Part I, Part II and Part III of the September Major Auction at eMoviePoster.com are underway, and Part IV will kick-of on Sunday, September 1, 2013 as soon as Part I concludes.

Part I contains only one-sheets, both linen-backed and unbacked, including the work of some of the best directors, such as Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life style A (Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed), a linen-backed, pre-Awards specimen of David Lean’s Lawrence Of Arabia (Terpning art of Peter O’Toole), a linen-backed example of Otto Preminger’s Anatomy Of A Murder (Saul Bass art), a linen-backed version of John Ford’s She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (John Wayne and Joanne Dru), a linen-backed copy of Billy Wilder Lost Weekend (Ray Milland), and Alfred Hitchcock is represented by a linen-backed Rear Window (Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly), Dial M For Murder (Grace Kelly), and a linen-backed Vertigo (Saul Bass artwork).

Also in Part I are the linen-backed one-sheets for Forbidden Planet (Robby the Robot carrying Anne Francis), Creature From The Black Lagoon (signed by Ben Chapman), the 1945 reissue of This Gun For Hire (Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake), the 3-D release of Hondo (John Wayne), Invasion Of The Saucer Men, Strangers In Love (Fredric March and Kay Francis), The Mummy’s Curse (Lon Chaney, Jr.), and It Came From Outer Space (art by Joseph Smith), as well as the unbacked one-sheets for L.A. Confidential international (Kim Basinger), Attack Of The 50 Ft Woman (Allison Hayes) and Hair Raid (Warren Patterson and Al Jackson), among others.

Part II contains all linen-backed posters, including the three-sheet for Dr. No ’62 (Sean Connery as James Bond), and the inserts for Out Of The Past (Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer), the 1956 reissue of King Kong (Fay Wray), Spooks Run Wild (Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, The East Side Kids), John Ford’s She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (John Wayne and Joanne Dru), and Where Eagles Dare (Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton).

The selections also include a variety of posters from Australia, such as the daybills for Spitfire (Katharine Hepburn illustrated by Norman McMurray) and Of Human Bondage (Leslie Howard and Bette Davis), and the one-sheets for The Godfather (Marlon Brando and Al Pacino), Gone To The Dogs (Australian comedian George Wallace), and The Arizonian (Richard Dix and Margot Grahame),

The linen-backed offerings also include the Belgian releases of Glass Key (Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake), John Huston’s Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston), and The Man From Planet X (Edgar Ulmer), the Swedish release of Howard Hughes’ Hell’s Angels, the Spanish release of Out Of The Past (Robert Mitchum illustrated by Mac Gomez), the door panel for Gold Diggers Of 1933, the English one-sheet of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, the Japanese release of Destroy All Monsters, an American Airlines New York World’s Fair travel poster (art by Henry K. Benscathy), Ask Alexander (Indian magic show poster, 1915), and More Production (29” x 40” World War II propaganda poster).

Part III contains unbacked, rolled posters of all types, and Part IV will contain folded posters, paper-backed posters, and lobby cards. As a reminder, Part IV will begin on Sunday, September 1, after the conclusion of Part I that afternoon.

“The overall quality of this major auction is better than any of the ones we have had the past few years, because while we don’t have super expensive posters, we have a huge number of ultra-rare posters and posters that are very much desired by collectors, so this is sure to have great results on many items,” said eMoviePoster.com’s Bruce Hershenson.

The most recent Tuesday-closing auction of one-sheets saw Holiday Inn close at $1,001, The Italian Job (Michael Caine) realize $645, and Ghost Valley sell for $507.

“We would like Scoop readers to know that all of the 110,000+ items we auction each year come to us from collectors and dealers all over the world. Our September Major Auction is running right now (in four parts, closing September 1, 3, 5 and 8), but now is the time to consign to our 14th Annual Halloween Auction, and we also already have lots of great consignments for our December Major Auction. Go to our Consign Page to learn about consigning to us and what makes us so different from all our competitors,” Hershenson said.