Casablanca Six-Sheet Poster Leads Heritage Auctions' August Movie Posters Sale
Heritage Auctions' upcoming Movie Posters Signature Auction, scheduled for August 28–29, will feature what is considered the finest surviving original-release six-sheet poster for Casablanca. Linen-backed and in exceptional condition, the piece is described as the best example of its kind to appear at the auction house. Zach Pogemiller, Associate Movie Posters Director, explained that such posters rarely survived because they were typically affixed to walls and later scraped off or covered by new releases. Theaters often dismantled them for display purposes, leaving no incentive to preserve them. Casablanca, which received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943, remains popular more than eight decades after its debut. The auction will include numerous movie posters, with this six-sheet as the standout lot.
Key facts
- Heritage Auctions will hold a Movie Posters Signature Auction on August 28–29.
- The auction features a linen-backed six-sheet poster for Casablanca.
- The poster is considered the best original-release example ever offered at Heritage.
- Surviving examples are rare because posters were pasted to walls and scraped off after theater runs.
- Some theaters cut up the posters to make displays.
- Casablanca won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943.
- Zach Pogemiller is the Associate Movie Posters Director at Heritage.
- The film remains popular more than eight decades after its original release.
Entities
Artists
- Zach Pogemiller
Institutions
- Heritage Auctions
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences