Hey, who knows anything about the Frankenstein/Dracula combo pressbooks
that showed up a couple years back? 8.5 x 11, duotone green and white
cover, 2 staples at top, 10 pages, b&w interior, blank back cover. They
showed up on eBay as a "warehouse find," and were sold for $40-50 each. I
bought two out of curiosity. SInce then people have been reselling them
regularly--there's one up now for $900+ stating it's from the 1938
rerelease, and another identical one for $250 described as "reprinted in
the 1960s." Heritage sold one in 2011 or so as 1938 for $2400, though it
looked older than these, which are almost all in like-new shape and aways
with rusted staples. They are not Universal-produced, and have no dates.
Would a distributor have reprinted them for the 1960 release? I have the
Dracula and Frankenstein posters but haven't seen anything about a
duo-release. I have no reason to believe they were not actually a
"warehouse find,"--that someone ran across a crate of them. But who made
them and for what? If someone made a bunch of outright fakes I don't think
they would have, or could have, arranged for uniform staple rusting. I'd be
surprised if one of you experts hasn't seen or bought one, or has an
opinion about their origin and authenticity. anyone?
--Tom
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