I'm with Toochis, there is a lot of foreign material that is gorgeous. I
bid on an Australian Blue Dahlia on Bruce's auction last year. In the last few
seconds it went from around $1200 to around $2500. I own the original
American one sheet and I thought the Australian daybill was just incredibly
beautiful. Obviously, so did someone else.
Sue Heim
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:46
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ummm... Daybills are
bad... ummm, OK?
Well, all I know is that someone else outbid the heck
out of
me for a daybill on Bruce's auction. It was
gorgeous. As far as
those French ones, toss some my
way. They're pretty damn
amazing.
Toochis
--- S Bashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
What a lot of trash being written on this subject by
> some people who
are clearly more interested in the
> value of the paper they hold rather
than the
> artistic or cultural content of a poster
collection.
>
> If a piece of art only becomes pleasing to your
eyes
> when you see the high price tag, then you really do
> need
to examine your value sets.
>
> If the purpose of owning and
collecting movie
> posters is to display them, enjoy them and live
with
> them each day , rather than store them away in a
> drawer
somewhere, then the case being made by John
> Reid for Australian Day
bills is a very valid point.
>
> Call me a cynic but I guess
people who don't want to
> see interest diverted from US1 sheets to
Australian,
> French, British or for that matter any other
poster
> format have a very vested interest in maintaining
> high
prices for US1 sheets.
>
> Regards
>
> Siamak
Bashi
>
> Managing Director
> www.CQout.com
> "The Most Trusted Online
Auctions"
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>
> ----- Original Message
-----
> From: Phil Edwards
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re:
[MOPO] Ummm... Daybills are bad...
> ummm,
OK?
>
>
> Buy that man a beer... or
three!!!
>
> Phil Edwards Cinema Arts Pty
Ltd
> 26 Vista Avenue
> Soldiers
Point
> NSW 2317
>
AUSTRALIA
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Phone/Fax (International Dial) 0011 61 2 49847233
>
Phone/Fax (Domestic Dial) 02 4984 7233
> Website: www.cinemarts.com
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: JRS
MoviePosterBid.com
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:20 PM
>
Subject: [MOPO] Ummm... Daybills are bad...
> ummm,
OK?
>
>
> 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..
>
>
>
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
>
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