Garth I started in 1961 and there were five stores in NYC at that time so collecting was thriving already. I could tell you many stories as I visited virtually every poster exchange over the next ten years after 1961. My first poster purchase was from Paula Kloss at Movie Star News. There were three stores in Chicago in the 60's, three in San Francisco, three or four in Los Angeles, one in Houston, one in D.C., and a few others scattered around. Several of them were book stores that sold movie memorabilia as well. If you are coming to Columbus we can chat about all of this. The major pioneers who bought that good stuff in the 50's were Eddie Brandt, The Luboviski family, Ernest Burns, and Mark Ricci. They purchased large and cheap!
On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 3:05 PM Garth Grieder <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm considering making a little video on the history & origins of our > hobby. I would like to go in depth, and am looking for some insight from > the knowledge and history of those on this board! > > I have a few questions: > 1) Has anyone here bought movie posters/ lobby cards during the 1950's? > What were the experiences in this era, ie where were they sold, etc? What > were the prices like in this era? Were they viewed as items of little > potential collectible value? > > 2) Were the physical Hollywood bookstores in NY/LA selling movie posters > back into the 1950's? Can we assume they were getting all their stock on > demand from the exchanges (one box at a time kind of thing)? If not in the > 50's, do we know when they started getting into posters and lobbies? > > 3) Who were the earliest poster dealers, and where were they setting up > booths? I hear the name Tanner Miles as one of the bigger earlier dealers. > Would this have started with the earliest comic conventions, like New York > Comicon (1964), HoustonCon (1967?)... or were there dealers setting up > booths at smaller shows earlier than 1965? Were these earliest dealers > again just buying on demand direct from exchanges? > > 4) Does anyone remember a time when exchanges still had top tier 30's > material? Like King Kong / Angels With Dirty Faces / It Happened One Night > kind of material? I hear from those buying direct from exchanges in 1974 > that all the great 30's material was long gone by then. Was there still > good material in the exchanges in 1970? > > 5) Does anyone have any cool images of the hobby in the 1950s/1960s/early > 70's? Poster exchanges, collector shows, collector shops like > Cinemabilia/Memory Shop etc, your own collections on display in candid > pictures... anything? > > 6) Were there any mention of movie posters in early fanzines in the 1960's? > > Thank you in advance, all! > Best, > Garth > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
