Very sorry to hear about Jeff. He was a really nice guy & a very enthusiastic collector.
posteritati.com <https://posteritati.com/> 239 Centre St FL 4 | New York, NY 10013 | 212.226.2207 Instagram <https://instagram.com/posteritati> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/posteritati> | Facebook <https://facebook.com/posteritati> | Pinterest <https://pinterest.com/posteritati> > On Apr 14, 2020, at 4:38 PM, jburtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On a sad note, long time collector Jeff Gordon died a couple of weeks ago. He > was a fixture at NYC shows and Movie Collectors World advertiser under the > name Jagarts. To have reffered to Jeff as entusiastic would be an > understatement. > He was a terrific guy and one of a kind. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Franc <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:26:13 +0000 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? > > 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] > <mailto:[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> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM jburtis < [email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[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 > > <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] > <mailto:[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 > <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 > <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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