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This is the very first poster ever produced for the Star Wars franchise. Designed by artist Howard Chaykin, this poster was sold at the 1976 San Diego ComicCon for a whopping $1.75.

Here's something you don't see every day. This is the elusive Style A British Quad movie poster for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Similar to the Style A U.S. 1-sheet, this poster features artwork by Roger Kastel, a campaign that was discontinued when the producers realized that the artwork omitted the character of Lando Calrissian, played by Billy Dee Williams. What makes this poster even more desirable is that it was used only for the film's London premiere, primarily in the London Underground (subway system to Americans) and was generally trimmed to 27 by 39 inches to accommodate the frames used in the Underground. This un-trimmed example is truly a Star Wars Holy Grail.

If you're a fan of Reynold Brown it doesn't get much better than this. This 6-Sheet movie poster for the 1962 low-budget A.I.P. Science Fiction / Horror flick boasts over 45 square feet of glorious monster illustration. One of our new arrivals:

It's the 43rd anniversary of Jaws and I just discovered this very cool beer can in my local beverage distributor. Apparently this was a limited edition can produced by Narragansett Brewery starting in 2014. This is an exact replica of the beer cans that Captain Quint (Robert Shaw) drinks in Jaws. And in one famous scene - often misreported as unscripted - Quint finishes his beer and crushes the can, and Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) follows suit by crushing his own Styrofoam coffee cup. Great movie, great scene, not such great beer. Here's a screen-grab and a picture of the replica can:

Oh, and here's a ridiculously cool original ROLLED Jaws 1-sheet that we just acquired:  

These so-called "Mondo" posters came about in the early 2000's as an offshoot of Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Theater Alamo Drafthouse. These hand-drawn, screen-printed posters were a welcome alternative to Hollywood's increasingly star-driven Photoshopped posters and the public loved them. Mondo posters featured alternative images for classic and cult movies commissioned by modern artists and - because they were printed in limited quantities - they became instant collectors items. One of my favorites is Jay Ryan's interpretation of A Christmas Story. No leg-lamps or BB guns here, but he manages to capture the essence of the film with the Bumpus hounds ravaging the Christmas turkey. This particular poster was created for a one-time roadshow screening of Bob Clark's holiday classic at the original Christmas Story house in Cleveland.

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