With Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man now streaming at home after scaring up over $120 million worldwide during its abbreviated box office run, the original classic from 1933 is back in the spotlight and that probably played a part in an original poster from the James Whale-directed horror movie selling for a whopping $182,400 at auction over the weekend.
The rare movie poster was auctioned off by Heritage Auctions this past Saturday night, shattering the expectation that it could potentially reach somewhere around $125,000.
“The vintage poster for the famous Universal monster movie is one of just a small handful of examples to exist.”
Heritage Auctions’ movie poster sale cleared $2.64 million by Sunday evening. Also included were posters for Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
The Internet’s most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has more than 1,250,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of five million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos.
