I completely missed it, but the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog had a fantastic collection of Mexican Epoca de Oro lobby cards, all of them illustrated by the fantastic Ernesto Garcia Cabral. Not only does archive director Stephen Worth share some extraordinary images, he also shares a hot eBay tip: "An archive of movie memorabilia in Mexico recently culled duplicates from their collection, releasing tens of thousands of pieces onto the market- both Mexican titles and American ones- musicals, horror movies, adventure films, film noir and westerns by the hundreds. These lobby cards have found their way onto eBay, but since few people are aware of Cabral and even fewer recognize the Spanish titles for these films, these amazing treasures are selling for a song." Nice guy that he is, he also provides a link to the seller of these cards. Let me tell you, these things are cheap, cheap, cheap!
You can find more of Cabral's work at these galleries of vintage Mexican movie posters and political cartooning and cover art for the newsweekly magazine Jueves. And, yes, everything is for sale.
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