DALLAS, TX – Dwight Cleveland’s pursuit of the very finest movie
posters of all time have led him on a journey that spans 20 different
countries, six continents, has had him digging in abandoned theaters,
the forgotten corners of dusty antique shops and amidst the chaos of
flea markets. Cleveland’s journey is worthy of a movie in and of
itself, but it’s more likely that he would simply opt for a movie
poster instead of the full big screen treatment, given his passion for
the form. To a man like Cleveland the movie poster is the very essence
of the film itself distilled into one central image, which – if done
correctly – transcends its boundaries and becomes high art.
Heritage Auction Galleries, based in Dallas, Texas, is currently
offering a few selections from the Cleveland Collection, chosen by the
collector himself, as a special holiday offering to the movie poster
collecting community. Bidding on Part One will end this Sunday, Dec.
14. Included in the sale are foreign versions of the posters of some
of the greatest films ever made, chosen for their superior graphic
quality.
“Dwight understands that just seeing a movie poster immediately
> connotes why a film was great,” said Grey Smith, Director of Movie
> Poster Auctions at Heritage. “He understands the posters as art, not
> just merely as paper ephemera, or an investment, but as high art.”
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