so Ive thought about this alot... when Ed poole called me I mentioned
that when I was seeking info on some 20s posters Bruce Hershenson was
one of few that offered me help..he said well Bruce was a founding
member in our" Learn about posters site" since then Ive see countless
guys start sites that sayd they can offer ways to spot forgeries and
all.. on early posters that doest seem to be a issue except the rare
auction posters of King kong and dracula types.. but what gets hard is
the newer ones.as thats when bootlegs seemed to flourish.... except that
nobody agrees.. because when I title was made the studio would have
different printers run the job in different parts of USA so in litho
back in 80s the runs where not the same always and they even modified
some art etc.... when Lucasfilm re-releasd the same art for Raiders and
a few titles even though it was printed later it bore the same nss and
all. then the bootlegger released the posters with the nss and all on
them...however most where 27 x 40 rolled. so it gets very complicated to
be a dealer and seller of posters even if you try to be 100% upfront as
the channels of poster selling are mostly underground sources and where
not meant to be sold.. when I looked at Learn about Posters site they
mentiaoned the posters sold by media play and sam goody musicland.. I
remeber those as they where one of my customers,,,,they claimed he had
limited license to do runs of posters then...who knows if that was
true,, I dont/// Today I was at salvation army and found a bootleg of
my directors Megaphone that I created years ago.and make .. when a firm
in Hollywood told me they would bootleg me I thought they where just
joking... they did.. and this one I picked up today was honestly about
as good as mine... some how they sourced out all the same materials and
part with exception of a few...I have mixed feelings... part of me
thought,," may creation copiy" and all the sales I would lost due to
them doing that... the other part of me smiled as I thought... wowo they
liked it so much they copied it verbatim.. so I thought they like my
ideas...that and ten cents will get me a coffee.. but today at the
chriopractor was a sign on the TV screen it said" Imagination is more
Important then Knowledge" by albert Einstein.... I thought oh really?
then I remebered Disney was fired from his job at a newspaper as he
lacked imagination they said....and many more,,,all rejected for
ideas/// the other day at a flea market my mouth dropped when Two Guys
that would seem so not Educated started discusson on Books and authors
and History.. the one man a Blck man who as served time in prison and
the other a Bker type that neither looked like book worms started
talking about allthe authors that served time like socretes, and galilao
and more,, these guys where really into authors and are scholars,, my
reading hahs been limited to technical books mostly and movie related...
I rrarely read fiction or anything in storys partly my eyesight and
partly im ADD... so I take in a lot fast but long books and me...I cant
even watch LINcoln as I heard its a long film.... yet I write like Im on
some drug...:) anyways I was thinking where did everyone learn about
POsters from who and who are considered the best sources in info.. what
universities, whatindustry sources,,as for me It was the newspapers like
MCW, classic Images, Big reel,, then the POSTER PRICE ALMANAC by john
Kisch an also Jon warren and learn about posters and Morries catalogs,
ebay. the french and uk auctions poster books,,and simply dealers and
collectors and being in the biz since 1977,,many of the collectors
taught me many things...and I have much to learn still as I knew little
about the Horror genre... But my Kid likes it and he also liked the
adventure films and even silent,,my son knows mare about film then
me...hes 27 I would think the best resource as a reference seems to be
learn about posters as a unbiased and with dates and reference ,, what a
volume of work they have done I applaud Sue and ED Poole and all the
dealers that support them..I would love to hear how others have learned
about posters and collecting Movie stuff...I know Rudy and others all
have contributed and think thats great,,why there is bickering eludes me
as in order to keep the hobby alive and also the history it needs
everyones input to share this forward imho..speak up old poster geezers
! pay it forward ! before its lost in history thanks Tom...Ps I did
meet a guy in Horror'' Jack baker from Toledo who did spook shows in the
40s aka Dr, Silkini" hes in the book ghostmasters by mark walker.. my
friend mom was in the show as some other friend and Tery made illusion
props. Jack also distributed film lkke Ed wood stuff and aztec mummy vs
Robot monster -I had 35mm prints i sold in 1992,, anyways Jack was old
school showbiz when Ballyhoo was big... he made lots of money with the
traveling sppokshows. asylum of Horrors! he was a great guy we spoke
several times.. and I met a magcian named John Calvert who was in Movies
and some serials i think. cool guy...
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