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Massive movie poster collection going to auction

A massive single-owner collection of vintage movie posters covering nearly the entire history of feature films — from 1907 to the present — is going on the auction block as one lot next month.

It belongs to Morris Everett Jr., who began collecting posters and lobby cards 53 years ago. He's parting with them on Dec. 17 at Profiles in History auction house in Calabasas, California.

"Ideally, I would love to be hired by whoever buys it to continue to collect for the collection because I probably know more collectors and dealers and stores worldwide than almost anyone," he said.

Read entire article at The Wall Street Journal