Evan,
"The Miracle Worker" is one of my favorite posters. I had it linenbacked
and it hangs in a very nice frame (via Sue Heim) in my living room. I
agree. Sad that it can go for so little at auction. But I give it a good
look each day and I'm proud to be an owner of this piece. A great and
classic film as well.
Saul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Zweifel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Analysis of Posters That Nobody Ever Wants!
Your post reminded me of a recent eBay purchase indicating the current
sorry state of the hobby.
I recently bought a 1 sheet for "The Miracle Worker" for $9.99. This is
sad on many levels.
This is a true classic film in which both Ann Bancroft and Patty Duke won
oscars. And the poster sells for less than $10.
The poster image is, in my opinion, awesome. Its dramatic, powerful, and
strikingly different from every other poster from the 60s (possibly ever).
And its $10.
I bought this from a seller who is not a regular poster dealer, in fact
they are an eBay drop off store. They take their cut, and the actual
owner may get, what $5? Sad.
emovieposter.com sells this poster on occaision for between $4 and $48,
with the last sale at $31 -- or 3 times what the occaisional seller gets.
We could argue for days about why. Even so, sad.
The poster arrives, and it has an extra fold -- the seller, not having a
correctly sized box, folds it over (not creasing it too badly), to fit in
the available box. This is very very sad.
So, I think about what to do -- return it? leave negative feedback? email
the guy and give him a piece of my mind? I decide to let it slide (its
$10, and just not worth the hassle) -- so I forget about it. Until today,
when I got email from him requesting feedback -- which I promptly deleted.
Heres a link to an image of the poster (not mine):
http://carteles.metropoliglobal.com/paginas/pgrande.php?id=90313&caso=2
So here we sit surrounded by piles of beautiful paper, for classic films,
with classic stars, almost all of which are basically worthless.
EvanZ (the original Evan on this list).
Movie trivia question: what do Patty Duke and Audrey Hepburn have in
common?
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