I think one reason is that the posters are so rare from that time period. Its fairly hard to have a grail poster from the 1950s, as they relatively plentiful.
For me, I would like the full color poster from "Holiday". Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Richard" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:22:54 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [MOPO] #1 Poster... real or memorex? Hmmm... one thing I've noticed about these #1 poster choices is that almost all of them are for *very old* posters. Is that because MOPO is filled with oldsters whose tastes were formed way back when or is it because the old posters were, as a rule, simply much better-looking and evocative "art"? My own choice falls into the oldster category. It would be the style b one sheet from the 1924 Douglas Fairbank's THIEF OF BAGHDAD. At least I *think* it's the style b... I've seen it attributed to also being style A, C and D. Hmph. I've only found two sales for it (Bruce back in 1992 for $30,000 and again in 1997 for $17,250). It's impossible to find a really good quality picture of this poster as far as I can tell. Everyone keeps reusing the same old couple of crappy photos of it. Even the one in Bruce's image archive is awful. I guess I could settle for a window card, which Heritage has sold a couple of for $5,000 or so, but it wouldn't be the same (and yes, even the Heritage photos are lousy). There are a couple of "museum quality" art prints of it kicking around for $300 or $400, but it does not look like they got the background color correct when they printed it (and it is the background color that makes the whole atmosphere of the image work). Best picture I've found of it so far (and it's only half good as far as the background goes): http://www.moviegoods.com/assets/product_images/1020/264735.1020.A.jpg -- JR 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.
