The most money paid for a poster of any kind is an original poster for Metropolis (Germany 1927), a science-fiction film by Fritz Lang (Austria),which was sold by the Reel Poster Gallery in London, UK to a US collector for $690,000 (£393,300) on 15 November 2005. The art-deco poster was designed by graphic artist, Heinz Schulz-Neudamm (Germany), and is one of four copies known to exist, the others are at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (USA), Berlin’s Film Museum (Germany) and in a private collection.