The short version… I had been collecting autographs and at some point I wondered if the certificates of authenticity were worth the paper they were written on..So I turned to movie posters and for my first adventure I went to a poster auction I believe it was at Sotheby’s. As I was a newbie I introduced myself to the people I happen to be sitting next to and that just happened to be John Kish and Sam Sarowitz. John was very friendly told me about The price of almanac he published and a separate cinema.. I guess at that time movie poster collecting was really about to takeoff and I distinctly remember when a Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster went for I’m going to say at least $3000 or more John and Sam gave each other a high five. Well I bid on one poster during that auction, which I won, which was a La Dolce Vita locandina which I still own ..these are trying times for the public and for hospital lab workers which I am one of ..stay healthy ! Best Alan
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:32 AM Tom Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > wow i had to read again..it shows how we are all so connected inthe > Posters...so glad Ira got it..its one of my fave movies Too..i had a > 16mm print andloved towatch it ona big screen........veto stanaitis in > Chicago sold methe movie....he told me whanhe gotinthebiz inthe 60s > there were no film collectors magazines..so he ran ads in popular > photography magazine.... > so seems like the collecting started in the 50s 60s.... my one colector > said he started in 50s while inthe military....andso he got posters > fromthe film setrvice..another guy i got 2001 stuff from was inthe > college film circuits...they ran movies for college kids > inthe70s/////late night shows,i remeberstooges..and others... > > > > > On 2020-03-18 21:50, Susan Heim wrote: > > So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that > > it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM > > auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of > > the Art Directors > > office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for > > over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all > > these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some > > other titles that he bought > > from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of > > movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the > > poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one > > day, Ira walks in and says > > look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. > > > > Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I > > would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at > > the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward > > many years and I > > am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he > > was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and > > there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film > > major and I was > > blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry > > Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but > > the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry > > Edmunds to > > open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a > > Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first > > Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind > > Russell who was the > > chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to > > be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to > > come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I > > figured I buy > > Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted > > myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any > > other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 > > copies in the box, both > > $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my > > first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. > > > > That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind > > now....I went to the opening night and the front of the theater was > > decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the > > character's in the film. There were so many > > celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to > > go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best > > friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was > > pushing on my left > > shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm > > pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on > > one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to > > myself at the > > time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at > > one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... > > > > Sue > > Hollywood Poster Frames > > > > ------------------------- > > > > FROM: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Ira > > Rubenstein <[email protected]> > > SENT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:53 PM > > TO: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories > > > > OK - > > > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical > > Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch > > office in Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out > > the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and > > other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's > > what started it. > > > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course > > my job was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or > > two. > > > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my > > wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That > > really kicked it into high gear. > > > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > > Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to > > frame. > > > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded > > version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and > > I have been friends ever since. > > > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection. And no more wall > > space. > > > > Ira > > > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Okay - > > > > We’ve got all this time - > > > > We’ve got this great forum. > > > > Let’s crank it up a bit. > > > > Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and > > changed our life. > > > > Will start it off - > > > > I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the > > Carolina Theater - > > > > Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before > > walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with > > them. > > > > Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my > > ears into a frothing teenager. > > > > Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > > > > He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe > > 35 cents pack then?) - > > > > Begged the manager even more. > > > > He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > > > > I was never the same. > > > > Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > > > > Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I > > went to the movies. > > > > Ah, the days of trash picking. > > > > Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > > > > Started going through the studio trash. > > > > My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. > > > > Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in > > Australia. > > > > It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and > > stopped from being tossed. > > > > Trash these days just isn’t what it was! 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