You’ve just set a new world record, Drac.
One of just two examples of the poster known to exist, a 1931 Style A One Sheet of Tod Browning’s Dracula headlined Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters Auction in Dallas, Texas earlier this month, pulling in a staggering $525,800, making it the new world record holder for most expensive movie poster ever sold!
“This poster spent many years in the family of Lt. Col. George J. Mitchell, Jr., an Associate Member of the American Society of Cinematographers,” a press release told us.
“The Dracula poster is a rare, important poster that sparked intense bidding among some of our elite collectors,” Heritage Auctions Vintage Posters Director Grey Smith said. “Considering the sheer beauty of the poster and the timeless popularity of the film, it’s not a surprise that the demand was so high.”
Smith continued, “It is a matter of opinion, but this poster probably is the most beautiful of all of the styles, and one of only two styles that pictures Bela Lugosi in realistic terms or a faithful rendering – the other is a photographic image.”
At this year’s auction, a 1932 lobby card from Universal’s The Mummy also sold for $26,290, while a The Phantom of the Opera (1925) one sheet pulled in $95,600.
