browsers to MoviePosterBid.com and don't miss all the great posters & other collectibles they'll be auctioning. You won't want to miss it! HELP SAVE CHAMPION STUDIO THE OLDEST STANDING STUDIO IN THE USA! Iconic Piece of Cinematic History May Be Demolished The Fort Lee Film Commission asks you to sign an online petition to save the Champion Studio, which is the oldest standing studio building left in the United States. Built in 1910, it was purchased by movie pioneer Carl Laemmle and became the first home to Universal Studios when that studio was born in 1912. Universal owned and operated the studio until 1923 when it was sold for use as a printing plant, which it was until mid 2013. Since then the building has been sold and is before the Englewood Cliffs, NJ Zoning Board as the new owner plans to demolish the building and replace it with a new building. Though the building sits a few feet from the Fort Lee border in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, all primary source material from the time the studio plant was in operation indicate it was considered located in the Coytesville section of Fort Lee. The Fort Lee Film Commission has won a Bergen County History Grant to produce a documentary of the history of this studio and the work is presently in post production. They are working with the Englewood Cliffs Historical Committee to bring greater awareness to the history of this site. Please sign and pass along their petition to save this building. The Fort Lee Film Commission will present the petition to the Englewood Cliffs Mayor & Council. They have set the deadline for signatures to be January 1, 2014. Time is limited as the building may come down anytime if the Englewood Cliffs Zoning Board grants the variance. Please help Fort Lee Film Commission save this most important piece of world cinema history.| PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE! MASSIVE ITALIAN POSTER FOR LA DOLCE VITA LEADS $1.8+ MILLION MOVIE POSTER AUCTION AT HERITAGE Poster for Federico Fellini’s classic 1960 film realizes $41,825; rare one sheet for Buster Keaton’s Three Ages brings $38,837 Nov. 16 in Dallas DALLAS – Measuring a massive 54” by 77”, an Italian poster for Federico Fellini’s classic La Dolce Vita realized $41,825 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $1.8+ million Movie Poster Signature® Auction Nov. 16-17 in Dallas. House records were set across numerous genres as several fresh-to-market posters, inserts and lobby cards marked their first appearance at Heritage. “The poster for La Dolce Vita set a house record as the most valuable Italian poster we’ve ever sold,” said Grey Smith, Director of Movie Posters at Heritage Auctions. “This auction was filled with unique and scarce items we’re happy they appealed to both new and experienced clients.” A scarce one sheet for 1923 silent film Three Ages, considered Buster Keaton’s tour de force, ended at $38,837 following interest from eight bidders. A seductive Italian 2 foglio for Columbia’s 1948 release The Lady from Shanghai sold for $26,680, and a poster produced for the first post-war release of The Maltese Falcon, a French Grande measuring 45” by 61”, brought five times its estimate to claim $26,290. Another poster that handily surpassed its pre-auction estimate is a one sheet for Universal’s monster movie classic Dracula. The rare and exquisite poster from the 1947 reissue marked its auction debut at Heritage at $25,095. Paper from early silent films is rare and the rare title lobby card for the 1920 Paramount silent film The Golem, considered a landmark example of early German Expressionism, sold for $16,730. Another rare find, an original 1939 French Grande for Son of Frankenstein, measuring 47” by 63”, brought three times its estimate to realize $15,535 while a jarring World War I propaganda recruitment poster depicting a German soldier as a mad ape sold for $11,352. Additional highlights include, but are not limited by: An early half sheet for Scarface realized $19,120. A 13-1/2” by 22” window card for Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush sold for $11,651. A romantic French Grande for La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) from 1946 took $14,340. A sultry Style B one sheet for Sullivan’s Travels, emblazoned with the tagline “Veronica Lake’s on the take” brought $10,755. Heritage Auctions is the largest auction house founded in the United States and the world’s third largest, with annual sales of more than $800 million, and 800,000+ online bidder members. For more information about Heritage Auctions, and to join and receive access to a complete record of prices realized, with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit HA.com. Want to get the up-to-the-minute updates and breaking news stories about Heritage Auctions? Get them as they happen at: HA.com/Twitter; Facebook: HA.com/Facebook. MALTESE FALCON SELLS FOR $4 MILLION AT BONHAMS NEW YORK NEW YORK - Bonhams special auction of legendary Hollywood memorabilia held on November 25, the inaugural effort from the dynamic partnership between Bonhams and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), was a rousing success, delighting film fans worldwide. "What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century Of Movie Magic At Auction, As Curated By Turner Classic Movies," showcased 100 years of legendary props, groundbreaking scripts, iconic costumes, and exceptional posters. Signature pieces from the Silent Era, the Golden Age and the Modern Blockbuster were all enthusiastically received. Bonhams and TCM are looking to build on their success with a second major sale of classic movie memorabilia in the future. "The response to the 'What Dreams Are Made Of' auction has been truly extraordinary," said Dennis Adamovich, senior vice president of digital, affiliate, lifestyle and enterprise commerce for TCM, TBS and TNT. "Through TCM's partnership with the international fine art auction house Bonhams, we've been able to help bring collectors the maximum value for their cinematic treasures. Our curation of this event is a perfect example of TCM's nearly 20-year commitment to telling the stories behind the movies we love and celebrating the people who made them." Hundreds of bidders from more than a dozen countries participated in the auction. The salesroom was filled with eager attendees while international interest came through on the phones and live online. The auction totaled nearly $6,000,000, and was 91% sold by value. The sale's top lot was the heralded Maltese Falcon, the lead statuette from John Huston's triumphant film noir of the same name. Expectations for the unparalleled piece were high prior to the sale, which yielded historic results: the remarkable bird brought $4,085,000, setting a world record price for a movie prop at auction. Eager collectors paid top dollar for many of the important scripts on offer. A third revised final draft of the screenplay for Citizen Kane was a runaway success, selling for more than 20 times its estimate to achieve $35,000. A rare pre-production draft of Noel Langley's screenplay for The Wizard of Oz brought $10,000 while Francis Ford Coppola's working copy of the screenplay for The Godfather sold for $22,500. A group of seven manuscripts, various drafts of the synopsis and screenplay of Gone With the Wind, realized $27,500. Memorabilia related to the classic romance Casablanca also wowed the crowd.