Kerry Haggard is without a doubt the biggest scoundrel to hit this
hobby or the comics hobby for that fact, although Dan Dupcak could
give Kerry a pretty good run. Dupcak did some jail time for fraud in
Baseball cards, but his comics frauds have to date not produced the
same result. Attorney Mark Zaid has been trying to get Danny some
more vacation at taxpayer's expense.. It's one taxpayer bill I hope we do get.
Haggard.. hopefully this most recent (and 5th) delay in his
sentencing will be the last and he'll soon be vacationing on our
taxpayer dime in a cell with Big Bubba. But what about all those
posters that Haggard stole from people that have yet to be seen??
I don't think we have seen 1/10th the number of Universal horror
posters (of any size) in the past 2 years as we did in the previous
3. I'm sure they weren't all Haggard forgeries, so obviously it means
that those who did buy authentic material have been keeping it
because it has become as scarce in 2011 as it was in 2005, before
Haggard's fraud
I wonder if he's going to start coming back top conventions again
after he gets out from his Federally ordered vacation (without pay)
in years to come.. That will be interesting as will the day that
those posters he has hidden somewhere start coming to market again.
At 10:35 AM 1/23/2011, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
Thanks for the kind words, Kirby. Of course you and many others did
a LOT to elevate the hobby quite a bit, both before and after my contributions.
If there ever were to be a "Movie Poster Collecting Hall of Fame"
however, my nominee for number one dealer of all time would be Jose
Ma Carpio, and my nominee for number one collector of all time would
be Richard Allen, and I doubt many people who have been around for a
long time would disagree with either of these choices.
There would also not be much debate on "number one rogue" in the
hobby, as sadly, even though there were many people who used very
unscrupulous business practices over the years, none approached the
thievery and sheer wickedness of Kerry Haggard.
Bruce
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kirby McDaniel
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
This auction at Christie's was a pivotal point for the movie poster
collecting hobby. There had been
auctions before (Guernseys comes to mind), but none with the focus
and the name brand recognition
of Christies. Sothebys soon followed. The landscape is much
different today. It is too bad that greed
led the two majors within a few short years into a price fixing
scandal*, one of the results of which was
to finish the collectibles department at Sothebys. But that's
another story. To Bruce Hershenson goes
the glory of ratcheting up the hobby a notch in 1990.
Kirby McDaniel
<http://www.movieart.net>www.movieart.net
*This price fixing had nothing to do with the movie poster
auctions. The story is documented
well in the book THE ART OF THE STEAL by Christopher Mason.
<http://www.amazon.com/Art-Steal-Sothebys-Christies-Auction-Scandal/dp/0425202410>http://www.amazon.com/Art-Steal-Sothebys-Christies-Auction-Scandal/dp/0425202410
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680 <http://www.movieart.net>www.movieart.net
mobile 512 589 5112
On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
The original announcement of the first Christie's all-movie poster
auction (the 1st ever from a major auction house) from 1990, over 20 years ago!
Way back in early 1990, I, Bruce Hershenson, approached the famous
Sotheby's auction house with a proposal to have an all-movie poster
auction with a full-color catalog I would publish myself. They had
held a few very successful all-animation cel auctions before that,
but the head of the collectibles department turned me down cold,
for he didn't think there was much interest in movie posters (he
offered to let me add a section to a forthcoming "general
collectibles" auction).
Instead I went to Christie's, and they accepted my proposal. I had
been consigned an incredible collection from a theater owner
started in the 1920s, and the auction would be composed of half
items from that collection, and half of items purchased by a group
of investors over the past year.
I published the catalog in October (the auction was held December
11, 1990) and I solicited orders for the catalog in September, at
the pre-publication price of $15 postpaid (it cost $20 plus
shipping once it was published).
Here is an image of the letter and ad for that first auction
catalog, Hollywood Posters I, which I sent to my entire mailing list:
<http://www.emovieposter.com/club/staticpages/20110119_scan_of_Dec_1990_catalog_order_form.gif>http://www.emovieposter.com/club/staticpages/20110119_scan_of_Dec_1990_catalog_order_form.gif
--
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<http://eMoviePoster.com>eMoviePoster.com team
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775
Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when
we take lunch)
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At 11:03 AM 1/23/2011, James Gresham wrote:
While I cant say I knew Jose, but that guy Haggard does sound a
little familiar.
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Bruce Hershenson
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the kind words, Kirby. Of course you and many others did
a LOT to elevate the hobby quite a bit, both before and after my contributions.
If there ever were to be a "Movie Poster Collecting Hall of Fame"
however, my nominee for number one dealer of all time would be Jose
Ma Carpio, and my nominee for number one collector of all time would
be Richard Allen, and I doubt many people who have been around for a
long time would disagree with either of these choices.
There would also not be much debate on "number one rogue" in the
hobby, as sadly, even though there were many people who used very
unscrupulous business practices over the years, none approached the
thievery and sheer wickedness of Kerry Haggard.
Bruce
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kirby McDaniel
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
This auction at Christie's was a pivotal point for the movie poster
collecting hobby. There had been
auctions before (Guernseys comes to mind), but none with the focus
and the name brand recognition
of Christies. Sothebys soon followed. The landscape is much
different today. It is too bad that greed
led the two majors within a few short years into a price fixing
scandal*, one of the results of which was
to finish the collectibles department at Sothebys. But that's
another story. To Bruce Hershenson goes
the glory of ratcheting up the hobby a notch in 1990.
Kirby McDaniel
<http://www.movieart.net>www.movieart.net
*This price fixing had nothing to do with the movie poster
auctions. The story is documented
well in the book THE ART OF THE STEAL by Christopher Mason.
<http://www.amazon.com/Art-Steal-Sothebys-Christies-Auction-Scandal/dp/0425202410>http://www.amazon.com/Art-Steal-Sothebys-Christies-Auction-Scandal/dp/0425202410
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680 <http://www.movieart.net>www.movieart.net
mobile 512 589 5112
On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
The original announcement of the first Christie's all-movie poster
auction (the 1st ever from a major auction house) from 1990, over 20 years ago!
Way back in early 1990, I, Bruce Hershenson, approached the famous
Sotheby's auction house with a proposal to have an all-movie poster
auction with a full-color catalog I would publish myself. They had
held a few very successful all-animation cel auctions before that,
but the head of the collectibles department turned me down cold,
for he didn't think there was much interest in movie posters (he
offered to let me add a section to a forthcoming "general
collectibles" auction).
Instead I went to Christie's, and they accepted my proposal. I had
been consigned an incredible collection from a theater owner
started in the 1920s, and the auction would be composed of half
items from that collection, and half of items purchased by a group
of investors over the past year.
I published the catalog in October (the auction was held December
11, 1990) and I solicited orders for the catalog in September, at
the pre-publication price of $15 postpaid (it cost $20 plus
shipping once it was published).
Here is an image of the letter and ad for that first auction
catalog, Hollywood Posters I, which I sent to my entire mailing list:
<http://www.emovieposter.com/club/staticpages/20110119_scan_of_Dec_1990_catalog_order_form.gif>http://www.emovieposter.com/club/staticpages/20110119_scan_of_Dec_1990_catalog_order_form.gif
--
Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the
<http://eMoviePoster.com>eMoviePoster.com team
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775
Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when
we take lunch)
<http://www.emovieposter.com/>our site
<http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>our auctions
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