The Most Expensive Vintage Movie Posters

Vintage movie posters aren't typically something that you'd consider incredibly valuable. While no one bats an eye when certain pieces of art go for hundreds of thousands of dollars, if a regular old poster ends up costing a few grand, it might raise of a few eyebrows. For curiosities sake, I wanted to find some of the most expensive movie posters that exist. Listed below are a few stats, as well as the list of posters itself. Whenever I could, I tried to include a link back to the original as well. While I wouldn't make the claim that it's exhaustive, it is at the very least interesting.

Poster Statistics

None of these posters are from movies dating after 1943 - not all that surprising since rarity is related to value. Most of this data came from various places around the web, the base of which was from auction houses. There were 205 posters listed with a price greater than $20,000 - a stat that actually surprised me. I honestly didn't expect that many posters to be that expensive.

I'll list the posters in order of most expensive to least - I'm sure most people want to know what the top one is first, so no since in making people scroll needlessly.

The List

Image	Details
	Price: $690,000 Title: Metropolis Year: 1927 Size: 36x83
	Price: $435,500 Title: Mummy Year: 1932 Size: 27x41
	Price: $357,750 Title: Metropolis - German Year: 1927 Size: 36x83
	Price: $286,800 Title: Black Cat Year: 1934 Size: 27x41
	Price: $244,500 Title: King Kong Year: 1933 Size: 41x81
	Price: $189,750 Title: Frankenstein Year: 1931 Size: 27x41
	Price: $138,000 Title: Babe Comes Home Year: 1927 Size: 27x41
	Price: $138,000 Title: Mad Doctor Year: 1933 Size: 27x41

