Alan, Sotheby's had the 1960 version with the English title in the top white border. I only know of two copies with this imprint (and I sold one of them years ago), so the term 'very rare' certainly is appropriate here.
Generally speaking, this is not a 'very rare' poster if compared to many German posters from the 1950s for example, for which one or two surviving copies are known. Be that as may, there is a reason that this poster ranks high in pretty much every '10 Best Movie Posters Ever' ever list. I sold several copies over the last 25+ years, and I can assure you: This one looks A LOT nicer unfaded. And Sotheby's is wrong on the reference as well: Tony Nourmand's Film Posters of the 50s shows the 1959 version of this poster. Helmut > Am 11.02.2022 um 15:01 schrieb Alan Heimann <[email protected]>: > > A further thought.. The catalog describes this poster as being very rare… > maybe that should open up a discussion of what very rare is… I don’t think > this is a very rare poster… If you happen to have one that’s dated 1959 > rather than 1960.. That might fall into the very rare category. > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 6:48 AM Helmut Hamm <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Wow. I had a fair number of these over the years, and looking at these > prices, I probably lost at least a quarter million dollars on my sales… Since > the Corona crisis started, the movie poster market has been stronger than > ever, but these results are outright ridiculous. > > $50,000 for a LA DOLCE VITA dancer style, faded and in mediocre condition? It > looks exactly like the one I sold a few years back. > > Just for the record, my copy in beautiful NEAR MINT condition, with colors as > strong as the day it was printed is still available for about $15,000 less. > > Better snatch it up now before I decide to raise my price: > > https://www.filmposter.net/en/la-dolce-vita-original-release-large-italian-movie-poster-10524/ > > <https://www.filmposter.net/en/la-dolce-vita-original-release-large-italian-movie-poster-10524/> > > Helmut > >> Am 10.02.2022 um 20:14 schrieb Philipp K >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> these are prices.... >> >> https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/original-film-posters >> <https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/original-film-posters> >> >> Philipp >> >> 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> > > 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> 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.
