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Sothebys: Original Film Posters

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Auction Name	Original Film Posters	Total Sales (GBP)	387,223.00
Auction Date	June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	403,000.00
Sale Number	#L25511	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	604,400.00
Total Lots	196
Sold Lots	137	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	878,400.00
% of Lots Sold	69.90%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,300,000.00
Unsold Lots	59	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	29.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
128	French poster for inaugural Cinematographe Lumiere screening, ca. 1896	ca. 1896	GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 50,800.00
73	French Style B first release Grande for The Maltese Falcon (1941), ca. 1946	ca. 1946	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 24,130.00
111	Italian Style B Quattro Fogli for La Dolce Vita, ca. 1960	ca. 1960	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 10,795.00
107	UK British Quad for Breakfast at Tiffany's, ca. 1961	ca. 1961	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 10,160.00
151	An original silver gelatin production still from US first release of Dr. No (1962), ca. 1963	ca. 1963	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 8,890.00
123	French Theatre Grande for for Cocaine, ca. 1926	ca. 1926	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
9	A set of 4 door panels for Cool Hand Luke, ca. 1967	ca. 1967	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
45	US Roadshow One Sheet for Lawrence of Arabia, ca. 1962	ca. 1962	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
162	UK Special Advance Aston Martin Double Crown for Thunderball, ca. 1965	ca. 1965	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
164	Italian Quattro Fogli for Thunderball, ca. 1965	ca. 1965	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
84	Italian Quattro Fogli for High Society, ca. 1956	ca. 1956	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
102	French Grande poster for Mr. Hulot's Holiday, ca. 1953	ca. 1953	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
12	UK poster for British first release of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), ca. 1987	ca. 1987	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,715.00
18	US Advance Lucky Strike withdrawn One Sheet for Pulp Fiction, ca. 1994	ca. 1994	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
26	US Drive-in poster for Jaws, ca.1975	ca.1975	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
41	Russian poster for Solaris, ca. 1972	ca. 1972	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
60	US One Sheet for Rear Window, ca. 1954	ca. 1954	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
155	French first release Four-Panel for From Russia with Love (1963), ca. 1964	ca. 1964	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
167	French Advance for You Only Live Twice, ca. 1967	ca. 1967	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
180	US Style C One Sheet Printer's Proof for Star Wars, ca. 1977	ca. 1977	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
158	French first release Grande for Goldfinger (1964), ca. 1965	ca. 1965	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
14	US Soundtrack poster for Animal House, ca. 1978	ca. 1978	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
166	US Three Sheet for Thunderball, ca. 1965	ca. 1965	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
7	UK British Quad for Get Carter, ca. 1971	ca. 1971	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
15	US International One Sheet poster for The Big Lebowski, ca. 1998	ca. 1998	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,810.00

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Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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