Does Lou Valentino have a website or an eBay page? Thanks,
Glenn On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:26 AM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > You are surely right, Joe. More amazing, he is active on Facebook too. > What a guy! > > And Lou is one of those rare dealers I NEVER hear the slightest negative > about, kind of a miracle in this hobby. Although come to think of it, I > have also NEVER heard a negative word about Joe Burtis, either! > > Please all of you stay safe. > Bruce > > > <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_-8720806880797526731_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM jburtis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Bruce (and everyone else), >> I think the collector active the longest (and still going strong) must be >> Lou Valentino of the Bronx. He started some time in the late 1940s or early >> 1950s. Probably on eBay as I type this. >> Just a guess, >> Joe >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:27:31 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? >> >> 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> >> >> ------------------------------ >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> >> > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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