YOU might want to think twice before throwing out your old school posters because they could be worth a small fortune.
That’s because collectors are willing to pay good money to own a piece of nostalgia from decades past.
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Now, an impressive selection of nearly 100 classic film posters is tipped to sell for £250,000.
The sale is being conducted by London-based auctioneers Spink and Son, who say classic film posters have ‘dramatically increased in value’ in the past decade.
And one poster is selling for a whopping £10k.
A 1977 Star Wars poster designed by the Hildebrandt Brothers, showing Luke Skywalker wielding a lightsaber with the ominous figure of Darth Vader behind him, could command the hefty fee.
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Meanwhile, a Robert Brownjohn designed 30ins by 40ins poster, dominated by the image of a gold-paint covered Shirley Eaton, is valued at £10,000.
And a 1951 poster for the first UK release of The Outlaw (1943), which is one of under 10 known surviving examples, could also fetch £10,000.
The Howard Hughes-directed ‘sexy western’ starring Jane Russell twice fell foul of the censors before it could be properly shown.
The actress is shown seductively laying on a bale of hay in the provocative 30ins by 40ins poster.
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The lot also boasts an original British quad Goldfinger (1964) poster which shows Sean Connery pointing his gun in an embrace with Honor Blackman.
A Wizard of Oz poster for the film’s 1949 re-release is valued at £9,000, while posters for Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) could make £9,000 and £8,000 respectively.
Spink and Son are promote some of the finest films of the 1930s through to the 1970s and the stars of the Golden Age of cinema.
A Spink spokesperson said: “The auction will include one hundred lots of original film posters, lobby cards and photographic production stills.
“A popular collecting area for a number of years, people often first purchase a piece because they have an emotional link to it, whether it goes back to one of the first films they saw as a child or a first date film night out.
“This sometimes develops into a passion for collecting on a broader scale.
“Horror and sci-fi are two of the largest areas for collecting.
“In the last five years there has been an increase in the value of key titles from the 1970s and 1980s.
“Original posters from the Star Wars trilogy, together with early Sean Connery and Roger Moore James Bond posters have really seen dramatic increases in value over the past ten years.”
The sale takes place on Wednesday October 25.
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