Heritage hosted a nice little reception tonight. Besides all the
Mopo'ers meeting for the first time other Mopo'ers (and no doubt thinking YOU
LOOK NOTHING LIKE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD but in a good way.....I am pretty sure)
absolutely the star of the show was Todd's advance one sheet for THE BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN. They had it in an oversized frame, gloriously spot lighted on a
wall all by itself yet separated by a gauntlet of glass cabinets. I wasn't
sure if I was suppose to light a candle and genuflect or plant a tree for
Israel. Yet poster was well within access and close enough (think the Mona
Lisa or Moon rocks) to really encourage close examination. What was
remarkably impressive in person, besides clearly noting it was folded/unbacked
and in miraculous condition, was the blue/green question marks and the words
WHO WILL BE and WHO WILL DARE visually screaming against the brick red tones
of the poster. What an astonishing use of colors. As great as Herit!
age's catalogue photography is, poster remains even more amazing in person.
And truly a bit arresting seeing such a singularly rare and historic one sheet
from our hobby/business. Those goddamn Honus Wagner Baseball Cards have
nothing, NOTHING on Todd's piece. Hell throw those firstie Superman or Batman
comics and still they would pale.
On a much lesser but equally dramatic revelation in person was the one
sheet for DODSWORTH (a great film certainly, but what a great one sheet) the
9 foot Austrian KING KONG (Stunning! So much so I thought Toochis Marin was
going to start crying) the Bette Davis one sheet for EX-LADY and well too many
others to list. Staffers were busy all night pulling items for individuals so
the oohs and aahs were consistently floating in the air. Good grief THE FURY 6
SHEET when brought out was a show stopper. Probably the biggest surprise for
me personally, was the Mini-Window card for THE WALKING DEAD. Good grief, now
I know why so many people enjoy collecting these small treasures. Yeah they are
scarce, but the printing consistently impress.
Since Heritage is also hosting an Entertainment and Props auction on
Sunday there were also great costumes (And not one anywhere near my size. good
grief what shrimps movie stars were/are, I am sure I could beat most of them
up) , scripts, beautiful photos and props to look at. Should be a busy and
successful weekend for Grey and the LA based Heritage crew. Great to have
another major poster auction in LOS ANGELES. This felt so much like the
stories I have heard regarding Bruce's auctions when he hosted them here.
Will be attending at least the first wave of bidding tomorrow. It will be
interesting to see if the location change from Dallas impacts the results, but
my guess is the internet may simply be such an overwhelming leveler that it may
prove to be moot. Nevertheless this is a most appreciative treat for those who
live in the City of Angels and vote Democratic.
freeman
On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:27 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Interesting...I did not know anything about that.
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> From: Todd Feiertag <[email protected]>
> Sender: MoPo List <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:41:20 -0500
> To: <[email protected]>
> ReplyTo: Todd Feiertag <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bride poster current price
>
> Steve,
>
> There's a preview party for the auction??
>
> Thanks.
> Todd
>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:41:30 -0800
> > From: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bride poster current price
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> > I'm going to the Heritage auction preview party tonight. Hope to see some
> > other collectors and swap tall tales.
> > Steve Olson, the 57 year old in the dark blue shirt with small white
> > circles.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard
> > Halegua Comic Art
> > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 2:17 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bride poster current price
> >
> > I'm not jealous
> > I was planning on going to the auction pickup and when I see the
> > winning bidder walk out with the poster I was going to ambush him in the
> > alley
> >
> >
> > At 02:12 PM 11/11/2010, Steven Yafet wrote:
> > >I'm very happy for Todd and already jealous of whoever might win it.
> > >
> > >What a gorgeous one sheet!
> > >
> > >Nathalie
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Did I see correctly last night? Todd's precious is up at 700,000
> > > plus? Very impressive...tomorrow is the big day kids...maybe it
> > > will reach a million plus ??? First time a poster has reached
> > > 700,000 at auction ever...already a record if I am not mistaken...
> > > >
> > > > Philipp
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