Lot 406 - 24 Sheet (Billboard) (232 x 104) Style B Fine Folded

Sold Stock #157259 | Sold Jun 12 2023

TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1923)

Online Collectible Posters Auction: US May 2023

Lot # 406 - 24 Sheet (Billboard) (232" x 104"); Style B; Fine Folded

Sell One Like This Now

See results

Interested in something like this?

Our expert's notes

24 Sheet (Billboard) (232" x 104") ; Style B
Fine Folded; Artist Ralph W. Iligan
Paramount, 1923

Examples of this billboard-size 24-sheet poster remain very scarce. Artist Ralph W. Iligan was a well-known illustrator who created propaganda posters in World Wars I and II, as well as movie advertisements for The Lost World, Lilac Time, Half Shot at Sunrise, Dixiana, and Wells Fargo. This unique oversized poster from Cecil B. De Mille's epic is a stone litho beauty printed in 12 panels, and is perhaps the only surviving copy.

This huge poster has edge and fold wear, fold separations, creases, misfolds, and tears. There are also small chips, noticeable surface rippling, and staining. Some tears and fold separations have been braced with strips and pieces of archival tape on the verso.

Cecil B. DeMille's first screen version of the epic biblical tale of Moses' struggle with Rameses to liberate the Hebrews poignantly and dramatically portrays the contrast between good and evil, with Moses (Theodore Roberts) holding the divine stone tablets and Miriam (Estelle Taylor) reveling in a pile of gold coins.

Estimate: $3,000 - 6,000

View all lots from THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

View all lots from The Drama Genre

Bidding for this lot will end on Wednesday, May 17th. Lots will begin closing at 9:00am PST. Each lot has a countdown clock (as seen above) indicating when the lot will close. Any bid placed in the last five (5) minutes of the countdown clock will result in five (5) additional minutes being added to the clock. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, May 18th.

Share

Please provide details of a specific item you're looking for and one of our specialists will be in touch.

Film or tv show (optional)

Item

Additional details around item

Your Budget for the item

Your Full Name

Email

Phone number (optional)

This item is located in London.

All £ prices include sales tax (VAT) of 20.00% applicable to any purchases made by clients
within the UK or NI, unless denoted by an "M" indicating it is sold under the margin scheme for collector's items; no VAT is due to except to clients within NI.

All $ prices are exclusive of VAT, although clients in some US States may be required to pay sales tax on their order following the Wayfair ruling; these will be calculated at checkout.

All € prices are exclusive of VAT.

The US States below may be required to pay sales tax on their order following the Wayfair ruling; these will be calculated at checkout.

California

New York

Utah

Washington

All conversions presented are approximate. You will be charged in UK Sterling (GBP£).

Prices do not include shipping and handling or any local taxes and duties that may be applied by your local government.

This item is located in Los Angeles.

All prices displayed are exclusive of sales taxes, although the US States below may be required to pay sales tax on their order following the Wayfair ruling; these will be calculated at checkout.

Arizona

California

Illinois

Kansas

Michigan

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Utah

Washington

Wisconsin

All conversions presented are approximate. You will be charged in US Dollars (USD$).

Prices do not include shipping and handling or any local taxes and duties that may be applied by your local government.