In 1958, when I was 10, I sent Movie Star News in NY a letter requesting information on vintage original horror material. They told me to send some of my material and they would send me some of theirs. I sent them some solid stuff - They sent me back highly-duped, signed in the negative portraits of Lugosi, Karloff and the Chaney’s - They ripped me off and I never approached them again. They led me to believe the material I sought was not available. I guess they figured I was just a kid and it didn’t matter. I never forgot that. And it made me shy of correspondence with anyone. So I remained in a poster vacuum in a small town in North Carolina until 10 years later I passed the DC store on a visit to Washington. I almost fainted with the awareness there were others out there in the world that cared for posters. I went through the entire shop and had everything they did except a Herman Brix Mexican Tarzan Lobby Card - which I bought and loved.
Alan > On May 17, 2022, at 5:38 AM, Morris Everett Jr. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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 > <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.
