Article: Classic posters in auction.

THREE vintage posters advertising the work of Scarborough-born film star Charles Laughton are expected to sell for a total of [pounds sterling]1,250 when they go under the hammer at Christie's in London on September 27.

The posters for three Laughton Films - Captain Kidd, The Beach-comber and Hobson's Choice - are among more than 700 which are to be sold off at the famous auction house.

Christie's have sold about a dozen Laughton posters in their sales since 1996, raising a total of [pounds sterling]3,713. The most valuable was a rare poster from Germany for the Private Life of Henry VIII, which sold for [pounds sterling]940.

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