"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences..." Edward R. Murrow
I've been waiting to apply this quote to poster collecting..
If you read between the lines than both Bruce and Rich are correct but in
different ways..
Sean (Crowzilla) astutely pointed out in February of this year
..."There are now more original one sheets (Dracula et all) AVAILABLE (key
word) than at any other time in the 60's, 70's or
80's...The style F, (Dracula) which was not even known to exist 15 years ago
is now the most common style..."
We also have now "courtesy of Berwick" the 1931 The Public Enemy style A &
B..and Cimarron...and Little Caesar..And now Bruce is about to offer THE iconic
Cleopatra silent one sheet...
Bruce : "There just aren't that many posters (other than the super scarce ones
that have ALWAYS been very hard to find) that one couldn't reasonably expect a
good opportunity of acquiring over...a year's time.." ...
I agree with this specifically..(however the super scarce ones are popping up
too)
In terms of being condition conscious and having the tools to be so...this is
the time to collect
Emovieposter, movie poster exchange, ebay, heritage, movieposterbid...etc all
speak to the greater accessibility of vintage film ephemera..
I really can't imagine how great the 60's or 70's were for collecting but it
must have been
pioneering for the hobby to say the least ...and exciting!!
Rich...Were these $100 Frankenstein cards common enough to acquire 1 every year
FOR SEVERAL COLLECTORS ..or where they more a fluke of a find related to lack
of exposure/knowledge of a savvy collecting base/dealer network?..were there 10
or 20 of these during the 60's or were there less than a handful ...
Hindsight is 20/20 and I bet some people purchased these Forbidden Planets and
Frankenstein pieces for a song...but they probably sold a fair number of them
too.... at a price well below what they would fetch today..and wished they had
kept them
Alas...I can only apply my most recent experiences with collecting since we
only have this "moment" compared to decades past...i can't think of a better
time to buy silent film pieces...I personally acquired 3 complete Chaplin lobby
card sets in
the last year alone ..1918 A Dog's life, 1918 Shoulder arms & 1922 Pay Day...
I'm pretty sure I'm fucking stoked about collecting in this day and age!!!
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