>>>
>>> I'll happily pay $10 for a set of Mexican cards for EL VAMPIRO
if they are all such junk, or for THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN.
>>>
>>> Like Belgian posters (back then, when they were sold off as
waste paper by the ton to a couple of folks who could see the long
term potential) , one of the biggest problems with Mexican cards
is the sheer volume of what's in the marketplace.... and some
major titles have proved popular enough for there to be
reproductions over the last few years. So if you happen to like,
say the TC Mexican card for THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, selling
on eBay for $10, be warned... it easily could be a repro.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franc" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Does anybody really want this Mexican shi**t
>>>
>>>
>>>> Even in the 1990s, I knew they were drek. FRANC
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Greg
>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:19 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Does anybody really want this Mexican shi**t
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I first got back into collecting in the early 1990s,
there was some
>>>>
>>>> sort of consideration for a nanosecond that Mexican lobby
cards were
>>>> going to be the Next Big Trend in our little hobby. Rick may
have been
>>>> caught up in that moment. They ended up being the Beanie
Babies of the
>>>> movie poster universe. I own a couple of Cabral cards, but
for the most
>>>> part, the artwork is pretty ugly & amateurish. (In this man's
opinion,
>>>> of course.)
>>>> As much as it pains me to do so, I agree with Rich; these
things are,
>>>> for the most part, doody ( "mierda", en Espanol.).
>>>> Greg Douglass
>>>> Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
>>>>>> I'm curious-- why now, do you say these cards are nothing
but sh*t?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *in the hierarchical structural population of movie posters
with such
>>>>> things as Universal Horror and classics at the top, Mexican
lobby
>>>>> cards are the detritus of the sewer
>>>>>
>>>>> *
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