Good topic! I have tens of thousands of pressbooks in my collection, and I have a firm rule to never sell any I don't have a dupe of. I have turned down some incredible offers for ones from "specialists" (a Chaplin collector want's this one, a Harlow collector wants that one, etc).
My logic is that once I start selling, I might keep going, and of course the ones I would sell would be the absolute hardest ones to ever get back. Well one day about ten years ago I let Morrie Everett, a man who could sell ice to Eskimos or hot coffee to the Devil himself, talk me into selling him the pressbook for Trouble in Paradise. Of course I regretted it the next day, and I have looked for it relentlessly, but no luck. But at least that was the *ONLY *non-dupe pressbook I have ever sold and that is the one that got away (for me)! Bruce On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Rix Posterz <rixpost...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > About 25 years ago, I sold a "Return Of Dr. X" 1/2 Sheet (Bogart, 1939) > because I needed the money to pay bills, I've sold many better posters > since then, but at that time I was *really, really* into > collecting,,,this was way before I started selling in MCW, on eBay or > otherwise. For some reason, selling that poster still remains to this day > as one of the only regrets that has stayed with me through the years. > After I started dealing the stuff, my whole reality slowly changed where > I'd get over selling a piece from my collection fairly quickly. > But this was back when I was* just a collector*. Many months and even > years later, I was thinking about "the one that got > away".... Rick > > In a message dated 5/23/2012 3:31:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > gkud...@rocketmail.com writes: > > Of all the movie posters I've had in my life, the ones I miss the most > are some Japanese fabric banners used to line buildings and streets > advertising a film. > > I got these in the early 70's. 3 were of no-name B movies, but the 4th was > for Akira Kurasawa's Dodeskaden.... > > It wasn't their value so much as they were great looking rectangular flags > -- I think they were 2'x6', maybe longer. > > What poster do you regret not having anymore? > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu 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 26 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
