Doug, Your post brought back bad memories of my own judgment errors. It's hard to even look at old auction catalogs and remember what I thought was too expensive. It hurts, especially because I feel so dumb about it. My sympathies are with you and I am glad that you found your Mrs. Miniver.
Nathalie On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Doug Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > I always knew there was one out there…I just didn’t know where. > > > > In fact, I swear that Bruce sold it in about 1992 during one of his “leave > a message on my telephone” auctions. He doesn’t remember (which I’m sure > means that I’m wrong), but I vividly remember seeing the one sheet picture > in the catalogue he used to send out before telephone bidding began. As I > recall, it was priced at about $1,500-2,000 and I thought “I’ll wait to buy > an expensive poster like that. I’m sure I can pick it up another time.” > LOL > > > > I was such a dope when I first started my collection. I passed up so many > great posters (including the impossible to find Mrs. Miniver in NM condition > for $750 from the G. Nelson collection) thinking that I’d buy the > inexpensive ones first because I could get so many more for my money. Then > I’d come back later and buy all the expensive ones. (I eventually found > another Mrs. Miniver, VF, but it took YEARS AND YEARS!) > > > > I passed on NM Casablanca OS’s at $2,000, $3,000, $3,500, etc until I > finally paid $9,000 for one in Fine condition. Man, I was a naïve beginner > collector! > > > > I was lucky enough to grab the only original 1939 GWTW Style CF (plume > style) OS I’ve ever seen outside the Academy in NM condition for $7,500, > though. Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn. > > > > Regards > > > > DBT > > Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard > Halegua Comic Art > *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:54 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery > > > > Anne thanks for the info.. and the knowledge of a Cavalcade one sheet out > there must be perking up Doug Taylor > > Rich > > > At 08:13 AM 9/3/2009, Anne Coco wrote: > > Just to clarify. The reproduction of the Cavalcade o/s in the Academy's > collection is a photograph sized 41x27. It is not a painting or recreation > but was produced in the late 1980s from an original that was in an > institutional collection. The whereabouts of the original o/s from which > our reproduction was produced are not known. > > Anne > > 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.
