Hi, Everyone,
I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for the better part of
30 years. It was always my belief that all US one sheets prior to, say, 1979
were folded, not rolled. Sure, you can say that some came as some kind of
"special issue" if you belonged to a certain club----maybe Star Wars or Star
Trek---to be honest, I'm not sure. I just know in all my early years of
collecting---the late 70's and early 80's, it seemed like you'd NEVER, EVER
come
across a rolled one sheet pre-1979---maybe tri-folded, but not rolled. (Mind
you, Pre-1979 1/2 Sheets and Inserts might have been rolled, but NOT one
sheets). Now, lo and behold, I've found websites of reputable dealers that
over
original rolled one sheets from such titles as "The Wild Bunch" or "Bonnie and
Clyde" or "Cool Hand Luke" at incredibly high prices without an explanation
HOW and WHY they are rolled. Twenty five years ago, I searched high and low
for posters and NEVER, I mean NEVER uncovered rolled US one sheets on ANY
pre-1979 or pre-1978, (whatever year they stopped folding them).
Having been in this hobby so long, I can't help but make the observation
that something strange seems to be occurring. I hate to say it, but I think
some new dealers are misinformed and as a result, many collectors fairly new
to
the hobby are buying worthless reproductions that are REPRESENTED as original
one sheets, not genuine, original one sheets. Please tell me--if I searched
and searched as much as anyone 25 years ago to find posters, why in God's
name weren't all those 1960's and early 1970's rolled one sheets around back
then? To be honest with you, I don't like what I see. In my gut I feel like
LOTS of people out there are being had. Any thoughts you might have would be
welcomed.
Rick Ryan
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