Speaking of CASABLANCA 6-sheets, the first time I saw the poster was at a 1980's NYC auction. It may have been a Guernsey's auction. The poster set a new world record for the highest price paid for a movie poster at auction, selling for about $20,000. The auction was held at some sort of Armory building in Manhattan, that had very high ceilings. The CASABLANCA 6-sheet was linenbacked, and hanging on a wall about twenty feel above the floor. After the auction, as I was paying for my posters, auction employees were on ladders trying to remove the CASABLANCA 6-sheet. The employees lost their grip on the poster, and the most expensive film poster ever sold at auction came crashing down from twenty feet. Nobody freaked out, which led me to suspect that an absentee bidder won the poster.
--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Wolfgang Jahn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Wolfgang Jahn <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] AW: [SPAM?]: [MOPO] a casablanca 6 sheet? To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 5:19 PM 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. 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