Thursday, 9 July 2026

Publicity poster for Hitchcock's famous 'ornithological' movie fails to take flight at auction

                                                       


On the scarce occasions when birds are depicted in film poster imagery, they are sometimes cast  in an unfavourable light as in this publicity poster for Alfred Hitchcock's famous horror movie, The Birds, which went under the hammer at an auction conducted earlier today by auction house Ewbank's. The pre-sale guide price was that it would sell for between £200 and £400, but the price achieved (including buyers fees) ended up being a slightly disappointing £195.

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