Here here� I am always perplexed with the collector snobbery against �foreign� posters (or at least certain countries/formats)� I always have a laugh when I get emails from would be buyers�
�WHAT SIZE IS THIS DAYBILL?� (I always have size clearly stated in the listing) When I answer with the size I get� �SORRY I ONLY COLLECT FULL SIZE POSTERS� Hmm guess what mate?? This is a FULL SIZE DAYBILL. I love the format, but then I�m Australian� but I also like Quads, German , French, Italian, Spanish, ALL of them, give me a good title and good art � and I am happy (although most of you may disagree with what I consider GOOD TITLE/ART). Good news is as JR mentions there is BARGAINS for us with the taste to collect them�. Bad news is a great poster may not get the return that it deserves when being sold � but as we know that�s down to demand. Lets have BUY A �foreign� poster week � all you I ONLY LIKE U.S. POSTERS people, go out and buy one � you may be surprised.. Have fun, Ari . --------- Original Message -------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOPO] Ummm... Daybills are bad... ummm, OK? Date: 17/08/04 16:40 > > > > > > > > Why don't people learn? You don't want to buy daybills. I know what I'm > talking about because I've been buying them for years, picking up great > film titles with superb artwork -- sometimes better than the US version -- for > great bargain prices because so many other collectors very properly turn up > their noses at them (along with French posters). These people know that the US > one-sheet is the pinnacle of collecting and that there is no point in wasting > their time on anything else. But still, every once in a while someone will come > along and wonder if they should buy some of these "daybill things". > > Don't be fooled. Sure, these daybills are almost as large as a US insert > and are super-easy to frame and display. Sure they have great graphics. Sure, > they are in English. Sure they have great prices. But they are from Down Under, > people! So don't be crazy -- go back to only buying US versions of posters > before it's too late!!! > > -- JR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > JOHN REID > Vintage Movie Memorabilia > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 20:37 > Subject: [MOPO] DAYBILLS and other > things.. > NatalieThe rarity or not of daybills is not much > different to US posters. Whilstthere are some titles that are easily found > and regularly appear on eBay,others are extremely scarce. The same applies > to US posters. There are manydealers in the US and elsewhere, including > myself, with large quantities ofcertain good titles in either US one > sheets, lobby cards, inserts etc. Ihave spent a lot of time in the US over > the years and have purchased a loadof material from various dealers and > collectors and it is often amazing tosee 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 anunlimited quantity of The Mole People inserts, > another had a load of Attackof the 50 Foot Woman pressbooks and over 200 > Halloween II one sheets. I haveboxes of US one sheets and lobby cards on > certain average to poor titlesthat 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 almostweekly for sale. A Vertigo US one sheet > is a very desirable poster andalways seems to get a good price but I can > only guess at how many have beensold over the years. There seems to have > been one at every major auction inliving memory and most of the major > dealers have had them at one time oranother - same goes for Breakfast at > Tiffany's one sheets. Try finding anAustralian one sheet on Vertigo. > I can think of many, many, more US postersthat are kept in quantity by > various dealers.Many dealers are naturally guarded about what they > have in quantity andslowly feed them into the market, while others sell > off portions of theirstack to other dealers. Add that to the fact that US > posters were printed inhuge quantities and many were kept in storage long > after their release. USposters were also sent to places like New Zealand > and Canada in bulk for therelease of films there and many have survived in > large numbers albeit withcensor stickers or stamps added.There are > only about 4 or 5 real dealers in Australia and a few more parttimers. > Most of the serious dealers end up with the bulk of decentAustralian > titles and that is why you probably see certain titles appearingregularly > with some of us. There are many more dealers in the US - much moreof a > spread of material but still many many good titles appear with > greatfrequency.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 thattitle. There are many similar examples. > Conversely, daybills on To Kill aMockingbird or the reissue of the Day the > Earth Stood Still turn up quiteregularly on eBay.You only have to > look at eBay to see that there is just too much materialfor the available > market out there and the vast majority of it is from > theUSA.RegardsJohnJOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE > MEMORABILIAPO Box 92Palm BeachQld > 4221AustraliaWEBSITE:www.moviemem.comeBay Userid: > johnwrAll 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 AMSubject: 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 listingdoesn'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. Ifit> > 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 whoneglect> > to put LC on > a lobby card listing on eBay or MoPoBid (or to put OS orINS> > > or HS for that matter). I'm not just addressing you here -- but I > wentto> > look at your noir listings and that set me off on this > rant -- I'mtalking> > 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 postsyou> > 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 belooking> > at > something I'm not going to buy, and I don't think very many > otherpeople> > do these days -- not with the huge amount of > material to go throughevery> > week. You have to trust your > customers to know if they want an LC an OSa> > 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 twiceuntil> > > 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 > correctlyidentified> > 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. > 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. > > ________________________________________________ Message sent using Dodo Internet Webmail Server 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.
