The world's largest collection of movie posters boasting artwork from almost every single film ever made has emerged for sale for $7.8 million (£5 million). The colossal archive features 196,000 posters from more than 44,000 films which have been made since the birth of cinema in the early 1900s and has been single-handedly pieced together by one avid collector over the last 50 years. Morris Everett Jr, from Cleveland, Ohio, has dedicated his life's work to seeking out original posters from every English-speaking film ever made and compiling them into a comprehensive library. The Prince and the Showgirl starring Marilyn Monroe, film from 1957, is part the collection
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The archive has 196,000 posters from more than 44,000 films
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Posters date from early 1900s
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Collector, Morris Everett Jr, 73, from Ohio, is a historian-turned-collector
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Collection includes a one-of-a-kind poster from 1927 silent film Metropolis
A collection of the 196,000 posters @placeholder has collected can be seen in this picture