Some say that to achieve happiness, you should rid yourself of temptation, so I should probably just throw out the Hake’s catalog whenever it arrives in mailbox. But I could never do that, because it’s filled with such amazing stuff! Every time Hake’s announces a new auction, I find myself looking around for things to […]
Night of the Living Dead poster by Gary Pullin
Mondo is releasing this awesome new Night of the Living Dead poster by Gary Pullin sometime today. It’s been a while since I have been really excited about a poster release, but this one is sooo good — and it even glows in the dark! Unfortunately, this poster will be a limited release and not […]
All hail the king! Kong Skull Island posters
If you know me, you know I’m pretty excited about the fact that we’re getting a new King Kong movie. This one is especially exciting because it strays from the traditional New York storyline, and takes place on Kong’s home turf, Skull Island. The posters that have been released so far have been pretty amazing… […]
Original E.T. movie poster art sells for $394,000!
The Original Promotional Movie Poster Painting for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial sold for $394,000 at Heritage Auctions. The art was produced by esteemed movie poster artist John Alvin, who used his daughter’s hand as a model and taking inspiration from Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam. This iconic painting was used on the initial release poster in 1982, and has been used to promote the film […]
Top 10 Mondo movie posters
There’s no question that the market for movie art posters has grown to monumental proportions, and Mondo, the granddaddy of them all, is still going strong. With weekly releases, there are plenty of gems in the mix (and some huge misses). I thought it would be fun to go through the Mondo poster archive and choose […]
King Kong Posters on the Auction Block
This week, emovieposters.com is holding their 3-part “August Major Auction,” featuring some of the best movie posters in their stock. There are some truly amazing items in these lots, including an ultra rare Mad Max Australian one-sheet and a beautiful 1/2-sheet for the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, but my eyes were immediately drawn to […]