Nice short film.
$10 Million?? I'd be curious to know how an appraiser came up with that figure? I wish them luck as it seems like they're already counting on a sale, but I think they're going to have a very hard time selling it for anything near that amount. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Ira Rubenstein <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Short film on Newspaper Movie Ads Has anyone heard about this? In 1999, two friends went into a Nebraska antique shop and found a massive collection of letterpress blocks and plates that were used to make advertisements for movies in newspapers. They bought the whole shebang for $2000 and have spent the last 17 years cataloging and cleaning the 60,000 plates & blocks. The collection, which spans nearly the entire history of the film industry from the silent era to 1984, was recently appraised at ~$10 million and is available for acquisition. <https://kottke.org/18/01/a-short-film-about-a-one-of-a-kind-collection-of-letterpress-plates-for-printing-film-advertisements> https://kottke.org/18/01/a-short-film-about-a-one-of-a-kind-collection-of-letterpress-plates-for-printing-film-advertisements ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
