Hi Matt - Glad you still have that Vertigo I sold you - I think I found 3 mint ones like this and one used one - So there should be a couple more out there. Came out of a cubby-holed shelf from a shuttered poster distribution hub in Charlotte in the early 1970s. Someone could ID ones from this find by inventory numbers on the reverse, top right corner. These Vertigo pieces had been sitting there on that shelf in storage since 1958. I think my best buddy, Robby McClure, got a couple of them, too. Robbie also pulled something like nine mint Forbidden Planet one sheets from the same score and sold them to Bob Coleman - Rest his soul, one of the great old-school Hollywood poster dealers. Robbie bought a boat with the money and named it Forbidden Planet. Those were the days. Enjoy!
> On Mar 29, 2023, at 10:03 AM, Matt Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > For color reference… This is an unused example I bought from Alan Alder many > many years ago. He said it had only been unfolded once for his picture. I > unfolded it a 2nd time for these photos and it’s been in a flat file since. > My photo setup was designed to get a true and honest representation of color, > detail and condition — no added sharpening and absolutely no added color > saturation. Yuck. This was shot on a vacuum board with color steady strobes > and color corrected, honestly, to the best of my ability so that I end up > with good consistency between various batched of pictures. I guess it’s > possible uploading to imgur for hosting (where they probably recompressing > it) could slightly affect color representation. And of course the screen you > are viewing it on might not be color correction, etc., etc... > > That all said, this is probably as close as you’ll come to a “reference" > example. > > Apologies if the pics don’t embed… I never was quite sure how to do that > here. > > https://i.imgur.com/hH4ni3N.jpg > > https://i.imgur.com/aegyhXp.jpg > > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 12:02 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I take your point. Having said that, sun-faded or something else, I would >> not want this poster, either personally or for inventory, because it's not >> within the range that was intended. Not for $9000 +, not for $500. >> >> Kirby >> >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 10:32 AM, peter contarino <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Kirby look at the blacks on that poster. That thing must have come out of >>> Maddalena's Florida room. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:15 AM Kirby McDaniel <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one >>>> sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", >>>> if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have >>>> seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of >>>> the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the >>>> range that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color >>>> shift since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my >>>> question is: is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of >>>> "lighter". Most of the posters that I have seen which are significantly >>>> sun-faded have some textural degradation of the paper itself. >>>> >>>> I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that >>>> it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. >>>> >>>> K. >>>> >>>> Kirby McDaniel >>>> movieart.com <http://movieart.com/> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> 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 >> > > > 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.
