Rick,
What, they don't like 30"x40" British Quads?
I know, I know Quads ain't vertical.... I can understand the "big
impact" that a 40x60 brings to the wall space (yet still more manageable
than a 3-sheet) generating collector enthusiasm, but I'm perplexed
people would get all hot over vertical 30x40 posters... I mean, they are
only 3 inches wider than a vintage one-sheet, but a full 1-inch
*shorter*. A one-sheet has 1080 square inches and a 30x40 only has 120
square inches more at 1200 total -- and most of that goes into the wider
borders that 30x40s tended to have.
Some had different imagery, yes, but "better" imagery than the one
sheet? Not most that I've seen.
-- JR
Todd Spoor wrote:
Rick,
Funny you should mention that, the book actually compares the images
of the 27x41, 40x60's AND 30x40's. I wanted to show exactly what you
pointed out, that these posters were also printed in very limited
amounts and often have different images from the each other. Also,
very few have survived because they too were sometimes used outside
like the 40x60's.
Regards,
Todd Spoor
-----Original Message-----
From: rixpost...@aol.com
Sent: Aug 5, 2010 8:01 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Worlds RAREST Movie Posters Book Is
Fantastic!!!
With all this discussion about 40x60's, it seems as if any
attention regarding 30x40's has fallen by the wayside. Over the
years, I've had too many customers to count who, after purchasing
their first 30x40 became so enamored with the fact that they were
rolled and, unlike 1-sheets from the late 70's back, had no fold
marks---that they would ask me to please let them know as soon as
I got in more 30x40's. (Also, their size is much closer to the
size of a one sheet that a 40x60's size). I doubt that there were
more 30x40's printed than 40x60's. It's a bit strange, though,
how there is hardly any mention of 30x40's at all. Were the
unique designs of 50's Sci-Fi or other genres limited primarily to
40x60's? I know of one collector who has been looking for a 30x40
on Chinatown for the past 10 years...and he'll continue to search
until he finds one.
A one sheet just won't do. He's among a small group of fanatical
30x40 collectors I've met over the years.
In each of there cases, all it took was buying their first 30x40's
on one of their favorite titles and they were hooked. A 40x60
wouldn't do, either. It had to be a 30x40.
Rick
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