Todd - 1) The man had to sell his collection because he was having health problems. I was quietly suggesting if we had universal health care he wouldn't have had to sell his posters. 2) Just making a lame joke regarding Universal posters. (Did you see the quotes?) 3) Unless you were kidding this is exactly what I was hoping wouldn't happen when I said, OK, OK, let's not go there! After I made the comment.
Was I too subtle? I wasn't trying to instigate anything political but... well... whatever... GT On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:47 PM Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > Glenn, > > What does this collector/thread/post have anything to do with Universal > Health Care? > > Todd > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Glenn > Taranto <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2020 10:36 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? > > Thanks Bruce! > > What fascinating stories. > > It must have been heartbreaking for Frank to sell his posters on account > of his health! Just another reason for "Universal" health care! OK, OK, > let's not go down that path! > > I wonder if we would have ever seen a Caligari poster in person if it > hadn't been for that astute theater owner! > > Glenn > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:27 PM Bruce Hershenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Glenn, > > To get back to your original question, certainly a leading candidate would > be the man who consigned the wonderful collection of serial one-sheets I > auctioned in my Auction in 2001 which was contained in my book, To Be > Continued (see all the images online at > http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/publication/To%2520Be%2520Continued.../archive.html > ). > > The owner, Frank, who was still alive, had bought the one-sheets himself > (starting as a teenager) between 1932 and 1952. He got them from the San > Francisco poster exchanges. The people there were not supposed to sell them > to non-theater people, but he got to know them, and they did the kid a > favor, and over the years he because a regular! > > He kept them in incredible condition, and he is one of the only long time > collectors who resisted the temptation to sell any of them as the prices > rose. When he contacted me at the end of 2000, he said he was having health > issues, and that otherwise he would never sell. > > He said one thing that stuck with me. When I told him the kind of money he > would likely get (which was surpassed when the posters auctioned) he was > amazed. He said there had been one "old guy" at the exchanges who kept > telling him that he was "throwing away his money" buying the posters, and > that he should do ANYTHING else with it. He said he wished that old guy > could see how much money they were worth in 2000 (but of course that guy > was surely long gone). > > So not only did Frank start in 1932, surely making him one of the earliest > collectors ever, but he also solely bought as a collector, and did not get > a huge chunk to start out with, as so many collectors do. And he held onto > them for 68 years (for the oldest ones) so he surely qualifies as one of > the longest term collectors too. > > And of course there was also Charles Dyas, who started his collecting in > 1921 (with his TWO Cabinet of Caligari one-sheets), but he was a theater > owner, and he saved ones from movies he showed, so i don't know if he > counts. But he DID also keep all his posters until the late 1980s, when he > passed away, so he was another super long time collector. > > And there was the other theater owner who bought a trunk filled with 1930s > posters in 1946, including The Invisible Man and Dracula, and he held those > until he consigned them to me in 1998, yet another really long time > collector. > > And there were others, but those are for another time! > > Bruce > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello All - > > OK, Admittedly too much time on my hands... > > Have any of you ever wondered (or know) who is considered the earliest > know poster collector? Forry Ackerman, perhaps? > > I can just imagine some kid standing in front of a Paramount theatre and > staring at a Metropolis one sheet wishing they could own it. > > GT > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-7014270918882190207_x_m_-1949630328613488896_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
