I think it's a mixture of both. I've seen some pretty 'iffy' posters over the last few years (including a couple 30x40's and 40x60's - and I won't even touch a newer lobby cards), thanks to the advancements in printing technology/cost. But, I also bought part of an NSS warehouse collection many years ago - and it had tons of rolled one sheets back to the early 70's (although, granted, not as many as after 78/79). So, it did happen some times... I have a rolled 3 sheet from the mid-50's. I can even remember having a rolled Shirley Temple one sheet from back when she was a kid. I can't remember which exchange that collection was from unfortunately... Perhaps there was one single exchange somewhere that liked rolled posters? Or one picky poster printer/boss/theatre-manager?...
Although, I agree, I've seen far too many posters in the last few years that didn't seem to exist in (even miniscule quantities) 5 or 6 years ago. Sure, some people horde stuff, but it's getting ridiculous... Occam's razor... Cheers, Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: [MOPO] QUESTION: SO MANY UNFOLDED PRE-1979 SHEETS OUT THERE CLAIMING TO BE ORIGINAL? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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.
