Evan, I didn't say that that these posters were worth more than the original
year of issue posters. I said that there were some titles that had re-release
posters that had enjoyed some appreciation. Certainly those two titles are
examples of what I meant. There are a few titles where the reissue is a better
poster than the original, in my opinion. The
1934 STATE FAIR comes to mind. The early Fox reissue is better than the
original I think. There may be a poster where the reissue is worth more money
than the original, but
no examples come to mind immediately. What is true, I think, is that it is not
unusual for a reissue poster to actually be scarcer than the original. I would
cite NORTH BY NORTHWEST as an example of that. If you combine this fact with
an appealing element of design - like the image of Hitch on Mount Rushmore -
one can easily see why
demand for a poster may be growing. A growing demand with a scarcer supply.
Appreciation.
Kirby
On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Evan Zweifel wrote:
> There's really very few posters where a re-issue poster is "worth" more than
> the original. You mentioned two. I would add the re-issue 1-sheets for The
> Killers and The Pride of the Yankees. Are there others??
>
> However, sometimes I wonder what would happen to the market for these
> re-issues, if the studio re-released the film now with a killer 1-sheet.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net>
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Sent: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:50:24 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Re-Releases
>
> Rich,
>
> I'll take all those original GONE WITH THE WIND and WIZARD OF OZ posters that
> you haven't sold.
>
> Addressing Phillips question, I think that reissue posters, if they are good
> designs - for example, the NORTH BY NORTHWEST
> reissue - THE HUSTLER reissue - have enjoyed some appreciation. Other
> reissues, which seemed to have been indifferently designed,
> like the 1962 MGM reissues (those films were reissued to get some cash flow
> for MGM which was hemorrhaging funds to Brando's BOUNTY)
> still have the reissue stigma that the old-hand collectors assigned to them.
>
> Here's a kicker: some video release posters are quite good and can generate
> some interest from time to time.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Kirby McDaniel
> MovieArt Original Film Posters
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> On Aug 28, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
>
>> the Universal horror monsters are eternal horror characters and there are
>> always loads of fans for them
>> Dorothy and Rhett don't have many fans anymore
>>
>>
>> At 03:51 PM 8/28/2011, Phillip W. Ayling wrote:
>>> I realize that the value of posters is set generally by the consumer
>>> marketplace in large measure, and can be affected as well by speculation
>>> and trends. It is my opinion, and I don't know how to verify it, that super
>>> high end items like King Kong, Frankenstein, and Dracula, not only bring
>>> very high prices for original release material, but generate high prices
>>> across the whole range of different sizes for most of their re-release
>>> posters. Even somewhat lesser titles like Ghost of Frankenstein or A&C meet
>>> Frankenstein sell well on re-release.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, and putting aside films where maybe there is one very
>>> iconic size and image (say the one sheet for Gilda), it seems to me that
>>> re-release material from films where any original paper commands high
>>> prices, like Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Flash Gordon
>>> or It Happened One Night, seem to drop off much more dramatically from the
>>> prices that original release material brings. Anyone have an opinion to
>>> share? Thanks
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