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Overview
- Millon said Friday that Thursday’s Paris auction saw the first 700 lots all find buyers.
- An original poster for Fritz Lang’s M sold for €42,368, while a King Kong poster topped €20,000 and a La Grande Illusion poster exceeded €30,000.
- The sale drew a packed crowd and ran about three hours late, with some buyers criticizing the event’s organization and noise.
- Collectors, dealers, and museum representatives competed for lots, as some attendees worried the collection’s breakup could weaken public access to French film heritage.
- Millon plans a second sale in June, continuing the dispersal of a vast trove amassed by the “king of VHS” that includes rare posters, photographs, books, and archives from mid‑century cinema.