> 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 >> > 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.
