150,000 CATALOGED Mexican Lobby Cards, 1930s thru 1980s Start Price USD 250,000.00 Current Price USD 250,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Friday, December 19, 2008 Location San Diego, California See more about '150,000 CATALOGED Mexican Lobby Cards, 1930s thru 1980s' Description Vast Movie Poster Archive from Mexico:   ################################################# World’s Largest Cataloged Archive:   Original Jumbo Lobby Cards, 1930’s-1980’s #################################################   ################################################## ***Appx 150,000 oversized title/lobby cards (13" x 17") ***10,000-15,000 separate titles, 1930's-1980's ***Complete sets of 8 for most titles ***US, EUR, MX, Foreign Film Titles ##################################################   From a Regional Film Archive in Mexico, that had serviced twenty theatres over a fifty year span. Classic and Cult Titles from US, GER, FR, ITAL, MX… Japan, Russia, Hong Kong…..   ################################################## 150,000 Original Vintage Lobby Cards from MX Hundreds of One-Sheets Scores of Banners, Theatre Displays, etc etc etc ##################################################     CATALOG---140 LISTS & 5,000 JPGS: ######################################## posterazzi.blogspot.com picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi ########################################   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Abbott and Costello *Animated Films *Anthony Quinn *Audie Murphy *Audrey Hepburn *Beatles *Boris Karloff *Brigitte Bardot *Bullfight *CANTINFLAS *Circus *Clark Gable *Clint Eastwood *Comedy Stars---Marx, Chaplin, L&H, A&C, 3Stooge, etc *Cowboy & Western *Cult MX Wrestlers *Dean Martin *Disney Animation *Disney Live Action *Dope, Drugs, Narcs *Doris Day *Elizabeth Taylor *Elvis Presley *Epoca de Oro---Mexican Films:  1940’s-1960’s *Epoca de Oro/MX Films---Spectacular School of Poster Artists *Erotica *Errol Flynn *European Film Posters:  France, Italy, Germany *European Film Posters:  Multi-National Productions *Fernandel *Film Noir Classics *Frank Capra *Frank Sinatra *Gary Cooper *Gladiator, Epic, Myth, Legend *Gone With The Wind---THEATER DISPLAYS *Grace Kelly, Monaco, Monte Carlo *Great International Film Directors *Hammer *Hitchcock *Humphrey Bogart *James Cagney *James Dean *James Stewart *Japanese Films *Jerry Lewis *John Wayne *Jungle Films *Kubrick *Laurel and Hardy *Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Hopalong, Gene Autry, Misc Cowboys *Lucille Ball *Marilyn Monroe *Marlon Brando *Marines *Martial Arts Movie Posters---BLee, JChan, Misc Oriental Martial Arts *Martin and Lewis *Mexican Cinema---Epoca de Oro---11x14 lobby cards with photograph attached *Mexican Cinema---1960’s-1980’s *MX Film---Comic & Caricature (Tin-Tan, Resortes, Capulina, etc) *MX Film---Cowboy Movies *MX Film---Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy *MX Film---Serials, 1940’s-1960’s *Nazis *Orson Welles *Peter Sellers *Raquel Welch *Ray Harryhausen FX *Red Skelton *Religious Films *Rock & Roll, Adolescents, Bad Girls, Motorcycles, Hot Rods *Roger Corman *Ronald Reagan *Russian Films *Sam Fuller *Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Monster, Space *Sex Goddesses: Mansfield, Van Doren, Ekberg, Bardot, Monroe *Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll *Soccer *Spaghetti Westerns *Sports *Steve McQueen *Superman, Batman, Capt America, Flash Gordon, Capt Marvel *Tarzan, Jungle Jim, Bomba, Sabu, Jungle *Vietnam *Vintage Hollywood, 1940’s-1950’s *Vincent Price *Vivien Leigh *Woody Allen *Zorro   Based on current and past sales of single random Mexican Lobby Cards on eBay  (by others)---this Archive would gross over $1,200,000 (appx $8/card).   Based on the past few years of our sales from our web page--- to collectors seeking specific titles/directors/genres--- this Archive would gross appx $3,000,000 (appx $20/card).   Based on sales of individual pieces in Galleries and Museum Shops---this Archive would gross over $7,500,000 (appx $50/card).   No Country had seen more film than had Mexico.  