Full List

Price	Title	Year	Size	Cond.	Date	Auction
690,000	Metropolis - German Int'l	1927	36x83	NM	11/05	Reel Gallery
453,500	Mummy	1932	27x41	VF	3/97	Sotheby
357,750	Metropolis - German	1927	36x83	F-LB	10/00	Sotheby
286, 800	Black Cat	1934	27x41	VF-LB	3/07	Heritage
244,500	King Kong - style A	1933	41x81	VF-LB	4/99	Sotheby
200,000	Metropolis - German	1927	36x83	LB	7/00	online auct.
198,000	Frankenstein	1931	27x41	VF	10/93	Odyssey
189,750	Frankenstein	1931	27x41	VF-LB	3/04	Heritage
138,000	Babe Comes Home - style A	1927	27x41	VF-LB	11/03	Heritage
138,000	Mad Doctor - Disney	1933	27x41	NM	03/06	Heritage
117,087	Mummy	1932	27x41	G-LB	3/01	Christies
115,000	King Kong - style A	1933	41x81	VF	12/94	Sotheby
109,750	Men in Black - 3 Stooges	1934	27x41	F	4/98	Sotheby
98,900	King Kong - style B	1933	27x41	VF	12/94	Chr/Hersh
96,000	Play Ball with Babe Ruth	1920	27x41	VF-LB	4/99	Sotheby
96,000	3 Little Pigskins - 3 Stooges	1934	27x41	VF	4/99	Sotheby
87,000	King Kong -German -Fenneker	1933	56x75	VF	10/00	Sotheby
86,608	Casablanca - French	1942	32x47	VF	3/00	Christies
86,250	Wings - Style D	1927	26x41	VF	11/05	Heritage
83,648	Outlaw	1943	81x81		3/03	Christies
82,800	Flying Down to Rio	1933	27x41	LB	12/96	Chr/Hersh
80,500	King Kong - style A	1933	41x81	F	12/96	Chr/Hersh
80,500	King Kong - style A	1933	27x41	VF	12/99	Sotheby
80,500	King Kong - style A	1933	27x41	LB	3/96
79,800	Touchdown Mickey -Disney	1932	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butter
78,200	King Kong - style A	1933	27x41	NM-LB	3/02	Heritage
77,000	Dracula	1931	27x41	PB	5/93	Vintage
74,750	Dracula - style D	1931	27x41	VF	12/98	Low/Hersh
73,100	Casablanca	1943	81x81	LB	9/97	Sotheby
71,875	Gone With the Wind	1939	43x65	F	12/94	Sotheby
71,300	Gold Rush	1925	27x41	VF-LB	12/93	Chr/Hersh
70,700	King Kong - style B	1933	41x81	LB	11/98	Skinner
69,000	Son of Kong - style B	1933	27x41	VF-LB	7/06	Heritage
68,500	Casablanca	1943	41x81	VF-LB	4/98	Sotheby
63,250	Wings - style C	1927	27x41	VF	7/05	Heritage
60,727	Invisible Man	1933	27x41	VF-LB	9/98	Christies
60,100	Son of Kong - style B	1933	27x41	VF	12/05	emovieposter
58,650	Son of Kong - style with Kong	1933	41x81		5/05	Vintage
57,500	Citizen Kane - style B	1940	27x41	F	7/06	Heritage
57,500	Klondike Kid - Disney	1932	27x41	VF	12/95	Chr/Hersh
57,500	Klondike Kid - Disney	1932	27x41	VF-LB	7/06	Heritage
57,500	Phantom of the Opera	1925	81x81	VF-LB	12/95	Chr/Hersh
57,500	Ye Olden Days - Disney	1933	27x41	VF-PB	7/06	Heritage
57,200	King Kong - style B	1933	41x81	LB	12/91	Chr/Hersh
55,200	Bride of Frankenstein - JWC	1935	22x28	F	12/97	Chr/Hersh
55,200	Invisible Man	1933	27x41	VF	12/98	Low/Hersh
54,625	Mickey's Nightmare - Disney	1932	27x41	VF	03/06	Heritage
54,625	Thief of Bagdad - carpet	1924	27x41	VF+	11/05	Heritage
52,875	Flash Gordon	1936	27x41	NM-LB	11/01	Christies
52,250	King Kong - style B	1933	27x41	LB	5/93	Vintage
51,750	Phantom of Opera	1925	27x41	VF-LB	4/98	Sotheby
50,788	Raven - style B	1935	22x28	VF	3/07	Heritage
50,000	King Kong - Czech	1933		FN-LB	12/03	emovieposter
49,500	Birth of a Nation-Clansman	1915	27x41	LB	9/92	Sotheby
49,350	Grand Hotel	1932	27x41	VF-LB	5/00	Christies
48,875	King Kong - style B	1933	41x81	VF-LB	12/94	Sotheby
48,400	Old Dark House	1932	27x41	LB	12/91	Chr/Hersh
