* Thank you, Scott! With the exception of the Gilda style B and maybe my near mint 1S to It's A Wonderful Life - I've never owned a five- or six- or seven-figure valued poster, hence my terminology, "mid-tiered collection." I've always wanted to own a "Frankenstein" or a "Bride of Frankenstein" 1S - but it was never gonna be in the cards for me. I AFFECTIONATELY refer to the blue-bloods of the hobby as the "monster poster mafia," e.g., the DeLucas, Fishlers, Feiertags, Taylors, Borsts, et. al. - with whom I'm forever jealous - but with whom I'm also grateful for sharing their knowledge and what they themselves have owned over the past several decades.
* For me, collecting posters meant chasing titles to movies that I LOVE, hence what I owned could not be pigeon-holed into specific genres. Whether it was Bogart, Hitchcock, Garbo or film noir titles - or even newer titles - the only requirement I had was I had to LOVE the movie itself. If the movie was so-so - I would pass on a poster even if the art was universally regarded as being "out of this world." The only exceptions I made to "my rule" - were posters to movies featuring pin-up babes like Raquel Welch or Fonda in Barbarella. * There are some newer titles besides "Goodfellas" that are appreciating upward as time passes - with perhaps the biggest surprise to me - being the Scarlett Johansson image on the double-sided one-sheet to "Lost in Translation." It's a film that people either love or hate. About two years ago, I had a double-sided 4 x 6 foot vinyl BANNER from this movie - that I sent off to Bruce H. for consignment, not thinking much of it. Imagine my surprise when it fetched more than $1K! This for a film that was released in 2003! * At any rate - thank you all for your notes, public and private - to my musings from last night! Best, David near San Diego. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Burns <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:22 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Getting older and collecting movie posters. (PHOTOS.) Expensive horror paper be damned…yours was no “mid-tiered” collection…..quite a stunner, David! Thanks for sharing the photos. Scott MoPo List Owner ________________________________ 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://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3f493f0ad88a4482325e08d753481d1e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637069441517863345&sdata=g9mHTva%2BBd%2BXoS1qewOn9SKesVgl5ugZo9Ct%2BqLHrZ8%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.
