Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have been listed in one of these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has copies of these maybe they could see if its there.:
Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby Cards, Illustration, Cartoons & Animation. Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly movie posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070 The Poster At Auction NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large auction catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink & movies. 100's of b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558 BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA underwater one-sheet and saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby. --- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard <[email protected]> wrote: From: James Richard <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY".... To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so far. At least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows how many super-great posters were among the "thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two days? These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :) Call me a masochist. -- JR [email protected] wrote: Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the internet and announcements in movie theaters before the film starts stating things like "original 1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking $459,000!!"----yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't aware of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great deal...quite a few times, in fact..). My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every other Thursday afternoon. The only thing different about this particular Thursday is that there was an add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something like: "7 Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said. My first mistake was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue and subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY. Something distracted me and I became involved in a project around the house...I can't remember what. The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to be. I told myself I'd call the number first thing the next morning and barely slept a wink all night. The next morning around 8 am, I called the number. An older gentleman answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his driveway at that very moment! He didn't know much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only that it was very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was original. Of course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase it. He never called me back. I called him an hour later and he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone..... Flash forward a year or so....I was selling a poster or lobby card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a conversation ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster collector talks to another. As it turned out, I was talking to THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous. He told me it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during the production of The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue including Karloff's original wardrobe and a life-mask of the monster. He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of restoration (which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it up for sale in one Auction house or another.... Flash forward another year.... somehow I learned that Guernsey's Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue with an opening bid of $50,000 (which seems like a truly measly amount by today's standards). Over the past 30 years, I've had many, many "ones that got away"....but no other poster, lobby card, collection of posters, collection of lobby cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to the Frankenstein stand-in "statue" that I could have had FOR SEVENTY FIVE BUCKS! Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living room out there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably worth $500.000 or more by now. I'm sure there are some old-timers who remember this thing being auctioned ay Guernsey's back in 1987 (I think that was the year). As far as I know, it's never appeared on the market since. Maybe it will someday. Anyway, it's all true....a really interesting story from Movie Poster Land. Even after all these years, the whole thing makes me feel kind of queasy. Hey, I bet it would make you feel queasy,too... Rick 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.
