Metropolis 3sh On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:09 PM Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
