Renowned Entertainment and Historical Document auction house, Profiles in History, has announced today they will be holding a very special auction featuring an unprecedented collection of the largest and most comprehensive collection of movie posters, lobby cards, and ephemera.
The Morris Everett Jr. Collection comprises of over 196,000 vintage, rare, and one of kind movie posters, lobby cards, and ephemera from just about every Hollywood film to date. Profiles will be offering this historic collection to one lucky bidder in one lot of the entire collection. The pre-auction estimate is$6,000,000 – $8,000,000.
Mr. Everett’s hope is that the buyer of that the collection will continue adding to it like he has for decades.
A few highlights of the collection are:
Metropolis 1927:
Gone With The Wind 1939:
Casablanca 1942:
The Girl From 1oth Avenue 1935:
King Kong 1933:
Frankenstein 1931:
The Mummy 1932:
Interested bidders can register to bid HERE. You can bid in person, by phone, or internet.
View all of the items at Profiles in History’s web site HERE.
Purchase the complete catalog of all of the thousands of items in one beautiful auction catalog HERE.
Below is the entire press release:
PROFILES IN HISTORY TO AUCTION THE INCOMPARABLE AND UNPRESCEDENTED MORRIS EVERETT, JR. MOVIE COLLECTION AS ONE LOT FOR A POSSIBLE $6,000,000.00+
PROFILES IN HISTORY TO AUCTION THE INCOMPARABLE AND UNPRESCEDENTED MORRIS EVERETT, JR. MOVIE COLLECTION AS ONE LOT FOR A POSSIBLE $6,000,000.00+
The Most Spectacular Stand-Alone Massive Compilation Comprised of over 196,000+ Pieces of Vintage Movie Posters and Lobby Cards from the Morris Everett, Jr. Collection to Be Offered As One Comprehensive Lot by Profiles in History in December 17, 2014 Auction
For Immediate Release:
(Los Angeles) (Date)–The scheduled December 17, 2014 auction will be a one-time opportunity, for collectors to possess the ultimate best of the best. Included in the forthcoming auction, are over 196,000+ different vintage movie lobby cards, posters and other ephemera from over 44,000 films from 1907 to present day. A pre-auction estimate of $6,000,000 – $8,000,000 is projected for the world’s largest single most comprehensive private collection of genuine movie memorabilia extant.
From his start over 50 years ago, Morris Everett, Jr. is recognized to be the only individual in history who set-out with great determination to meticulously acquire as many original motion picture film posters as possible, from nearly every film ever made, making sure to pick up and collect a few more along the way—building the world’s most comprehensive collection of the greatest and “truly precious” movie art to be in existence.
“The Morris Everett Jr. Collection is the most substantial and significant vintage movie collection in the world and will feature several-one-of-kind treasures never before offered to the collecting public”, noted Joseph Maddalena, President and Chief Executive Officer of Profiles in History. “The items exemplify classic Hollywood, reflecting the true lure of Hollywood’s Golden Age. These limited distribution pieces were produced for a number of Hollywood’s greatest movies and are seldom seen today. Without question, Morris Everett Jr. single handedly mounted an incomparable historical archive on 100 years of cinema for which no institutional holdings currently compare.”
While many of the items will be immediately obvious concerning rarity, quality, and value (e.g. Metropolis, The Golem, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Frankenstein/ Bride of Frankenstein, every Universal horror, Potemkin, Napoleon, Gone With the Wind, Sunrise, 20th Century, Canary Murder Case, Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Wizard of Oz, Tabu, etc.), the collection also includes near-complete coverage of the beginning of the careers on legendary stars like Garbo, Crawford, Gable, Bogart, Stanwyck, Monroe, etc., all of which bear significant historic and monetary value.
The most essential and unique value of this collection (only this collection and absolutely no other known to exist) is its inclusion of virtually every vital and incredibly obscure early appearance for icons like Lon Chaney Sr., Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd, The Three Stooges, Houdini, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, etc., plus incredibly important early films by directors like Erich von Stroheim, Joseph von Sternberg, Oscar Micheaux, D.W. Griffith, Victor Seastrom, F.W. Murnau, etc. It is often the case for early “character” appearances of great-stars-to-be that only one (if even that) lobby card from a usual set of eight will include Chaney, Karloff, Lugosi, Bogart or other such luminaries.
Over 7,500 highlights are physically present in the vault at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas for viewing by appointment only.
Qualified bidders can participate in person, by telephone, submit absentee bids or participate online in real time from anywhere with Internet access across the globe. For more information, please visit www.profilesinhistory.com.
Auction Details:
December 17, 2014
Location: Profiles in History Offices
26662 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; Phone: 
310-859-7701
