Likewise, I've trimmed down a lot, aiming to own just those I display. No huge regrets, but wish I hadn't sold my Bond quads, FRWL standard and premiere, and Goldfinger. Not then anyway, I'd far rather be selling them now. In a sense I regret selling my Out of the Past 1 sht, but after wanting one badly for so many years, when I did finally get one it couldn't live up to the burden of expectation.
Sent from my iPhone On 24 May 2012, at 15:15, MICHAEL ARCHIBALD <kap...@rogers.com> wrote: > "what I didn’t like was the bunches of posters in the closets, never being > displayed, basically being collected without a sense of purpose in life" > > I feel exactly the same way. Posters should be seen not hidden away in some > "Ark of the Covenant" government warehouse. There are so many films out > there that I would like to have paper for but there's only so much wall space > in my house. I also decided to frame what I want to keep and sell the rest. > > Since I'm fairly new to the hobby I don't have a poster related regret > however I still kick myself for the 12-16 Gretzky rookie cards I sold for > basically peanuts many many years ago. > > From: "Walton, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.wal...@fisglobal.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:47:12 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The One That Got Away > > I don’t think I truly ever regretted selling a poster- maybe I have a little > dealer in me. Most of the times I sell posters to trade up to something I > really want, so I’ll gather a few lesser posters and help snag that holy > grail. Both Bruce and Grey have helped me with my quests and now I have some > nice posters to proudly display…no Frankenstein or Dracula but pieces I’ve > always admired. Truth of the matter turns out, there is always a holy grail > and once the clouds part and the ray of sunshine illuminates that prized > piece and it’s in your hands, the feeling of excitement fades rather quickly > for it’s the hunt that’s the exhilarating part. > > I recently looked my walls and made a decision. See I like the posters I > have framed hanging in various rooms of my house...what I didn’t like was the > bunches of posters in the closets, never being displayed, basically being > collected without a sense of purpose in life. So late last year I made > almost a life changing decision - I sold most of my stored collection > realizing it was never going to make the walls of fame. I turned that cash (a > nice size chunk no less) into something I really wanted…and it wasn’t another > poster. It was a bar. A bar almost like the one I was raised in…well spent > most of my life in…and not on the drinking end…the serving end. So now I > have a full working late 19th century apothecary bar complete with two taps, > ice machine, dishwasher, fridge, and a ton of scotch and other libations of > choice and I have my posters to thank for that. I spent over 20 years > collecting most of those posters and they just took up space in the > closet…what I got in return was a place we use every weekend even weeknights, > a place for family and friends to hang, a place to relax, a place to watch > the game…a place to see some of my posters on display. Who knew the power of > posters? Now that my closets are bare again I’m sure there are a few new > pieces on my horizon....and who knows just what they might be turned into > this time around. > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 6:55 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The One That Got Away > > 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. 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