THE TANTALIZING COMBINATION OF RARITY, QUALITY AND SHEER ARTISTRY COULD ALL MERGE TO CREATE A WORLD RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION WHEN THE ONLY KNOWN THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (UNIVERSAL, 1935) TEASER ONE SHEET STYLE E MOVIE POSTER, FROM THE RENOWNED COLLECTION OF TODD FEIERTAG, COME UP FOR AUCTION AS PART OF HERITAGE AUCTION GALLERIES BEVERLY HILLS SIGNATURE MOVIE POSTER AUCTION. IT IS ESTIMATED AT $700,000. THE POSTER IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT HERITAGE BEVERLY HILLS AND CAN BE SEEN ON A WALK-IN BASIS. 'EARLY UNIVERSAL HORROR MOVIE POSTERS ARE BLUE CHIPS OF THE COLLECTING HOBBY', SAID GREY SMITH, DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE POSTER AUCTIONS AT HERITAGE, 'AND THIS INCREDIBLE UNIVERSAL HORROR ONE SHEET FROM THE BRIDE IS EASILY THE MOST DRAMATIC POSTER I'VE EVER SEEN, FROM ANY GENRE. IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS POSTER TO EVER SURFACE AND, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S VERY LIKELY WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER. IT REPRESENTS THE RAREST OF THE RARE FOR A MOST DESIRABLE MOVIE TITLE AND POP-CULTURE ICON.' HERITAGE PREVIOUSLY SOLD A POSTER THAT IS TIED FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE REALIZED FOR A MOVIE POSTER, A STYLE B ONE SHEET FROM THE BLACK CAT, FOR $334,600 IN NOVEMBER 2009, WHICH RANKS BEHIND THE AUCTION SALE OF THE MUMMY, IN MARCH 1997, FOR $453,500, AT A DIFFERENT AUCTION HOUSE. THE PRESENT POSTER COMES FROM THE SAME COLLECTION AS THE MUMMY AND THE BLACK CAT, THAT OF TODD FEIERTAG, WHO FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS HAS AMASSED PROBABLY THE SINGLE GREATEST COLLECTION OF VINTAGE HORROR POSTERS IN THE WORLD AND WHO HAS DECIDED THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO BRING ANOTHER ONE OF HIS MOST TREASURED POSTERS TO THE MARKET.
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