I think a lot of collectors out there think they have "the only one sheet
that exists" on a certain title, even though they're probably deluding
themselves. I've had a one sheet on Teddy At The Throttle (1917) Gloria
Swanson's 2nd film/ Wallace Beery's 1st for the past 25 years and every
collector
of silent material I've ever met has told me he's never seen another one.
But that certainly doesn't make the assumption true...(although I still
might delude myself that I have the only one sheet on the title...)
Rick
In a message dated 4/13/2012 10:44:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Not sure.
How many one-sheets for King Kong are known on your census Bruce?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
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