It's such a great buzz when you actually see a poster like this up close and
personal. I went over to Ron Borst's pad a few years ago and almost had a
stroke when I walked into his living room. An unbelievable collection of stuff.
A "White Zombie" six sheet? A "Werewolf of London" six sheet in the bedroom?
One sheets from all the major Universal classics on the wall above the TV? Dude!
Back to the "Phantom"poster....Chances are indeed pretty good that it might
have been Chuck's poster. there was one sold in one of the early 90s
Hershenson-run auctions that might have been the Vergara piece. Chuck laughed
when he saw what it went for just a few years after he sold it privately. Hell,
I admired him for not crying!
Greg Douglass
---- Jeff Potokar <jpotok...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> I've worked at Universal and have seen this 6sh in person. It is a
> STUNNER!
>
> It IS the real deal.
>
> They also displayed it a number of years ago, when they did a
> screening of Phantom at the Universal Amphitheater.
>
> Carla Laemmle was in attendance and actually posed for some pics next
> to this very same poster that was up on the wall.
>
> It also makes one wonder if this copy is the same one you mention
> that your friend sold? Never know. I can't imagine there are many
> Phantom 6sh floating around out there. And Universal has quite the
> poster archive. If they didnt have a copy up until then, it could
> have made the rounds and eventually returned "home." :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Greg Douglass wrote:
>
> > I saw one of those "Phantom..." six sheets up close and personal.
> > My poster guru, the late Chuck Vergara, called me over to his house
> > in Fairfax, CA in the late 1980s-early 1990s. he had a gorgeous
> > example of the "Phantom of the Opera" stone litho six sheet laid
> > out on his living room floor to display it for a prospective buyer.
> > It was stunning and I've always been grateful to Chuck for letting
> > me see it. The buyer came over and loved the poster but he almost
> > choked when Chuck quoted him the unheard of price of $2000. He
> > ended up buying the poster. I don't remember who the buyer was but
> > I think he may have ended up getting a decent return on his initial
> > investment....
> > Too bad the poster was completely wasted on the guys in the room.
> > No poster geeks in THAT bunch!
> > Greg Douglass
> > ---- Ira Rubenstein <irubenst...@pbs.org> wrote:
> >> And you say #oscarssowhite. Look at the room. A bunch of old
> >> white
> >> men and stacey snider. But the poster is awesome. If
> >> it¹s real.
> >> :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/17/16, 12:51 AM, "MoPo List on behalf of Freeman Fisher"
> >> <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU on behalf of
> >> 00000016869468b6-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> John Kerry attended a meeting at Universal Studios with heads of
> >>> all the
> >>> studios. But take a look at what¹s hanging on the wall.
> >>>
> >>> https://twitter.com/JohnKerry/status/699746890271715328/photo/1?
> >>> ref_src=tw
> >>> src%5Etfw
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Really ties the room together nicelyŠŠŠ
> >>>
> >>> Freeman
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