I spoke to Lou, not so long ago. He sometimes bids on some on my items on Ebay. He's still buying, and he sounded great on the phone. Franc Martarella -----Original Message----- From: jburtis <[email protected]> To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Apr 14, 2020 12:02 pm Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...?
Also, I believe he sells on eBay. I'll ask a friend for his seller ID and let you know. -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:37:13 -0700 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? 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 | | Virus-free. www.avg.com | 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 | | Virus-free. www.avg.com | 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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