Martin and other assorted Mopolistas, I looked into my Wayback Machine and asked a simple question. Give an example of a valuable rare and a valuable common movie poster. I got this curt smart-aleck answer from the damn thing: “MAN FROM PLANET X British Quad RARE. STAR WARS style A one-sheet NOT EVEN CLOSE.”
Kirby > On Sep 18, 2026, at 4:03 AM, Martin Last > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To you all, >> >> I’ve not posted on here for years - maybe even for more than ten years! >> >> All this talk of rare posters got me thinking about my „Man From Planet X“ >> British quad. Bought more or less direct from someone who found it, along >> with a few other 1951 quads, under the floorboards of a former cinema in the >> seaside town of Great Yarmouth, UK. >> >> I think I saw one in a 1990s auction catalogue (Christie’s, London?) and a >> Google images search just now revealed what looks like a book reproduction >> of one (on a site called Sci-Fr Movies) but does anyone know how rare the >> poster really is? Also, does anyone know which book the poster is >> illustrated in? >> >> >> Martin > > P.S. I think sent my post to Helmut’s mail address before. I apologize if the > duplication is confusing! > >> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: >> >> Von: Martin Last <[email protected]> >> Betreff: Aw: [MOPO] [MOPO] [MOPO] Empire Strikes Back unedited version >> Datum: 18. September 2026 um 10:54:19 MESZ >> An: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> To you all, >> >> I’ve not posted on here for years - maybe even for more than ten years! >> >> All this talk of rare posters got me thinking about my „Man From Planet X“ >> British quad. Bought more or less direct from someone who found it, along >> with a few other 1951 quads, under the floorboards of a former cinema in the >> seaside town of Great Yarmouth, UK. >> >> I think I saw one in a 1990s auction catalogue (Christie’s, London?) and a >> Google images search just now revealed what looks like a book reproduction >> of one (on a site called Sci-Fr Movies) but does anyone know how rare the >> poster really is? Also, does anyone know which book the poster is >> illustrated in? >> >> >> Martin >> >>> Am 18.09.2026 um 08:42 schrieb Helmut Hamm >>> <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Sometimes it does pay to buy 'top shelf'. The original artwork for the >>> British video poster for KILLER KLOWNS is part of my permanent shop >>> exhibition and not for sale. It's now worth several times what I paid for >>> it: >>> >>> https://www.filmposter.net/en/killer-klowns-from-outer-space-original-artwork-for-the-british-video-poster.html >>> >>> Helmut >>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2026 um 19:28 >>> Von: "Jeffrey Meyer" <[email protected]> >>> An: [email protected] >>> Betreff: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] Empire Strikes Back unedited version >>> Killer Klowns from Outer Space comes to mind as well. Same with The >>> Mutilator >>> From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Kirby McDaniel >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2026 12:48 PM >>> To: [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? 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