*This is simply beyond comprehension. what an incredible quest!! and
collection.
It must be hard to part with something so special like this.
DBT, I wish all the best of good luck.
Sincerely,
dario.
*
Richard Del Belso wrote:
Doug:
What a fantastic collection! Thanks for sharing it with us MoPoers. I
sure you hope you will be able to see the collection "intact'...it's
so impressive. I've never before seen images for CIMARRON or CAVALCADE.
break a leg!
Richard
Richard Del Belso
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:20 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MOPO] FA: World's Most Complete Private Collection of AA
Best Picture One Sheets - The Best Picture Collection
To: [email protected]
Well, the time has come to allow one of the world’s museums, film
festivals or film historians to benefit from an incredible
compilation of film art. Until now, the only place one could
enjoy the posters from the 79 Best Picture Oscar winners was at
the Academy museum in Beverly Hills.
As many of you know I’ve spent the last 15 years attempting to
compile original issue US one sheets for every film to be awarded
the Oscar for Best Picture. I’ve enjoyed collecting, and had
phenomenal success, but feel its time to share this amazing piece
of film history. For the 79 Academy Award winning films, *The
Best Picture Collection* contains /108 original issue US posters/,
which represent /all but 3/ of the historic AA Best Picture winner
one sheets. The Best Picture Collection contains 103/ individual
one sheets/, /3 window cards/ and 2 /lobby card sets/.
This one-of-a-kind collection includes such rarities as a /1929
Broadway Melody one sheet/ (to my knowledge, the Academy owns the
only other copy), a /1932 Grand Hotel one sheet/ (to my knowledge,
the Academy owns the only other copy), a /1930 All Quiet on the
Western Front one sheet/ (to my knowledge, there are only 3 in
existence), a /1934 It Happened One Night, Style B one sheet/ (to
my knowledge there are only 3 in existence), a /1935 Mutiny on the
Bounty, Style D one sheet/ (to my knowledge there are only 4 in
existence), a /1939 Gone With the Wind, Style CF one sheet/ (to my
knowledge the Academy owns the only other copy of this beautiful
“plume” style) and not 1 but 2 original styles of the incredibly
illusive /1942 Mrs. Miniver one sheet/.
The only AA Best Picture one sheets not included in *The Best
Picture Collection* are original US studio issues for 1928 Wings,
1931 Cimarron and 1933 Cavalcade. Although those studio issue one
sheets are not included, the films are well represented in the
collection. An original run /1928 Wings "other company style" US
one sheet/ is included as well as an original run studio issue
/1929 Wings US Style A “with sound” one sheet. /A full original
/1928 Wings lobby card set /and original /Style A and Style B
window /cards are also included. A beautiful original issue /1931
Cimarron Swedish one sheet/ along with a full original /1931
Cimarron US lobby card set/ are included, and perhaps the world’s
only existing original /1933 Cavalcade US window card/ is included.
*The Best Picture Collection* also includes multiple style one
sheets for many films, including hard-to-find advances, or even
"unreleased" styles such as the /unreleased style for 1973's The
Sting/ (to my knowledge there are only 3 in existence).
*The Best Picture Collection* truly is the world's most complete
private collection of Academy Award Winning Best Picture one
sheets, and */it can be yours/*.
If you have interest in purchasing *The Best Picture Collection*,
or would simply like to view these beautiful works of film art,
you may do so in 1 of 4 ways:
1. Retrieve eBay seller: firstmemories
<http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?sofocus=bs&satitle=&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC5&fbd=1&dfsp=1&catref=C5&nojspr=y&_trksid=m37&from=R6&nojspr=y&pfid=0&fswc=1&few=&saprclo=&saprchi=&fss=1&saslop=1&sasl=firstmemories&fls=4%26floc%3D1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D0>
2. View the automated “photoshow”:
http://www.photoshow.com/watch/jj5fz5MB
3. Visit The Best Picture Collection website (includes links to
high resolution photos):
http://www.burton-taylor.com/test/Posters/TBCindex.htm
4. Download the full catalogue (pdf):
http://www.burton-taylor.com/test/Posters/TBCindex_files/TheBestPictureCollection.pdf
Opening bid on eBay is $1,000,000, but /I will accept reasonable
offers/.
Thank you for considering *The Best Picture Collection* – the
world’s most complete private collection of Academy Award Winning
Best Picture one sheets
DBT
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