Hello, all on MOPO, from the still-travelling Joe Bonelli. Ran across David's wonderful note about that kind and generous collector/dealer Louis Leithold. As I said at the time of his passing, Louis was so kind and friendly to me, spending a memorable afternoon showing me this astounding collection. His "current" delight was a just-acquired (on Ebay) original-realease US window card from "Jezebel."
I wish I could be in L.A. on December 5th to enjoy seeing the collection once again. But there or not, I'll never forget Louis! Thanks, David, for the heads up. Joe Bonelli-- temporarily in Vicksburg, Ms. > > From: David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/25 Tue AM 03:46:11 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Louis Leithold's Collection Goes On the Block > > A little more than seven months after his death on April 29 (at age 80), > Louis Leithold's magnificent personal collection of film posters will be > auctioned by Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles on December 5. > > I found out about this by accident. (Not that anyone was hiding anything.) > Over the last 5 yrs I've been weaning myself away from movie paper, > returning to my original hobby of collecting fine books and manuscripts. In > the back of the latest Bonhams' catalog of books to be auctioned next month, > I came upon the following page: > > http://tinyurl.com/9nghw > > Obviously I have mixed emotions about this, and I don't know who amongst the > three surviving family members mentioned in Louis's obituaries (two > grandchildren and a brother) -- will benefit from this. Alas, while many > "heirlooms" are handed down from generation to generation -- those > possessing little sentimental value by surviving kin often end up like this. > However, at least Louis's titanic collection of 1930s-1960s posters won't > end up in an estate sale, returning a few crummy pennies to the dollar. > > Still, I can't help feeling that after this sale is over, it'll close a > bittersweet chapter in the wonderful life of one of the finest men our hobby > has ever known. A temporary link to his original May 5 obituary in the LA > Times and the Associated Press is available below: > > http://tinyurl.com/dec5l > > -koose. > > 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.
