This has been kicking around for years. It’s curious, but has not been shown ever to be remotely worth anywhere near this amount. It’s just very odd.
Kirby > On Jan 4, 2018, at 1:45 PM, MPC <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Susan Heim <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: MoPo-L <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ira Rubenstein >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 6:21 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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> >> 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://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 >> <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 >> <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 > <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.
