Hi Cary et al, It would not be a bad idea to have a living will and/or other instructions if 'something wicked this way comes'. If you plan ahead for your collection (and implement), you will not be disappointed in the results of others who did not know / understand what you truly what have wanted to do with all of the posters.
I work in health care and see many instances of middle age (40s-60s) patients who experienced an unforeseen tragedy, and had minimal or no plans for their estate / dependents. Sorry to be so stolid, but it may need to be considered sooner than later. ad ________________________________ From: cary black <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:49 PM Subject: [MOPO] First I would like to thank all of you who replied to my email. In particular, Jeff, Richard and David for their photo posting suggestions. I will give them a try this weekend and see what I am able to do. I think I tried one 3 or more years ago. I not any smarter but maybe I am a little more computer savvy. I am 68 years old and in the past I have said I would sell my collection when I turned 70 but I think I might die with my boots on. Anyhow when I am gone or need the money the posters will go on the market. I believe in giving other collectors a chance to acquire some of the scarce posters that I own. No one in my family has any interest in them and considers my interest a mild eccentricity. They know there is money in the collection but I don't talk about what I paid. They will have suggestions who to contact. Giving them to an institution without money to process and catalog them often condemns them to a storage area where they will not be accessible or seen by the public. I decided to collect 20s, 30s and 40s posters because they were some the movies I really enjoyed plus the stone litho artwork on many of them was what I loved. I have a pretty good collection of film noir missing some key (expensive) titles I passed on some due to cost or not caring for the movie. I have a pretty strong collection of the 30s and 40s detective series. About 10% of my posters are off genre ranging from a French one sheet of Keaton's Navigator to 12 O'clock High with Peck. When I tell people I have over 600 posters in my collection they are taken aback. I just tell them I have been collecting over 35 years, I didn't buy them 2 weeks ago. I am probably most proud of the mystery/crime posters from the 30s that I own. Some titles are Mystery of Mr X one sheet 1934, The Thirteenth Guest 3 sheet, 1932, Notorious Sophie Lang one sheet 1935, Crack Up one sheet 1937 with Lorre, Night Club Lady 1932 one sheet with Menjou, Bombay Mail one sheet with Lowe, a Universal production and others. Many have only been offered a couple times, some I have never seen outside my collection. Of course scarcity does not guarantee value. There has to be interest and demand, otherwise why would many film noir titles command a big price when they appear in auction several times a year. You just need deep pockets and you can own them. If anyone cares to email me i would be pleased to hear from them. 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.
