Thank Alan and Kirby After writing my post I realized that I hadn’t been entirely accurate. There were actually quite a number of other quads under those floorboards and they weren’t all from 1951 releases. I bought a few of them, including quads from Monroe’s "Love Happy“ (1949) and Lucille Ball’s „The Magic Carpet“ (1951). I don’t suppose there are many of those quads knocking about either - at least I couldn't find any images of them on-line when I did a Google search just now.
Great Yarmouth is a pretty small and provincial seaside town that only comes alive in the summer holiday season. I wonder how movies like "Man From Planet X“ were received there back in 1951! Martin > Am 18.09.2026 um 17:02 schrieb Alan Heimann <[email protected]>: > > 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] > <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Betreff: Aw: [MOPO] [MOPO] [MOPO] Empire Strikes Back unedited version >>>> Datum: 18. September 2026 um 10:54:19 MESZ >>>> An: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[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] >>>>> <mailto:[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] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> An: [email protected] <mailto:[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] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Kirby McDaniel >>>>> <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2026 12:48 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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] >>>>> <mailto:[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] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Kirby McDaniel >>>>> <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:34 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 >> > > 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.
