Tom. Great story! Channing *DID* run Cinemonde for years (I first met him one day when I went to Cinemonde and director George Cosmatos was there buying posters!), and he is one of the many many old-timers who were connected to Jose. You also are very correct about his connection to foreign posters. Back in those pre-Internet days, many of us (myself included) knew nothing about non-U.S. posters, and Jose would travel to Europe and come back with all kinds of treasures from movies we all knew, but in other languages and sizes I had never seen (his catalogs were always filled with words like "affiche" and "locandina" and it all sounded so mysterious and exotic to me!
He carried around an address book that had the names and phone numbers of everybody who was anybody in the hobby, and he knew exactly what everyone had and what they wanted, and if you called him that you had some great poster, or were looking for some great poster, chances were decent he could make a few phone calls and get a deal going. He used to joke that his address book was worth more than his gallery. Glenn, he was such a force in the hobby! In the first years of live auctions (including my own) he would request a dozen extra catalogs, and he would mail them to his best customers and would show up at the auctions with lots of bids from wealthy clients. There is so much more I didn't mention. One of the greatest early collectors was Steve Shapiro, who did the first real movie poster book (after the spiral bound Kobal book) in 1979, called The Movie Poster Book. He had purchased a lot of his posters from Jose, and when he decided to sell, he consigned his entire incredible collection to Jose. There are so many people in the hobby who were closely associated with Jose. People like Channing, Kirby, Gary Vaughn, Tony Nourmand, Joe Burtis, Crowell Beech (another major collector/dealer who recently passed on), myself, and so many others. I doubt there was anyone who was very active in the 1980s or early 1990s who did not have dealings with the man. Bruce On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Glenn Taranto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must say, after collecting posters for 10 years now, this is the first > I've ever heard of the man and it sounds as if it were entirely my loss. > > My sincere condolences to all who knew him. > > Glenn T. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tom A. Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:40 PM > *Subject:* [MOPO] Jose' Carpio Was A Very Kind Man! > > Back in 1984 I talked with Jose' on the phone about a possible James Bond > trade. I told him I was coming out to California to visit my brother there. > I told him I would like to possibly work a James Bond trade with him. I told > him I had an extra one sheet from "Thunderball" and a rolled 30" x 40" from > "Diamond's Are Forever". I was interested in a MINT set of 1964 lobby > card's from "Goldfinger" that he had. I only had about $50.00 in both of > those poster's. I set up a time after the holiday's to come up to San > Francisco to meet with him and discuss a trade. I remember looking for the > shop in San Francisco. I think Channing was the manager of Jose's store > "Cinemonde" at the time. I found the shop and Jose' was the only one there. > It was the day after New Year's. The prices were so low back in 1985. I > still have the catalog I got from him. Anyway he looked over my one sheet > and 30" x 40" cardboard stock poster and said "these look fine to me". He > went back into the other room and brought out a "pristine" set of lobby > card's from "Goldfinger". I thanked him very much for trading. He also > unfolded a 1964 47" x 63" French one panel from "Goldfinger" to let me see > it. At that time I had zero money and I wish I could go back now. I remember > the "Thunderball" 1965 "advance quad" he had for ONLY $190.00!!! He was very > kind to do this 007 trade with me. I have the "set of eight" lobby > card's from "Goldfinger" framed in gold sectional frames now. Everytime I > look at them on my wall I think of Jose and how thoughtful and kind he was > to me. An even trade with no money involved. Very kind and rare. He also > deserves a lot of credit for identifying the foreign artist's and making the > foreign poster's popular. Liza Minnelli was one of his customer's and yes > the French one panel from "Gigi" is far superior to any other paper on this > title. She purchased her Mom's poster's as well as poster's from film's her > Dad directed. Jose' did a lot to make these foreign poster's popular. The > book "Reel Art" is a perfect example of this. > > Jose' Carpio was definitely a true legend in the hobby and yes we ALL > should be grateful for the awareness he brought about in the hobby. For what > he did for movie poster's in general. He will be missed!!! > > --Tom Pennock > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Psssst...Have you heard the news? 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