Good thread. While my collection of pressbooks amounts to two, always fascinated reading about hardcore collecting.
Sent from my iPhone On 12 May 2013, at 04:26, MnTwister <[email protected]> wrote: > Very interesting subject, and am glad to see pressbooks discussed here a bit > more. Long ago when I was 7 and my grandfather had worked for Universal then > Fox, and my mother was an editor at Paramount, I became addicted to movies. > They frequently had pressbooks lying around the offices, and I remember piles > and piles of them. Instead of getting into posters, my ph was paved by the > red carpet of pressbooks. A good percentage of mine never got to theaters but > were brought home by me from the studios above and of course my grandfather > and mother had friends in the other studios so I was able to get those. > Luckily, many of the studios had pressbooks dating much father back than 1960 > so my collection goes much farther back. In years next 43 years, I have > managed to amass a collection of some 15,000+ pressbooks (yes I am still > buying them, many times in bulk when I can). > > As far as cuts go, I do have some with cuts, but most of the time one small > ad or two. This has never prevented me from purchasing a pressbook for a > movie that I didn't already have. So for a collector like me, in answer to > the question, it isn't a huge issue, though I prefer uncut editions. Imagine > how much money I could have if I had taken home the posters instead, but at > that age, I preferred all of the ads and to read the press materials. > > Bruce, I am a regular buyer in your pressbook sales. What you wrote about the > percentage of pressbooks you have is amazing, my mouth was watering. I could > spend a week just looking at those. I do know how you feel about assorting > though. This past 2 years, my friend and I have taken all of them (all in > protected covers) and separated them by studio and then alphabetized them and > rated their condition, as I may decide to sell them soon, but if not I still > have a complete list with year, studio, condition, number of copies, number > of pages, ect. It was a huge undertaking for the amount I have and I assume > the amount you have is probably dozens of times larger. But now that I > finally finished my database list, it is a wonderful feeling to be done. So > best of luck to you on the pressbook sorting. Hopefully you have some extreme > movie fans doing it who would enjoy that as much as I did. > > Robert > > > 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.
