This page details a very special collection of items entitled the 'Films Around The World 2021 Heritage Auction (1981-1985)', presented here at no small personal expense. You can see extensive photos below, and download high quality scans via the link at the bottom of the page.
Just to give a little background, between February to July 2021, four lots of rare Evil Dead items were sold on the internet auction site Heritage, and the final two lots were won personally. All the items related Book Of The Dead, The Evil Dead, and up to early 1985 promo items for Evil Dead II, And The Army Of Darkness, as it was then titled. The auctions ran as follows (click links to see the original listings);
The Evil Dead (New Line, 1981) - (Total: 41 Items - Sold on February 21, 2021 for: $168.00)
The Evil Dead (New Line, 1981) - (Total: 12 Items - Sold on May 23, 2021 for: $930.00)
The Evil Dead (Palace Video, 1982) - (Total: 20 Items - Sold on May 23, 2021 for: $1,260.00)
The Evil Dead Lot (Various, early 1980s) - (Total: 35 Items - Sold on July 18, 2021 for: $1,380.00)
Luckily the winner of the first two lots got in touch shortly after closing, so hopefully photos & scans of everything there can be added here soon. It's almost certain that the last three, and very likely the first lot, all came from the same source; Irvin Shapiro & his distribution company Films Around The World. There's even a compliments slip attached to some press clippings from Palace Pictures, addressed to Irvin. Irvin passed in 1989, so this would either be part of his estate, someone else in the company, or it was bought years back and is only now being sold in separate lots by another collector. That's just guesswork as Heritage Auctions were unfortunately unable to reveal anything about the seller. You can see more information about each lot below.
May 23, 2021 Auction
Below you can see a gallery of photos covering the first auction won; entitled The Evil Dead (Palace Video, 1982) - (Total: 20 Items - Sold on May 23, 2021 for: $1,260.00). Rare highlights in this batch include a UK theatrical quad poster, a double-sided promo slick, opening night invite postcards, and a Dutch VHS release promo pack. Click each photo to enlarge.
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July 18, 2021 Auction
Below you can see a gallery of photos covering the second auction won entitled The Evil Dead Lot (Various, early 1980s) - (Total: 35 Items - Sold on July 18, 2021 for: $1,380.00). Rare highlights in this batch include various Palace Pictures promo items, lots of original & photocopied newspaper & magazine reviews, the dialogue & speech dubbing lists from August Films Inc, and early Evil Dead II promo posters. Click each photo to enlarge.
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You can download scans of everything below. Each item was scanned at 600dpi, titled & sorted into a number of PDF files for easy viewing. Each PDF has extensive bookmarks, so these will tell you exactly what you're looking at, and make navigation & finding material much easier.
Films Around The World 2021 Heritage Auction - 1981-1985 (184 Pages, 1.48gb - Various Dimensions at 300dpi 85% compression JPEG)
Hopefully, high quality scans of the items contained in the former two auctions will be added here soon, but for now, this download just covers the latter two auctions detailed above.
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