Mopolistas: Always pay attention to Helmut! He makes a good point here.
THE OUTLAW: “only KNOWN copy” would have been a better description. Who knows what has survived? THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is, in my opinion, regardless of title or fan-base, a vastly better poster than the rejected EMPIRE poster. Same with THE OUTLAW six and THE BIG SLEEP French. To me, that indicates better than anything market price resiliency. Design, design, design. Kirby > On Sep 17, 2026, at 2:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Kirby, > > re. ten copies of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: Unlikely, but not impossible. Movie > posters never were 'mass market products', but they WERE printed in immense > quantities. > > You will remember when a six-sheet for THE OUTLAW first showed up at > Christie's London maybe 25 years ago. > > It was advertised as 'the only surviving copy'. When the story developed, it > came out that the owners had found a stack of them, and legend had it that > grandma had burned the others out of frustration over the dispute. Some time > later, another one showed up, and then yet another one, and then I lost track. > > Same thing would happen with ten copies of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Or ten > copies of a FRANKENSTEIN six-sheet, should they surface. > > Actually, this has happened numerous times before: Once upon a time, THE BIG > SLEEP French Affiche was ultra-rare. Until a French dealer found a stack of > them. Prices started at €25.000, and you could hold your breath and see them > go down. > > Funny thing is: This happened a long time ago, so at this point that poster > might once again be worth €25.000. > > Helmut > A question: what would you do if you found 10 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN > one-sheets in a drawer somewhere? That’s not probable, in fact highly > improbable, but not impossible. > > K. > > 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.
