200 YEARS AGO, ENGLISH NOVELIST MARY SHELLEY CREATED THE ICONIC CREATURE. HERE ARE RELATED LOTS FROM THE HERITAGE AUCTIONS ARCHIVES
1 NUMBER OF KNOWN COPIES of this style C three-sheet (above) printed for Universal’s 1931 classic film. It realized $358,500 at a March 2015 auction.
8.5 CGC GRADE for Frankenstein Comics #1 (Prize, 1945), with story, cover and art by Dick Briefer. This copy realized $3,346 at a February 2015 auction.
10 INCHES IN HEIGHT of Vulcanized-rubber Frankenstein head used in 1948 film Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. It sold at auction for $4,780 in October 2007.
32 AGE of Elsa Lanchester when she starred in the 1935 sequel The Bride of Frankenstein. This promotional still realized $4,780 at a March 2009 auction.
134 PAGES of Young Frankenstein script belonging to Teri Garr, who played Inga in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy. It sold at auction for $1,673 in October 2008.
1818 YEAR Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus was published in London. A first edition of Volume I printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones realized $11,250 at an April 2014 auction.