Excellent thread! In my case, as some know - when I was an active buyer, I spent decades looking for the BQ from David Lean's "Brief Encounter" from 1945. WWII era UK paper is so hard to find - and the closest I ever got was the Eagle-Lion press book, which ironically I bought in Paris.
[https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7226/ICW6Ty.jpg] [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6683/xVKwpE.jpg] Admittedly, the art isn't the greatest, but I was very much into collecting country of origin paper. (Repro image below.) [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/4215/UitvfQ.jpg] So after many years of searching - I gave up and "settled" for the 70th anniversary BQ from 2015. It was very inexpensive and I haven't found another one like it since. And even though it's not hand-drawn art, I think the layout is striking. I'm OK with this. -d. [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2005/Ruaq9p.jpg] ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:09 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Just curious: What is your most desired collectible? We’re closing in on Christmas once again, so let‘s imagine you won the ‚Golden Ticket‘ and you could trade it for a SINGLE collectible, regardless of price and usual availability. You got the ‚Golden Ticket‘, so it would be yours for the asking. What would it be? For me, the answer is fairly simple and it is a vintage concert poster. Actually, Heritage auctioned it TWICE this year: https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/entertainment-and-music/hank-williams-1953-canton-oh-genuine-original-concert-poster-for-the-show-he-died-en-route-to/a/7262-11125.s? Back in the 1980s, I had an ‘original fake poster‘ for this show on my wall for many years. While they copied the style quite well, was nothing like the original, but back then nobody knew what the original even looked like. And even if people had tried (and I‘m sure they didn‘t) it might‘ve been a challenge to find out what the original line-up for the night was. I had always wondered what the original had looked like. At least that question is answered now. Needless to say, I always dreamed of owning an original. I could‘ve given it a try at Heritage of course, and who knows, I may have even succeeded. But once I started adding the costs and aggravation of the then inevitable ‚divorce-after-the-fact‘ I thought it might be a better idea to not register for these sales. After all, how much sense does even a nice poster like this one make if you don’t have a wall to hang it? I did send another message to the universe though, so not all hope is lost. Cheers, Helmut www.filmposter.net 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.
