Good poit Jay. I contend that the Universal horror titles of the 1930s are often among the most COMMON posters for those years! Can you find many 1931 titles where there are more one-sheets known than Frankenstein? Or 1933 titles where there are more one-sheets known than King Kong?
Bruce On 4/13/12, Jay Nemeth-Johannes <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I have items that I believe are one of a kind. For example a 1 > sheet for a Richard Dix silent "The Glorious Fool", but I have no way to > prove it is unique. I expect that much of the paper for early silents > is rare to nonexistant, especially for lost films. > > It is easier when the film is iconic and everyone is trying to find an > example. Any Dracula find is going to get widespread press. > > My guess on why some stuff is more available is pure chance that it was > initially printed in too large a quantity and somebody warehoused it for > decades. Laziness rules where a more efficient person throws away the > "useless" trash. > > Jay > > > On 04/13/12 11:16 AM, Phillip W. Ayling wrote: >> It would be great if these same all-knowing censustakers could also >> tell us "three known fakes currently being offered". While it makes >> big news whenever a Dracula one-sheet or a Chaplain 6sheet is found >> in >> a barn, I wouldn't be surprised if amongst MoPo members there are >> some >> items that are extremely rare or have never been inventoried by an >> auction house, so "they don't exist". >> >> >> Thanks for any insight anyone might have. >> >> > > 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. > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the 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) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> 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.
