It's also wonderful when they are from an old projectionist or found in a crawl space or behind a radiator or in a picture frame.
I always want to believe it, too. Nathalie On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Phillip W. Ayling <[email protected]>wrote: > I am always dazzled when these things are "directly from an old theatre > that was being torn down" or " from my grandfather who ran a movie theatre > in the 30's and 40's." I also so want to believe that most people who do > this aren't scamming and they see a Black Cat or King Kong Poster, and don't > know much about posters except that they know certain titles are worth huge > sums of money. > > It says 1933 or 1934 on it, so that must be when the poster was made, > because they are absolutely clueless about posters. So clueless in fact, > that many times these folks even mention the name Portal Publications and > show that information (with City and ZIP Code) in the photos they post. > > But there are millions and millions of US citizens, knowing nothing about > posters, who know that Zip Codes didn't even come into use until long after > any of these poster were originally made. > > I know nothing about lots of other collectibles. I can't authenticate > signatures or types of paper or historical documents, but if I ran across a > Gutenberg Bible for sale and it was in English, I would be suspicious; an > original letter from George Washington with a forever stamp on the envelope, > I would be suspicious; or Greta Garbo's autograph on a DVD of Ninotchka... > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Potokar" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Black Cat for sale!!! > > > Nothing like another Portal repro to be offered.. and for 50K? >> >> And what's with that 1000.00 UPS GROUND shipping charge?? >> >> unreal. >> >> >> jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 16, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Todd Spoor wrote: >> >> Who's going to cough up 50K for this Black Cat poster for sale on Ebay??? >>> What a bargain!!! >>> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MOVIE-POSTER-BLACK-CAT-dated-1934_W0QQitemZ330387595688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0? >>> hash=item4ceca2a1a8 >>> >>> Todd Spoor >>> >>> 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.
