Agreed, Kirby! On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM Kirby McDaniel < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
