A man on Saturday bid $62,000 at auction for a poster from the 1933 classic "King Kong" - a bid one auction expert said was a record for a movie poster.

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The 41-inch by 81-inch poster shows King Kong cradling Fay Wray and snarling at the New York skyline.Steven Rotman, a furniture store owner from Worcester, placed the high bid for the poster at the Skinner Auction House. Rotman has collected posters for about 20 years, said his son, Richard Rotman.

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