Hi Rick, I knew Stan well and know his son Eric to this day. As a matter of fact I just saw Eric at a meeting in Burbank a couple of weeks ago. Stan was one of the nicest and most gracious people I have ever known. I met him as a young collector in the 70's and his collection was so incredible. In those days, there weren't a lot of girls in the hobby and everytime I would run into him, he called me "little lady". His son Eric is just as nice and always a gentleman. I asked Eric the other day if he still had some of his Dad's collection and he said that, while most of the big stuff was gone, he did still have some of the pieces. It was a sad day when Stan passed away. I missed seeing him at the poster shows for quite a long time.
Sue Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 07:30:11 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] A Remembrance... To: [email protected] Hi, Bruce, Even though I wasn't at the Christie's Auction, I'm sure Stan Caiden was (I'm sure he died shortly after--not sure of date). Anyway, in my "poster travels" at the time, I'd come across an original It Happened One Night US 1-Sheet (the style in which Gable doesn't look like Gable). For that reason. I decided to sell it (much to my regret 20 years later). Anyway, someone had given me Stan Caiden's phone number--so I called him up, thinking he might be interested in the It Happened One Night one sheet (not realizing he was very sick at the time). He was very nice to me--a gentleman--although I remember his voice sounded very whispy and weak. I remember he told me, "My life would be complete if I could just find a one sheet on The Jazz Singer..." A few minutes later, I thanked him and said "goodbye"---I think less than 6 months later, he'd passed away. The strange irony of this situation is that a year or two later, a whole shitload of Jazz Singer material appeared "out of the woodwork"---Orig US 1-sheets, 6-sheets + more. Stan's dream-fine had arrived somewhat late...but in a greater quantity than I'm sure he'd ever anticipated. Kind of took the luster off of material on The Jazz Singer, which had previously been virtually impossible to find. I think there's a lesson for all movie poster collectors here. Whenever you think a title..any title..is "impossible" to find material on...as was the case with The Jazz Singer...sometimes Fate steps in of the planets align correctly...hey, I don't know what happens...all I know is that you can't take anything for granted in this hobby. Anything can appear at any time, no matter how rare it might be perceived to be. I know only the old-timers will probably recognize Stan Caiden's name, but he had quite an incredible collection of movie posters...even if it didn't include a Jazz Singer one sheet... Rick In a message dated 5/6/2010 3:57:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Remember how the room completely filled up just before it began (including standing room), and they had to put up a speaker outside, so that the people who couldn't get in could hear the bidding? And remember how many posters went over the estimates, and how several went five times the estimate? Of course that was a tribute to just how great those previously unseen posters were. Just about every notable collector and dealer was there. I joked to Jose Carpio right before the auction began that if a bomb went off in that room there would no longer be a hobby! Bruce On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Posteritati <[email protected]> wrote: i was there watching in amazement... sam Posteritati 239 Centre Street New York, NY 10013 212-226-2207/ Fax: 212-226-2102 http://www.posteritati.com/ On May 5, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Joe Burtis wrote: I was there with Ron Janis, who I believe is no longer with us. Joe B. Please visit our website: www.mpagallery.com 90 Oak St. E. Rutherford, NJ 07073 201-635-1444 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:05 PM Subject: [MOPO] Quick simple question Who here was at the first Christie's auction on 12/11/90? There were around 250 people in all. I wonder how many are still alive, and how many are still collecting posters. 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