| The Three Stooges in Three Little Beers movie poster brings $59,750 to lead movie poster auction |
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DALLAS, TX.- Comedy was definitely king in Heritage Auctions' Nov. 18-19 Vintage Movie Posters Signature(r) Auction, as a one sheet movie poster for The Three Stooges in Three Little Beers (Columbia, 1935) brought $59,750 to lead the auction, which realized $1.6 million total. "The Stooges are as popular as ever," said Grey Smith, Director of Movie Posters at Heritage. "This is a very good result on a simply superb poster. I have to think that Moe, Larry and Curly would all be thrilled to see how beloved they are almost 80 years after they made this movie." More than 1,300 bidders competed for the 1,472 lots in the auction, translating into a 91.8% sell-through rate by total value. "We saw solid bidding across the board," said Smith. "All genres performed well and many posters went for several times their pre-auction estimates, which is always a pleasant surprise." Chief among those pleasant surprises was a one sheet fo read full article
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