Not the very first, but one of the very first was an original first release one-sheet to The 39 Steps in 1969. I was traveling with it, and a friend let me stay overnight at his house, and he liked the movie so I gave him the poster (I was strictly a lobby card collector at the time).
Most expensive night's lodging I ever had! On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Kenwick Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > THAT'S a cool story! > Hmmm... well, I had the Frankenstein and Dracula mini-reprints I ordered > from Captain Company / Famous Monsters when I was 6. When I was 8, I > found a Blazing Saddles poster in the trash behind the theater. It was > missing the top right corner piece, so you couldn't see his peace-signed > fingers, but I didn't care. I still have what's left of 'em 'round here > somewhere. > frankenwick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <[email protected]> > To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 1:51 pm > Subject: Re: [MOPO] A question for you 18 yr olds.... > > first poster I ever bought (that I can recall) was a Beast From > 20,000 Fathoms 1sh along with a Thing From Another World 1sh back in > 1968 at the NY Comicon. Later that day I bought a DTESS pressbook. > sadly, though I made a profit, I didn't own any of these items for a > full day as I sold them all and bought other stuff the same day, that > I sold and made more money on before the weekend was out > > > At 11:33 AM 2/24/2013, Evan Zweifel wrote: > >In honor of MOPO's birthday, I ask a question: what was the very > >first movie poster that you obtained? > > > >For me, it was the very rare insert for the James Stewart classic > >film "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation". I bought this treasure from none > >other than Bruce Carteron at the Denver poster store > >"Cinegraphics". Which if you are keeping score, was (sad to say it > >closed) next door to Chipotle #1. If you want see a picture of the > >store, visit your local Chipotle and look at the pictures on the > >wall, its in the background (preserved for eternity). > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] > 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: > [email protected] 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 29 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> * Complete Buyer Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>- *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>- *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems* *Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg> *, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
