Thanks for posting, unique find. The woman says her rich friends aren’t particularly happy.
I did read a study that claimed that “money happiness” maxes out at $75K a year. You can live comfortably and have some discretionary spending as well at that level.... Sent from my iPad > On Jan 4, 2018, at 2:37 PM, Roland Lataille <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was thinking the same thing. I have a bought a few of these for Cinerama > films and paid about $10. > > > From: Cory Glaberson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Short film on Newspaper Movie Ads > > Yeah 10 million for 60,000 pieces id an average of > $166 a block. I don't think thats remotely realistic. I don't think its worth > more than $100,000 > still a good deal for a $2000 buy in > > Cory Glaberson > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Heim <[email protected]> > To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jan 4, 2018 1:02 pm > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Short film on Newspaper Movie Ads > > 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://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 > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > 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.
