>i agree with you 110%...i just got home from work where i participated in the >auction. I was stunned by some of the prices...ihave passed on items in other >auctions i could have had at great prices because the posters didn't appeal to >me and vice versa. this raven half sheet doesn't appeal to me...you could have >had how green was my valley for alot less and still gotten a book...i suppose >i can understand if you have a certain type of collection and deep pockets and >a poster like this surfaces your going to pursue it. I would love to see what >happens when they unearth a vampyr poster or the like...this post is a bit >disjointed because i'm crazy tired g'night to all in mopoville
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 2007/03/30 Fri PM 10:08:01 CDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MOPO] Big Titled Horrormeisters Are Breathing A Sigh Of Relief >YES? >Heritage so far has grabbed some almost obscenely high returns on their high >end horror pieces. This should put to rest those that wondered if high end >horror was becoming too incestuous. With the death of two of the most well >know collectors of the genre, it seems there still remains a healthy audience >whether actual collectors or investors who still blindly pony up the big bucks >as if Munster Money. Then of course in between auctions these same guys >have no problem beating up independent dealers over $700 lobby cards of equal >scarcity. Just a backslap of an observation you know I like to joke Anyway, >I have to confess the entire genre is a language that escapes me. For >instance THE RAVEN halfsheet. I had a truly eye-opening experience with Ron >Moore who had acquired the halfsheet and from myself a truly beautiful >Italian 4 foglio for THE WOLFMAN for Johnny Ramone, literally days before his >passing. Meeting him at his hotel before he was leaving to meet ! with Ramone, to deliver again in my estimation a stunning Italian 4 foglio at a reasonable price. We talked a bit and then he said would I like to see what else is being delivered. Sure! So Ron proudly removes the halfsheet from its sleeve and shows me with his usual flourish. Now honest to God I looked at and mentally thought it was on par in appeal and value with House On Haunted Hill maybe a bit more given the age. But hell my 4 foglio ran circles around this rather banal halfsheet. Then he told me the price... Up to that point, Ron seemed to me a helluva a nice guy but I was so thoroughly convinced he was taking advantage of a very ill client.........this halfsheet in my mind so completely unremarkable that I thought Ron was engaging in a horrific bedside gouging and I began to feel queasy and really creepy......it took forever to get back to WEHO from Burbank. I then immediately called my Horror mentor Ron Magid who went all a dither that I got to see! such a rare Horror Holy Grail. Ohhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhh! okaaaaaaaaaa aaaay Yeesh!! .......But to hell with my ignorance I was so relieved that Ron Moore wasn't the Anti-christ. If you read the forward in the Hertiage Johnny Ramone Collection you will read a glorious first person account of just how much that halfsheet meant to Johnny Ramone. and the ulitmate disposition of the Wolfman 4 foglio. Well anyway another halfsheet of the Raven sold for 51,000.00 Its mostly the image of a book........these people are fucking nuts........ freeman fisher >8601 west knoll drive #7 >west hollywood, ca >90069 > > >See what's free at AOL.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: [EMAIL >PROTECTED] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe 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.
