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 |
|---|---|
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Price: $690,000 Title: Metropolis Year: 1927 Size: 36x83 |
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Price: $435,500 Title: Mummy Year: 1932 Size: 27x41 |
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Price: $357,750 Title: Metropolis - German Year: 1927 Size: 36x83 |
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Price: $286,800 Title: Black Cat Year: 1934 Size: 27x41 |
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Price: $244,500 Title: King Kong Year: 1933 Size: 41x81 |
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Price: $189,750 Title: Frankenstein Year: 1931 Size: 27x41 |
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Price: $138,000 Title: Babe Comes Home Year: 1927 Size: 27x41 |
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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 |
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 |
1933 |
41x81 |
VF-LB |
4/99 |
Sotheby |
|
| 200,000 |
Metropolis
- German |
1927 |
36x83 |
LB |
7/00 |
online auct. |
| 198,000 |
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 |
1932 |
27x41 |
G-LB |
3/01 |
Christies |
|
| 115,000 |
1933 |
41x81 |
VF |
12/94 |
Sotheby |
|
| 109,750 |
Men
in Black - 3 Stooges |
1934 |
27x41 |
F |
4/98 |
Sotheby |
98,900 |
1933 |
27x41 |
VF |
12/94 |
Chr/Hersh |
|
| 96,000 |
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 |
1933 |
27x41 |
LB |
12/96 |
Chr/Hersh |
|
| 80,500 |
1933 |
41x81 |
F |
12/96 |
Chr/Hersh |
|
| 80,500 |
1933 |
27x41 |
VF |
12/99 |
Sotheby |
|
| 80,500 |
1933 |
27x41 |
LB |
3/96 |
||
| 79,800 |
Touchdown
Mickey -Disney |
1932 |
27x41 |
NM-LB |
10/00 |
Butter |
| 78,200 |
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 |







