Is it CASABLANCA? I thought I remembered an ACROSS THE PACIFIC six in one of those Woody Allen films.
MovieArt had a CASABLANCA six at one time, and we sold it to Jose Carpio who sent it on to somewhere.... Kirby On Jul 20, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Wolfgang Jahn wrote: > In PLAY IT AGAIN SAM there’s what looks like an original worn Casablanca > 6sheet (or 3sh?) over the bed in a scene with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. > Anyone noticed that? Quite some time since I saw the film last time though.. > Wolfgang > > Kinoart.net > > Von: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Michael B > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010 19:05 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [SPAM?]: [MOPO] a casablanca 6 sheet? > > > wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a CASABLANCA 6 sheet. i dont believe i have ever seen > the 3sheet. > > wanna predict the amount it will sell for? 35/40,000? > > inserts are 10/15?? > > > michael > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/20/2010 12:06:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Yes, it did sell for $388.38! Many good deals were had by buyers and now is a > good time to buy! This was the fourth time to have sold this portrait card > and all being different copies. And though this would normally sell in this > day and age at $500-700, there are always tremendous deals in a Heritage > auction, as it is all about who is watching at that time and participating. > Thousands of participants buy and bid with us every day and we receive less > than 1% in returns of merchandise for any reason. > > Overall the Auction did almost $1.2 million and counting, with many great > after-auction deals to be had and they are moving fast! > We set some great records for the more rare and some not so rare material. > Over 1200 bidders participated in the auction and for those of you from this > group who did participate, thank you so much. And for those just watching, > that is appreciated too. > > We have a tremendous November auction shaping up now so please be saving for > what is sure to be an outstanding selection! > Highlights we are hoping to include: > > Public Enemy- one sheet > Little Caesar- one sheet and Six Sheet > Gold Rush - One Sheet and Twenty-four Sheet > Animal Crackers - one sheet Style A > Red Dust- six sheet > Frankenstein- six sheet > Cavalcade – one sheet > Casablanca –six sheet > > Notice: these are what are hoped for! ;-) > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slabbed Lobby Cards at Heritage > > Holy Macaroni, how did THAT card (certified to be "fine to very fine") sell > for four hundred smackers? I sold that for $750 over 20 years ago! Like I > have been saying, this is the best time in over 20 years to buy quality movie > paper, even if you have to go through the annoyance of "de-slabbing" your > item. > > Bruce > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Richard Evans <[email protected]> > wrote: > Very nice, the best card. > And very similar condition to the one sold last Nov, (though judging by pics, > the colours appear to be stronger on yours), but at 2/3 the price. > > > Since taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it > comes time to resell it > > We can probably reserve judgement on that. > With this particular card, (albeit in a difficult climate), it doesn't appear > to have had a particularly positive effect. > > > > On 19 Jul 2010, at 17:41, Reel Classics Posters wrote: > > As the purchaser of a slabbed lobby card from Heritage this weekend, and a > collector who's younger and much less experienced in this hobby than most of > you, I thought I'd throw in a couple cents... > > The slabbed card I bought ($325 bid -->$400 all told) is the portrait card > from MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939), CGC graded 7.0, Heritage graded > Fine/Very Fine: > > http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7025&Lot_No=83797 > > I'd never seen a CGC encapsulated lobby before this Heritage auction, and I > actually emailed Heritage asking about it -- whether I'd be devaluing the > card by removing it from the plastic, which I'm inclined to do so that when I > frame it, it will look the same as my other framed lobby cards. (Though I > have a large box of posters under my bed, I always buy them with the > intention of framing and hanging them; I'm just out of wall space for > anything bigger than a window card at the moment. I buy posters as > decoration, not investments.) > > In addition to my query about CGC, I also asked Heritage about their > *original* description (no longer up), which noted a tear in the top border > (that I couldn't see), but said nothing about what appeared to be a large > tear in the bottom middle that went up into the image area. What's > interesting is the reply I got from Bruce Carteron at Heritage: > > "Thanks for your inquiry. You can certainly take these out of the sleeves to > hang them up. You would just have to have the card regraded again if you > resold it. None of the defects were supposed to be mentioned when it was CGC > graded. The tear was taken into consideration when it was graded originally." > > As I wanted the card to frame and hang (MR. SMITH being one of my "top five" > favorite movies) and I didn't see the tear in the bottom as being too > detrimental to its display value, given the limited bidding, I put in a small > bid and won. Still, I thought it interesting that for CGC cards, Heritage > seemed to think that putting the CGC grade in the description was good > enough. Personally, I would have preferred the "tear here, crease there, > three pinholes" kind of description they give for the rest of their lots, > especially since this was a "Signature" auction. > > Long story short, I bought this card IN SPITE of its CGC encapsulation, not > because of it. I know I'm less sophisticated than most of you long-time > collector/dealers. I bought my first posters in 1997 from a price list I > received in the mail. I knew nothing about "sheet" sizes or even "R" > re-release dates, let alone condition, and hadn't even seen an image of the > posters I bought (based on film titles) until they arrived. Needless to say, > I've learned a lot since then (and replaced most of those original purchases > with better quality posters in more reasonable sizes with better images from > those titles). Now I pay attention to things like condition and previous > purchase prices (mostly from Bruce and Heritage's online databases), and buy > fewer, better posters than I did when I started. I also only buy from > reputable dealers and haven't purchased a poster on eBay in at least five > years. > > Since taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it > comes time to resell it, and in the meantime increases its value to me, > that's probably what's going to happen to it when it arrives. Thought that > might interest some of you. > > Elizabeth > ReelClassics.com > > 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. > 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.
