Kovels Antique Trader October 2023

Ruby Lane founder Tom Johnson…Fright Night Fun…Sporting Art…Gustav Stickley Furniture…Swatch Watches…Disneyland Memorabilia…Batman Toys…Gripoix Glass Jewelry…Gold Rush Country…American Porcelain Marks…Collector’s Gallery  

Invasion Of The Space Alien Movie Poster

The 1950s were compelling times for America and for Hollywood. The Cold War was heating up. Red Scare rhetoric filled the country with growing fears that the U.S. had been infiltrated by communists. And, of course, the threat of Atomic War defined a duck-and-cover decade. Hollywood reacted to the real and imagined threats, coupled with […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 49 No. 11 – July 2023

Doorstops…1950s Space Alien Movie Posters…Military Collectibles…Saturday Evening Girls Pottery…Sherlock Holmes Memorabilia…Depression Glass Patterns…Collector’s Gallery…Prices  

Original James Bond Movie Poster Art Price Astounds

Shaken AND stirred. That is the reaction of collectors to the winning auction price for Robert McGinnis’ original 1965 movie poster art for James Bond’s Thunderball—an astounding $275,000 at Heritage Auctions. The 11 7/8-by-18 5/8-inch gouache on board illustration features Sean Connery in his fourth James Bond movie and depicts a famous scene in the movie, with wetsuit-clad James Bond gripping a spear gun while surrounded by four beautiful, scantily clad women. This movie was Connery’s most successful Bond film in the series, and it was remade in 1983 as Never Say Never Again with Connery returning to the role after 12 years. Movie posters, and especially original poster art, from the 1960s are popular with collectors because of their “mod” colors and the counterculture embracing of social taboos like sex and violence.