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.
