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Movie posters, mementos of feature films that have marked the history of cinema, are real works of art that can fetch hundreds of thousands at auction. Here are the most coveted posters of the seventh art.

No historian had seen the original version of this manuscript in nearly 50 years. ‘Avant et après’, a book of over 200 pages produced by Gauguin in Polynesia two months before his death, has now been acquired by the Courtauld Gallery.

Delve into the histories of these two precious pearls as we recount their presence in royal dynasties, major revolutions and impressive auctions.