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One of just two surviving movie posters for the 1931 horror classic Dracula set a world record for most valuable movie poster ever sold at auction when it brought $525,800 at Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters Auction held on November 18-19 in Dallas, Texas.

Multiple bidders pursued the 1931 Style A One Sheet until it ultimately hammered at the record total, which surpassed the previous auction record of $478,000 that was also set (twice) by Heritage Auctions. Heritage had just sold the only known surviving Italian issue movie poster from 1946 for Casablanca in July 2017, which matched their own previous world record from November 2014 for an only-known 1927 copy of the poster for London After Midnight.

This particular poster style from Dracula depicts the menacing visage of actor Bela Lugosi, who transformed the character into the now-famous Universal Monster. Recently discovered in the San Diego, California collection of a noted film historian, collectors and experts consider it one of the most desirable horror movie posters ever produced.

The family of its longtime owner, Lt. Col. George J. Mitchell, Jr., an Associate Member of the American Society of Cinematographers, placed the poster up for auction. Mitchell had owned the poster since the 1950s.

“The reason my dad purchased the poster is because he loved horror films. He was drawn to the Bela Lugosi poster because it brought back childhood memories of seeing the film when it was first released,” Mitchell’s son, Arthur Mitchell said. “He remembered going to the theater, and remembered that there was an ambulance stationed in the lobby, in case anyone was so scared they needed medical attention.”

Offered for the first time at auction, this poster was considered by many to be the most beautiful of the four styles produced for the film. “The Dracula poster is a rare, important poster that sparked intense bidding among some of our elite collectors,” Heritage Auctions Vintage Posters Director Grey Smith said, “Considering the sheer beauty of the poster and the timeless popularity of the film, it's not a surprise that the demand was so high.

“It is a matter of opinion, but this poster probably is the most beautiful of all of the styles, and one of only two styles that pictures Bela Lugosi in realistic terms or a faithful rendering — the other is a photographic image.”

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