48,300	Invisible Man - advance	1933	27x41	LB	12/96	Chr/Hersh
48,300	Whoopee Party - Disney	1932	27x41	VF-LB	10/02	Heritage
47,443	King Kong - style A	1933	41x81	VF-LB	3/98	Christies
46,750	the Kid - style B	1921	27x41	VF-LB	10/00	Sotheby
46,200	Devil is a Woman - Dietrich Face	1935	27x41	LB	12/92	Chr/Hersh
46,000	Bride of Frankenstein - title card	1935	11x14	VF	11/04	Heritage
46,000	the General	1926	41x81	F-LB	12/94	Chr/Hersh
46,000	King Kong	1933	81x81	VF-LB	12/96	Sotheby
46,000	Wolf Man	1941	14x36	VG-PB	7/05	Heritage
44,160	Invisible Ray	1936	27x41	VF	3/96	Chr/Hersh
43,700	Black Cat - style B	1941	22x28	VF	7/02	Heritage
43,700	Battleship Potemkin	1926	27x41	F	5/95	Renn
43,700	Wayward Canary - Disney	1932	27x41	VF-PB	12/02	Heritage
43,125	Frankenstein	R38	41x81	VF-LB	10/00	Butterfield
43,125	Mickey's Good Deed-Disney	1932	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butterfield
43,125	Mickey's Pal Pluto-Disney	1933	27x41	VF-LB	7/02	Heritage
42,550	Klondike Kid - Disney	1932	27x41	VF-LB	3/02	Heritage
41,400	the Kid - Chaplin	1921	41x81	G-LB	6/95
41,400	Mickey Mouse - Disney	1932	27x41	LB	6/99	Lowery
41,400	Phantom of Opera	1925	27x41	VF-LB	12/93	Sotheby
41,400	Wayward Canary - Disney	1932	27x41	VF-LB	7/03	Heritage
41,400	Woman Haters - Stooges	1934	27x41	VF	6/99	Low/Hersh
40,890	Supernatural	1933	27x41	VF-LB	3/01	Christies
40,250	Building a Building - Disney	1933	27x41	NM-LB	10,00	Butterfield
40,250	Hello Pop - Stooges	1933	27x41	G-LB	12/94	Butterfield
40,250	the Kid - Chaplin	1921	41x81	F-LB	6/95	Chr/Hersh
39,435	War of the Worlds - style B	1953	22x28	VF	11/06	Heritage
39,100	Citizen Kane - auto'd Welles	1941	41x81	VF-LB	10/02	Heritage
38,838	Mellerdrammer - Disney	1933	27x41	VF-LB	11/06	Heritage
38,838	Metropolis	1927	14x22	F	3/07	Heritage
38,838	Wolf Man	1941	14x36	VG-PB	11/06	Heritage
38,640	Alice's Day at Sea - Disney	1924	27x41	VF-LB	4/94	Chr/Hersh
38,500	Phantom of Opera (red cloak)	1925	27x41	LB	12/91	Chr/Hersh
37,400	Cabinet of Dr Caligari	1921	27x41	LB	12/90	Chr/Hersh
37,375	Gone With the Wind	1939	43x65	VF-LB	12/99	Sothebys
36,800	Grips, Grunts & Groans-Stooges	1937	27x41	F	6/99	Low/Hersh
36,800	Casablanca	1942	41x81	LB	11/96	Chr/Hersh
36,800	It Happened One Night - style A	1934	27x41	G-LB	12/98	Sothebys
36,800	King Kong - style B	1933	27x41	VG	3/02	Heritage
36,800	Movie Maniacs - Stooges	1936	27x41	VG	6/00	Low/Hersh
36,025	Footlight Parade	1933	27x41	VF-LB	12/01	Butterfield
35,850	Another Fine Mess	1930	27x41	VF-	11/06	Heritage
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35,650	Frankenstein - French	1931	94x126	VF-LB	12/98	Sothebys
35,650	Moose Hunt - Disney	1931	27x41		12/94	Sothebys
35,200	Dog's Life - Chaplin	1918	81x81	LB	12/91	Chr/Hersh
34,686	Casablanca - French	1943	32x47		3/05	Christies
34,500	Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	1931	27x41	VG-LB	12/94	Chr/Hersh
34,500	Mellerdrammer-Disney	1933	27x41	NM-LB	12/00	Butterfield
34,500	Mickey Mouse - Disney	1935	27x41	VF-LB	3/03	Heritage
33,460	Frankenstein - title card	1931	11x14	VF	3/07	Heritage
33,350	Gone With the Wind - style DF	1939	27x41	VF	12/98	Low/Hersh
33,084	Blond Venus - Austrian	1932		VF	9/05	Christies
33,000	Dracula	1931	14x36		12/91	Chr/Hersh
33,000	Metropolis	1926	14x36		9/92	Sothebys
