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MUST HAVE STAR WARS!

$500 LOT - ONLY $9.95 START!

Up for sale are FOUR of the earliest and most important ORIGINAL STAR WARS ADVANCES - MINT! I have posted Interesting information and research about these IMPORTANT ORIGINALS :

THE STAR WARS CORPERATION started marketing Star Wars in 1976. A new book "The Making Of Star Wars" was just released a few months ago for the 30th anniversary of the film. This great book goes into great detail about the Star Wars Corporation's marketing of Star Wars. When the Howard Chaykin poster was released in 1976 at comic book conventions, the Star Wars Corporation handed out a two-sided flyer advertising the film (see photos # 1,6,7&8). Great early information is on it. CLEARLY printed before the completion of the film, the flyer speaks of many elements that were eventually changed. AMAZING to read and a must for the serious Star Wars collector. Very few survived. A real treasured early piece of cinema history.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION IS:

A COMPLETE SET OF ALL THREE ORIGINAL STAR WARS 1977 ADVANCE MINI-WINDOW CARD MOVIE POSTERS! They are amongst the rarest and most sought after original Star Wars movie posters (see photos 1,2,3,4&5). Fox distributed all 3 of these posters in 1977 for the first Star Wars film. I have posted Interesting information and research about these posters is below:

The original press-book for Star Wars instructs theater managers to "wild post in and around campuses; on bulletin boards, in meeting halls, cafeterias, bookstores, music shops, everyw students congregate." These SUPER RARE ADVANCE mini window posters were used for exactly that purpose, as well as being displayed at the movie theater ticket counters.

Mini window posters have been used by the motion picture industry since the silent film days. Not all films released had mini window posters. Mostly big films such as The Wizard of Oz, King Kong, Casablanca , all the way to 2001: A Space Odyssey used mini window posters. They are among the rarest of all posters made, MUCH RARER than the one sheets! Most were hung and used, few survived. No Star Wars poster collection is complete without these!

When Fox began to market Star Wars in early 1977 they could not decide on how to market the film. Mark Hamill did a QVC television program on Oct. 28, 1992 and was quoted to say, "When [Star Wars] opened we didn't have any posters--we just had photographs outside the building." He elaborates by saying that, "Fox wasn't sure what campaign to go with--an adventure, a 2001 odyssey, etc."

The 3 mini window posters offered demonstrate nicely the early Star Wars campaign in progress. The wordy Teaser pictured in the middle (see photo #3) speaks of "Odyssey" and "Imagination" but does not deliver. This poster was dropped from the campaign early on, before the film's release. The final version, taken from the film's lead-in, was only ready shortly before the May release date in 1977.

All 3 of these posters are in MINT condition! The first one with the May 25 release date (photo# 2) measures 7 1/2" x 6 3/4". The "Odyssey" version with the PG logo (photos# 3&5) measures 9 1/2" x 7 1/2," and the Final version with the Dolby logo (photo# 4) measures 8x10 inches and the STAR WARS CORPORATION 1976 FLYER measures 8 1/2" x 11".

I also have a lot of Star Wars and classic posters for sale right now. Please view my other sales if interested and please write with any questions.

Included in this auction FREE is a mint condition copy of the Star Wars collectors guide (see photos 9&10). It is the best source for information, prices and photos on the original posters. The 3 mini windows are featured in it. The book was printed in 1999 by Butterfields, and has a cover price of $20 but I readily sell them now for $40 being it so rare and difficult to find . It has a price guide AND full color photos on ALL of the following Star Wars posters & MORE! ...

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