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Marcus Loew bronze plaque for sale
posted by
michaelkaplan
on
August 4, 2009 at 10:30 am
I’ve decided to list a vintage Marcus Loew bronze plaque on eBay with a start price of $1200. This is one of 144+ plaques installed in every Loew movie palace in the US in 1929. It’s in excellent condition and has an estimated replacement value of $1350 (if it were recreated today).
eBay item number 290335631653
Comments (12)
I should mention that there is no signature or other identification of the artist of the bust.
Thanks to Warren Harris for the 1929 article from the New York Times.
At the time of Loew’s death in 1927, 144 theaters had been completed and 24 more were in construction. It is likely (though unconfirmed) that each of those 168 theaters had a memorial plaque installed in 1929. I wonder how many of the original plaques are still in place …
The plaque that was in the outer lobby at Loew’s Jersey was found at a local flea market sometime after the theater was sold to Hartz Mountain. It was bought and returned to Friends of the Loews about 15 years ago. To this day, they have yet to put it back on display where it belongs!
That’s interesting, because I contacted Friends of the Loew’s last week to ask whether the original plaque was still in place! Haven’t yet heard from them …
I guess they’re using it as a paper weight…
That’s a big piece of paper .. a stack of movie posters, perhaps?
Newspapers. The last time I looked in the office, it looked like a storage area for old newspapers.
The item didn’t sell on eBay but is still available. Anyone interested can contact me at
This item has been relisted at a lower price.
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I have found a photo of one of these plaques I have it posted on my facebook page.
I have come across a plaque that I am considering selling. It came from the Loews Oriental 1832 86th Street Bensonhurst Brooklyn, NY. It was taken in the 70’s. If anyone is interested or has any questions about the plaque you may contact me at
One of these plaques was in the Loews Vendome Nashville, Tennessee,this theatre burned in August 1967,did not know what happened to this one, I knew of one from the Loews Richmond that the current owner wanted $500.00 for.