The team at Prop Store once again presided over an incredible two days of auctioneering that saw a trio of Star Wars posters sell for amazing amounts, including an original full colour painted concept artwork for The Empire Strikes Back that sold for an incredible £53,125.
Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies – has today announced results from its December 2021 live cinema poster online auction, with posters and artwork on offer fetching more than £384,968 ($508,158). Prop Store’s first two-day Cinema Poster Live Auction took place on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th December 2021 and was suitable for fans with a variety of budgets, with lots selling between £50 and £42,500.
STAR WARS: EP V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)- Original Full Colour Painted Concept Artwork, 1980 SOLD FOR £53,125 ($70,125)
Bryan Fuller Collection: US One-Sheet, 1977 from STAR WARS: EP IV – A NEW HOPE (1977) sold for £4,062 ($5,362)
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)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.”
