Wow, the film production was great. I hope someone does put the collection in a museum. It would be great for the Academy. The blocks are beautiful....what a find.....
Sue Hollywood Poster Frames ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Ira Rubenstein <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 6:21 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkottke.org%2F18%2F01%2Fa-short-film-about-a-one-of-a-kind-collection-of-letterpress-plates-for-printing-film-advertisements&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1a3806fad9eb481ac4f408d5539fe886%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636506868613757069&sdata=ItxSay2IH8NUGLODybnfpX7stb7LaFdQ%2BHLzogBU9SU%3D&reserved=0> https://kottke.org/18/01/a-short-film-about-a-one-of-a-kind-collection-of-letterpress-plates-for-printing-film-advertisements<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkottke.org%2F18%2F01%2Fa-short-film-about-a-one-of-a-kind-collection-of-letterpress-plates-for-printing-film-advertisements&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1a3806fad9eb481ac4f408d5539fe886%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636506868613757069&sdata=ItxSay2IH8NUGLODybnfpX7stb7LaFdQ%2BHLzogBU9SU%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1a3806fad9eb481ac4f408d5539fe886%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636506868613757069&sdata=GNFqFctwiKnXzk12ip1r8%2B2rPBhj0YCdc07zWtpZWY0%3D&reserved=0> 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.
