Thank you Mel for the update. Your detective work is amazing!
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: > Some new information has developed in this matter. You can read the full > details on APF here: > > > > http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,931.0.html > > > > Brian P. contacted me recently and claimed to be the source of all these > “Style C” Woodstock posters. > > > > He says he and his father worked together in a theater in Lima Ohio. His > theater received approximately 2,000 Woodstock Style Cs. Brian can’t > recall the exact date but believes it was in the late 1970s or early > 1980s. Apparently, these were supposed to be distributed to other theaters > in the same chain but never were. The posters were supposed to be given > away to patrons but no one took them. The theater manager told his father > to throw them away but the father kept them and Brian later inherited > them. Brian says he has been giving copies of these away for years. > > > > Brian moved to Nashville and has been a theater manager and union stage > hand. Three years ago he sold 1,000 of the “best copies” for approximately > $1,800 to a Nashville “collector” (who may be Rick Frogge, a local comic > book dealer), who apparently resold them to various movie posters dealers, > including some shady dealers. Brian says he still has 700 of these posters > but most of them have mold. > > > > I’ve verified Brian P’s identity and talked to him by phone extensively. > Most critically, a newspaper ad from 1972 proves that original Woodstock > posters were being given away by a nearby drive-in theater in Lima, Ohio, > so his story appears to be credible. (You can see the picture of the ad on > APF.) > > > > The timeline remains confused because these posters bear the LPIU logo, so > they must have been printed before 1973 (when LPIU merged into GAU), yet > Brian insists that these were being given away in the late 1970s for > various reasons (his theater had been converted into a duplex theater, the > manager in question began working in 1975, etc.). There was a major > re-release of Woodstock in 1979, which perhaps explains the timing, > although the re-release poster is substantially different. > > > Perhaps further confusing matters, another Ebay seller (Rick M., mckgraphs > on Ebay) in San Francisco has been selling similar Woodstock promotional > posters, which he claims his theater was giving away in 1970. Here is a > recent sale: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ORIGINAL-1970-WOODSTOCK-THEATER-POSTER-/130847043933 > > > Any thoughts or comments? > > > -- > Mel > Washington DC > www.posternirvana.com: My personal movie poster collection > www.moviepostercollectors.com: My general movie poster reference site > www.allposterforum.com: The best movie poster forum > > > > ********** > > > > Todd Spoor Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:15:47 -0700 > > > > Hello MOPO, > > > > The results from the Forensic testing is in. The Woodstock style C NOT > real!!! > > You called it from the beginning Bruce! I want to thank the 5 > > Dealers/Collectors that sent in either their Style B or Style C Woodstock > > posters for comparison testing. I will be returning them to you tomorrow. > > > > Below you will find an abbreviated test results. I will have a more > detaile > > report along with pictures of the staining up on our website hopefully by > > tomorrow. www.mpgrading.com > > > > > > Table 1. Fiber Identification of B-Style > > Softwood bleached kraft – Hard Pine (Except Red & Scotch) > > Hardwood bleached kraft – Redgum, Sycamore, Yellow-poplar, Blackgum, Maple > > Coating flakes are yellowish > > Appears to be a Southern Mix > > Spot test implies this sample is most consistent with paper from before > the > > late 1980’s. > > > > Table 2. Fiber Identification of C-Style > > Softwood bleached kraft – [Spruce and/or Hemlock], Hard Pine (Except Red & > > Scotch) > > Hardwood bleached kraft – Populus spp., Birch > > Hardwood bleached sulfite – Populus spp. > > Coating flakes are yellowish > > Appears to be a Northern Mix > > Spot test implies this sample is most consistent with paper from the late > > 1980’s and > > after. > > Analyzed by WJR > > Quality review by JML > > Date(s) of testing September 16 – 19, 2011 > > > > Regards > > Todd Spoor > > MPgrading > > > > 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.
