Oh, yes definitely Kirby! Very aware of that situation and of course, should have mentioned it!
Thanks! Todd ________________________________ From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2026 12:48 PM To: Todd Feiertag <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] Empire Strikes Back unedited version Todd, et al, Of course, posters recycle through auctions, and some auction lots will have been auctioned several times, making data on the actual number of existing copies a chore (for somebody, not me). Good point, Todd. Kirby On Sep 17, 2026, at 11:36 AM, Todd Feiertag <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting conversation and very good points by Kirby and Helmut. Talk about sitting on a stack of posters... one thing I've noticed and I'm sure others have too, is that over the past 25 or so years, is that almost every poster auction seems to have a copy of the KING KONG French Grande (47" x 63") Roland Coudon style artwork. I don't remember any notation ever stating it's the only one out there or any blurb concerning it's rarity but apparently and good for them, someone must be sitting on a stack of these. A poster I don't particularly care for but that's me. Todd ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:34 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] Empire Strikes Back unedited version 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 ________________________________ 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.