While we in the US were growing up on Sit-Coms and Game Shows---the movie-goers all over the Republic of Mexico were enjoying films from the Great International Directors:  De Sica, Buñuel, Kurosawa, Fellini, Truffaut, Jodorosky, Cacoyannis, etc.   And the B-Films, Pot-Boilers and Film Noir Classics from the United States and Europe.  Martial Arts Films from China and Hong Kong.  Sci-Fi and Horror from the 1930's, 1950's, and the Italian Masters of the 60's and 70's.  Gladiator Epics by the score, Erotica and Paris Night Club Revues,Worldwide Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Spaghetti Westerns from Italy, Spain, Germany.  Comedy from early Laurel & Hardy films.  Musicals galore.  Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's.   Hammer, Harryhausen, SFuller, Corman.  RKO, MGM, Warners, Paramount, Allied  Artists!  Stunning art from early SLoren, BBardot, ZLaskari, Marcello...   And Mexico also had its own Great Film Industry.  Cantinflas, GFigueroa, MFelix, PInfante...Badu & Guiu.  Brilliant Illustrations from Ernesto Garcia Cabral. The Glory of 'The EPOCA de ORO' of Mexican Cinema.   The Archives consists of appx. 150,000 (13" x 17") Jumbo Lobby Cards, representing the wealth of World Cinema for a fifty year span.  (Appx 10-15,000 different US, EUR, MX Film Titles.)   And many extras:  Theatre Displays (GWTW, 2001), One-Sheet Posters, Half-Sheets, etc.    POSTERAZZI ARCHIVES 150,000 Jumbo Lobby Cards from Mexico, 1930’s-1980’s   Vast CATALOGED Collection of Mexican Lobby Cards   10-15,000 separate titles from US, MX, EUR:   ***100 Animation Titles ***100 Cult MX Wrestler Titles ***100 Tarzan & Jungle Titles ***120 Spaghetti Western Titles ***130 Dope, Drugs, Narcotics Titles ***140 Erotica Titles ***170 Disney Titles ***175 Sword & Sandal Titles ***180 Martial Arts Titles ***200 Great Intl Directors Titles ***300 Film Noir Titles ***700 Exploitation, Adolescent, R&R, Hot Rod, Motorcycle, etc Titles ***700 Sci-Fi/Horror/Monster Titles ***1000’s of War, Western, Spy Titles ***1000’s of Classic US Titles ***1000’s of Cult Titles ***1000’s of Foreign Titles   (Sets of 8 for most titles)    ************************************************************ ***Cult, Classic, Sci-Fi, Westerns, Exploitation, Disney, Martial Arts, Epoca de Oro, Horror, Spy, Drama, Comedy, Animation, Religious, Nazi, Sex/Drugs/Rock & Roll, War, Elvis, Bogart, MMonroe, BBardot, Brando, JWayne, Beatles, Circus, Sports,RCorman, SFuller, Rharryhausen, Betty Page, Gladiator, Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Mexican, GWTW, Great Intl Directors, etc etc etc............ *************************************************************   Grand Legacy of the Movie Industry in MEXICO, 1930's-1980's   Vast Collection of 150,000 Vintage Original Movie Posters, 1930's-1980's:   One of the world’s largest collections of  Original, Vintage Movie Posters has been purchased in Mexico, and is now housed in the SO BAY area of San Diego, CA.   This collection of 150,000 13”x17” oversized title/lobby cards from MX spans the years of 1930's-1980's. It contains the wealth and variety of appx. 10,000-15,000 cult and classic film titles---from the US, Europe, Mexico and other Foreign Lands.   The graphics are stunning!  They are all original and from the Major Film Studios, contemporaneous with each film’s release worldwide.  However, these very special 13”x17” posters have a much greater density of art and images than posters from any other country.  Classic Illustrations, Drawings, Photographs, and Stills all laid out on each Film Poster.  Melodramatic BALLYHOO (in Spanish, of course), and original Cast and Credits, and unique fonts for the Film’s title:  all round out the overall design of each unique Movie Poster.   Not only did Mexico have a grand and glorious Film Industry during their own ‘EPOCA DE ORO’ (Golden Age---1930’s-1960), but also the general population of Mexico had a much greater opportunity to see the entire spectrum of Films produced worldwide.  Classic oldies from MGM and Warners and RKO; internationally famous directors like De Sica, Truffaut, Buñuel, Kurosawa, Fellini, Resnais, Ray (India); and lurid Cult Films from the worldwide vaults of Horror, Sci-Fi, Adolescent Exploitation, MX Wrestlers, Italian Westerns and Gladiator Epics, Martial Arts, Sex/Drugs/Rock&Roll, etc etc.      Place a Bid!