THE STARS OF MGM was one in a series of 24" X 30" limited edition posters produced by Hollywood based company, The Art Merchant -- a subsidiary of The Nostalgia Merchant -- between 1977 and 1982. They were the brainchild of the company's founder, legendary record producer, "Snuff" Garrett.
I should know, I was first Vice-President of the company and, later, President until it was sold to an international conglomerate, Heron Entertainment. There were four multiple signature prints in the series: THE STARS OF REPUBLIC, THE STARS OF 20TH CENTURY-FOX, THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO (signed by Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels) and THE WIZARD OF OZ (signed by Ray Bolger and Jack Haley). Single signature prints were: TARZAN (signed by Johnny Weissmuller), FLASH GORDON (signed by Buster Crabbe), SHIRLEY TEMPLE, ROY ROGERS, MAE WEST and BURT REYNOLDS. There were also three prints which were never completed: THE STARS OF COLUMBIA, THE STARS OF ROCK AND ROLL and THE STARS OF COUNTRY MUSIC. Editions varied from 1200 to 2000 and, as hard as it may be believe, each signature on every poster was individually hand signed by the celebrity, who were compensated for their participation. The process took any where from 5 1/2 hours to 2 days, though the average signing time was about seven hours. It was arduous process, but afforded me the rare opportunity to meet and converse with at length with dozens of my screen favorites. The Art Merchant issued individual COAs with each poster -- most of which bore my signature. After The Nostalgia Merchant was sold, the remaining prints were sold to several different galleries and art print dealers. I am not certain whether the original Certificates of Authenticity accompanied each poster. Best, Earl Blair CAPTAIN BIJOU www.captainbijou.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Elemental Art To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA- DIETZ EBAYS, MGM SCENE SKETCHES The Nostalgia Merchant is entirely legit...they put out a series of special edition autographed/montage posters in the 70's featuring, among others, Mae West and Johnny Weissmuller, and these pop up quite frequently. There's no worry with these. John B. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Potokar To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA- DIETZ EBAYS, MGM SCENE SKETCHES jim, i had a question about one of the items... the MGM signed card, as you said, limited to 2000 copies. are you saying that all those stars supposedly each signed 2000 cards in 1978? the other thing is, you have the COA provided by Nostalgia Merchant???--- a COA from a place that sells public domain tv shows and films. how are (or were) they able to authenticate these autographs? do you know? thanks. jeff On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:34 PM, jim dietz wrote: Ending soon! Original 1940's MGM scene sketches from the MGM Studios auction of 1970+ PICKUP - one sheet- orig + MANY CLASSIC FRENCH POSTERS OF AMERICAN FILMS. A LOT OF MONROE, BOGART, NEW WAVE, ORIGINAL 1936 Paul Muni SCARFACE, ETC CLICK BELOW OR MY EBAY NAME IS soldiers Jim Dietz Click below for my current Ebay auctions- http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZsoldiers 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. 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.
