We saw our "Gilda" poster hung on a wall every day for many years and never
ceased to be awestruck by its beauty. It's just a knockout poster in person,
so rich with black, deep red, green and purple colors, with no fading issues at
all. When we bought it, we thought we'd never part with it. But can you
imagine carrying Rita out twice in a fire evacuation? What if our house caught
fire and we WEREN'T around to save it? That's when the impracticality of
preserving "museum pieces" kicked in, regardless of insurance coverage.
Ironically, "Gilda" was sold BEFORE "It's a Wonderful Life" for reasons that
won't make sense to anyone because we all have our own "check lists" as we
"rank" our collections. If we ever got the "poster itch" again, we could
always get some of these babies back, but the reason the three posters I named
generate occasional "pangs" - is because there would be NO WAY we'd be able get
them in the same fabulous condition. -d.
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:13:36 +0100
From: fab5fre...@btinternet.com
Subject: Re: The One That Got Away
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Yes, the Gilda might give me a pang or two to be honest.
Simon
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:02:51 -0700
From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: The One That Got Away
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
* We've sold off the bulk of our collection - and as people have seen from
pictures I've posted over the years at MoPo, we used to own every major classic
EXCEPT horror, e.g., Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, City Lights,
Modern Times, Wizard of Oz, Double Indemnity, every 1940-1963 Hitchcock title,
Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Bogart, Garbo, Monroe, Disney,
Brando, David Lean, the Beatles, etc. We DISPLAYED everything; we had posters
from floor to ceiling in checkerboard patterns, which meant nothing stood out.
It was over-kill. The wildfires arrived and we evacuated twice in four years
and decided to sell all but the cheaply sentimental, replacing originals with
re-issues which some collectors dismiss but remain aesthetically pleasing, esp.
Oscar re-issues.
* Looking back - there are occasional pangs of regret for three items we sold,
not necessarily because they're hard to find - but because they're hard to find
in SUPERIOR CONDITION: they were the best card from the Wizard of Oz - the
one-sheet to It's A Wonderful Life and the glorious Gilda style B. They were
all in top condition with minimal to zero restoration.
* However, we had everything for many years and found solace that they went to
eager collectors who would love and care for them like we did - as we converted
posters and lobby cards into home improvements, cars and Beatles memorabilia.
Submitted again below is an old image of just ONE of the "glory corners" in our
house; we also had special areas for Hitchcock and Bogart. -d.
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:52:36 +0100
From: evan...@mac.com
Subject: Re: The One That Got Away
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
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?
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