Natalie The rarity or not of daybills is not much different to US posters. Whilst there are some titles that are easily found and regularly appear on eBay, others are extremely scarce. The same applies to US posters. There are many dealers in the US and elsewhere, including myself, with large quantities of certain good titles in either US one sheets, lobby cards, inserts etc. I have spent a lot of time in the US over the years and have purchased a load of material from various dealers and collectors and it is often amazing to see the quantities of posters on one title that some people have.
Just as an example, I have come across one dealer who seemed to have an unlimited quantity of The Mole People inserts, another had a load of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman pressbooks and over 200 Halloween II one sheets. I have boxes of US one sheets and lobby cards on certain average to poor titles that I would love to get rid of but will probably take a lifetime to sell. Even the more up market material like Vertigo US one sheets appear almost weekly for sale. A Vertigo US one sheet is a very desirable poster and always seems to get a good price but I can only guess at how many have been sold over the years. There seems to have been one at every major auction in living memory and most of the major dealers have had them at one time or another - same goes for Breakfast at Tiffany's one sheets. Try finding an Australian one sheet on Vertigo. I can think of many, many, more US posters that are kept in quantity by various dealers. Many dealers are naturally guarded about what they have in quantity and slowly feed them into the market, while others sell off portions of their stack to other dealers. Add that to the fact that US posters were printed in huge quantities and many were kept in storage long after their release. US posters were also sent to places like New Zealand and Canada in bulk for the release of films there and many have survived in large numbers albeit with censor stickers or stamps added. There are only about 4 or 5 real dealers in Australia and a few more part timers. Most of the serious dealers end up with the bulk of decent Australian titles and that is why you probably see certain titles appearing regularly with some of us. There are many more dealers in the US - much more of a spread of material but still many many good titles appear with great frequency. Titles like Dial M for Murder are near impossible to find in daybill format. I have collected Hitchcock for years and have never seen a daybill on that title. There are many similar examples. Conversely, daybills on To Kill a Mockingbird or the reissue of the Day the Earth Stood Still turn up quite regularly on eBay. You only have to look at eBay to see that there is just too much material for the available market out there and the vast majority of it is from the USA. Regards John JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia WEBSITE: www.moviemem.com eBay Userid: johnwr All you need to know about Australian Posters...... http://www.moviemem.com/about.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Natalie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Incomplete Listings -- My Pet Peeve > Those daybills are incredibly rare, especially when you have three dozen > copies of them! (One Aussie seller I can think of, he's not a MOPO > member than I a am aware of.) > > I'll put my hand up as a collector who *doesn't* search for items in the > category area, and sellers who list in the wrong category still annoy > me! Sometimes, novices (and even "professionals"!) don't list them in > the right category, you can miss out then. > > Natalie > > Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > > > JR > > > > You just have to learn to read between the lines! If the listing doesn't > > say "one-sheet" then there is no chance that it is one, for everyone is > > proud to have a one-sheet. If it doesn't say anything about what it is, > > then it is almost surely a scene lobby card, or a herald, or a still. If > > it says "rare style" it is probably an Australian daybill. If it says > > "original" without a year then it is probably an "original" reissue. If it > > says "rare" it is virtually a certainty it ISN"T. > > > > Eventually you get where you can recognize some dealers just by the way > > they list, and you can then just ignore them without even clicking on a > > single auction! > > > > Bruce > > eMoviePoster.com > > > > JR wrote: > > Jim, > > > > Hey, I got a bone to pick with you -- and all the other sellers who neglect > > to put LC on a lobby card listing on eBay or MoPoBid (or to put OS or INS > > or HS for that matter). I'm not just addressing you here -- but I went to > > look at your noir listings and that set me off on this rant -- I'm talking > > to quite a few other sellers as well (you KNOW who you are) and this is > > what I want to say: > > > > Look, we're all busy people, right? You want us to look at your listing > > pages on a regular basis? You want us to pay attention to the FA posts you > > send to MoPo? Then how about helping us out and IDENTIFYING your stuff > > properly in the Title of the listing, huh? I don't have time to be looking > > at something I'm not going to buy, and I don't think very many other people > > do these days -- not with the huge amount of material to go through every > > week. You have to trust your customers to know if they want an LC an OS a > > HS or an INS or whatever. Don't try to "trick" them into looking at > > something by not properly identifying it. That may work once or twice until > > I notice what you're doing -- but what happens when I run across 4 or 5 > > pages of listings and I see that most of them are not correctly identified > > as to what type of poster they are in the title? Aw... you guessed! > > > > -- JR > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
