Seems like add the words British Quad to any sci- fi title and the price takes off
On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM Kirby McDaniel < [email protected]> wrote: > 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? 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
