Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my share in great poster finds over the years- but I've really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find them. One of the first finds included both style Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find of all... Sue will like this one!
Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really believe it was real until the guy who knew about it told me that next to Karloff's image the poster said, "It Comes to Life!" Well, you coulda knocked me over when he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one you always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling it. So, I asked where did it come from. I really had to dig into this mystery and it went all the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in a small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had kept 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where it came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western Front one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was never able to find out. oh well.... After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It was one of the best days in my entire poster collecting life. The happiness was short term though. I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from people I didn't even know- and they knew where I lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. It got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand to look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I sold it. So much for what could be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! There have been lots of more finds since then. I love the hunt! Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- Susan Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone > offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in > 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could > have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't > have been different. The guy explained to me that it > would probably be worth quite a bit more in the > future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years > rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to > $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I > still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I > would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. > I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has > it to this day. You could see how much he loved the > poster and hated to have to sell it. > > New question...........Graphically, The Mummy and > The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the > Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about > everyone else? > > Sue > www.hollywoodposterframes.com<http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:25 PM > Subject: [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The > Nuthouse? > > > Hi, > > I've been collecting and dealing in movie > posters for close to 30 years. Sometimes it amazes > not only how much angry diatribe has taken over > MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act as > if they have all the right answers, are so often > wrong. ie: a 40x60 has ALWAYS been a 40x60---never > in my years of collecting have I head it referred to > as a "2 Sheet". There have been other examples as > well. Hey, I know some of you definitely aren't so > keen to any insight I might have, but, jeez, don't > certain "high level" individuals on this list > (however they might be viewed as such) have > something better to do than spend hours bitching and > complaining about this person and that person. > Lines upon lines of print that virtually signifies > nothing....anger...resentment...petty crap. As a > writer myself, if I expended as much energy as the > supposed "chosen few" on this list, I'd have a novel > written by now! > Enough said. Below I thought I'd list a couple of > my BEST POSTER FINDS. (By the way, can somebody > please tell me who the hell is J.R.?) > Years ago, I bought an original Jazz Singer > US lobby card for $40---a few years later, an > original Mummy (Karloff) US lobby card for $75. > Also, an original Scarface (Muni,1932) US 1/2 Sheet > for about $150. There are more to mention, but I'll > stop here. > Thanks for listening. Okay, you vicious > hounds out there...attack me! > Rick > Ryan > 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. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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