32,375	It Happened One Night - style B	1934	27x41	VF-LB	10/00	Sothebys
32,200	Black Cat - style A	1941	22x28	F	7/02	Heritage
32,200	Dog's Life - Chaplin	1918	27x41	VF	6/95	Chr/Hersh
32,200	Flash Gordon - Chap 1	1936	27x41	VF-LB	12/95	Chr/Hersh
32,200	Jesse James - style B	1939	41x81	F-LB	12/98	Sothebys
32,200	Jazz Singer	1927	27x41	VG-LB	6/00	Low/Hersh
32,200	the Outlaw	1943	81x81	VF	11/04	Heritage
32,200	Snow White & 7 Dwarfs - C	1937	27x41	VF	6/99	Low/Hersh
32,200	Wayward Canary - Disney	1932	27x41	VF+	11/05	Heritage
31,960	All Quiet on the Western Front	1930	27x41	F-LB	9/00	Christies
31.900	Bride of Frankenstein	1935	14x36	PB	12/90	Chr/Hersh
31,625	Alice's Day at Sea - Disney	1924	27x41	VF-LB	10/00	Butterfield
31,625	Flash Gordon	1936	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butterfield
31,625	King Kong	1933	14x36	LB	11/99	Butterfield
31,625	Mickey's Pal Pluto - Disney	1933	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butterfield
31,625	Trader Mickey - Disney	1932	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butterfield
31,625	Wayward Canary - Disney	1932	27x41	NM-LB	10/00	Butterfield
31,070	Adv. of Robin Hood	1938	81x81	VF-LB	3/07	Heritage
31,070	Adv. of Sherlock Holmes	1939	81x81	VF	3/07	Heritage
31,070	Moon Over Miami - Style A	1941	27x41	VF-LB	3/07	Heritage
30,643	War of the Worlds	1953	22x28	FN	9/05	Christies
30,800	City Lights - style B - Chaplin	1931	27x41	LB	11/92	Camden
30,655	Jazz Singer	1927	27x41	VG-LB	12/04	emovieposter
29,900	Cactus Kid - Disney	1930	27x41	G-LB	6/93	Christies
29,900	the General	1927	41x81	FN-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh
29,900	the Sheik	1921	27x41	FN-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh
28,750	Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	1921	27x41	FN-LB	12/96	Chr/Hersh
28,750	Citizen Kane	1940	27x41	FN	12/96	Chr/Hersh
28,750	Gold Rush	1925	81x81	G-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh
28,750	Trader Mickey - Disney	1932	27x41	G-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh
28,680	Duck Soup - style B	1933	22x28	F-PB	11/06	Heritage
28,680	Mickey's Pal Pluto - Disney	1933	27x41	VF-LB	11/06	Heritage
28,600	Birth of a Nation	1915	27x41	G-LB	12/91	Chr/Hersh
28,600	Canary Murder Case	1929	27x41	FN	12/92	Chr/Hersh
28,600	Walking Dead	1936	81x81	FN-LB	12/92	Chr/Hersh
28,500	Day the Earth Stood Still	1951	41x81		10/01	Christies
28,384	All Quiet of the Western Front	1930	27x41		9/00	Christies
27,963	My Man Godfrey	1936	27x41		9/04	Christies
27,600	Black Pirate - Style A	1926	27x41	VF	3/06	Heritage
27,600	Cleopatra	1917	27x41	FN	12/95	Chr/Hersh
27,600	Jazz Singer	1927	27x41	VG-LB	6/99	Low/Hersh
27,600	Master Mystery	1919	27x41	FN-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh
26,999	Red Dust	1932	27x41	VG	7/01	emovieposter
26,696	Flash Gordon	1936	27x41		3/02	Christies
26,400	Metropolis	1927	14x22	FN	12/92	Chr/Hersh
26,290	Casablanca - Italian	R53	39x55	VF	11/06	Heritage
26,290	M - German	1931	37x83	F-LB	11/06	Heritage
26,290	Wayward Canary - Disney	1932	27x41	VF	3/07	Heritage
25,575	Charlie Chan at the Race Track	1936	27x41	VG-LB	6/99	Low/Hersh
25,436	Lawrence of Arabia - British	1962	30x40		3/05	Christies
25,300	Birth of a Nation	1915	27x41	G-LB	12/97	Chr/Hersh