Re: [MOPO] Changed tastes

2006-09-19 Thread susan olson
 Thankyou for the reply Philipp, good to hear from you. Yes it is a lot of fun, I recently got a Schlock (the water color Image of an Ape carryin a Blonde girl off, the look on his face is so Lascivous and goofy ) I cant help but crack up! and then up will go Lady Frankenstein. yes I love

Re: [MOPO] My Semi-Annual Friendly Reminder

2006-09-19 Thread JR
Scott, Oh, this is such a cop out. Including a reference to *both* Susan and myself as equal partners in crime in this weekend's flame-a-thon? I said ONE thing Scott... count it... ONE thing: 1) ...you're still willing to fire off an emotional blast without considering ALL the aspects of a

[MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread JR
To those who care to read it, I'm sorry for the length of this post, but I need to set the record straight before departing: Recently, in a 24-hour period, Susan Olson sent5 separate public messages to this list in which she violated the long-standing rule of no personal attacks. In each

[MOPO] FS: Cinema Arts - New Acquisitions and a Discount Offer

2006-09-19 Thread Phil Edwards Cinemarts
PHIL EDWARDS CINEMA ARTS SEPTEMBER 2006 Greetings! We have just uploaded 380 new items to our website at www.cinemarts.com (or copy and paste the link into your browser). SPECIAL OFFER FROM CINEMA ARTS >From now until November 30, 2006 we will deduct 20% off all listed prices of items

[MOPO] Contact info on Ebay now gone

2006-09-19 Thread Todd Feiertag
Anyone else notice that unless you have previous contact info(email address) for another Ebay member, it is now impossible to contact that person if they are not currently listing any items? If you go back to their past items, there's no link anymore to ask the seller a question. Unless

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Freedom Lover
I don't blame you, J.R. When reading your post and re-reading hers, it's clear you were not to blame. Susan is the reason I left style-b. Actually, I just stopped the emails like you're doing here. She recently booted me off. I received two emails the same day, one right after the

Re: [MOPO] Contact info on Ebay now gone

2006-09-19 Thread Kenwick Cook
You cango to their feedback page and click-on "contact member", however it is not "item-specific" Hope this helps; FranKenwick Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing

[MOPO] FA: 146 glass slides | major titles | Robin Hood, Singing Fool, Scarlet Empress, Roberta, Snow White, John Wayne, etc....

2006-09-19 Thread abe
Dear friends, It is my pleasure to announce our latest offering of glass slides. This is without question the best collection of slides we've ever offered in one week. Major titles and stars including, but not limited to W.C. Fields, John Wayne, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Buster

[MOPO] For the Record

2006-09-19 Thread Scott Burns
For the record: MoPo is an UNMODERATED group. I am a LISTOWNER, not a MODERATOR. There is a very critical difference: Postings are not viewed, nor approved prior to distribution. When you join the group, you're on your own but expected to act reasonably civil and take responsibility for what you

[MOPO] WTB: LIL ABNER CARTOON ONE SHEET KICKAPOO JUICE

2006-09-19 Thread Kirby McDaniel
We would like to acquire a Columbia cartoon short one sheet from the LIL ABNER series.  The episodeI specifically want is KICKAPOO JUICE.  The date is 1944. Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680  www.movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] For the Record

2006-09-19 Thread Toochis Morin
You're doing a great job, Scott. ToochisScott Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the record:MoPo is an UNMODERATED group.I am a LISTOWNER, not a MODERATOR. There is a very critical difference:Postings are not viewed, nor approved prior to distribution. When you jointhe group, you're on your

Re: [MOPO] Changed tastes

2006-09-19 Thread Toochis Morin
Great subject. I started with Bogie because I've adored him since I was a child. My grandfather looked and sounded like him. Needless to say, Bogie paper runs high so I can't get as much as I like. I then started buying silent movie posters. I pretty much stay with stone lithos and try not to

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread JR
Andrea, Thanks, I really appreciate your stepping up in public to say something against Susan's unwarranted and vicious 24-hour long attack. Yeah, it's obvious to some people (who have not spoken publicly)that Scott should never have let her back in in the first place and should have taken

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Sean Linkenback
I think it took longer for my computer to download all the type in JRs previous message than it does to download the photos from Richies messages. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Freedom Lover
My pleasure, J.R. You know, I believe in taking it outside, as a rule. But her speech was unjustified, undignified, and ludicrous to the point where I felt someone had to speak up. Done is done. I'll be back again the next time she goes off. Until then, I really must get back to

[MOPO] thousands of stills under $1 each close tonight

2006-09-19 Thread Bruce Hershenson
This is Bruce Hershenson. I am sending this quick e-mail to MoPo to make sure something about the 995 lots of vintage stills I have on eBay ending tonight (the 19th) is clear to all of you. Here is what it is: Because I am selling so MANY stills at once (over 5,700 in all) I had to make a

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Gordon DeVinney
JR, Would you please, could you please, kindly drop it? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gordon JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrea, Thanks, I really appreciate your stepping up in public to say something against Susan's unwarranted and vicious 24-hour long attack. Yeah,

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Gordon DeVinney
Shelly, I couldn't agree with you more. I know that for many of you this is a business, either because you are sellers, restorers, or because you collect as investors. However, collecting movie memorabilia or simply having an interest in it is still essentially a hobby, something meant for

Re: [MOPO] This does not go unanswered -- long out of necessity, I'm afraid

2006-09-19 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Gordon you really hit the nail on the head and it is pretty much what I said 2 weeks ago. MoPo is supposed to be (in my opinion) a place for fans to meet, greet, play have fun as well as be educated. Yes I am in business selling posters other collectibles, but I am also a collector for

[MOPO] FS: 1950's 40's posters plus 30's lobby cards on Ebay- Submit Best Offer

2006-09-19 Thread Jack Frost
Greetings, Mopo members I currently have listed on Ebay, a selection of about 40 posters and lobby cards. All of the listings have the option to submit your best offer. There are original posters from the 40's and 50's and lobby cards from the 1930's. I hope you find the time to browse through

[MOPO] original Chaney Sr. still and some other horror pieces for sale

2006-09-19 Thread Ethan Edwards
Make an offer on any combination of items... shipping only 5.00 priority no matter how many items you buy... thanks, Ethan Devil Bats Daughter pressbook... Bela Lugosi Night Monster pressbook... Face of fire pressbook Dead Ringer pressbook bette davis The Amityville Horror pressbook King

[MOPO] Congratulations to Dr. V!

2006-09-19 Thread Steven Yafet
Very nice MCW cover picture and look inside the House of Poe. You certainly deserve all sorts of credit for entertaining and informing MCW readers for all these years. Those articles take a lot of time to research and write. Thank you! I've learned a lot and I'm certain others have as

[MOPO] POSTER WANTED

2006-09-19 Thread Posteritati
Hi, We are looking for an original SPELLBOUND 1 sheet. -- Regards, Sam Sarowitz Posteritati 239 Centre Street New York, NY 10013 212-226-2207/ Fax: 212-226-2102 http://www.posteritati.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

[MOPO] Could we please move on to posters!

2006-09-19 Thread Eric Melanson
I enjoy many intelligent postings from this Forum, and have learned an awful lot about the movie poster collecting hobby as a result. The last few days of diatribes going back and forth is not enhancing the list. Could someone start a good new thread.here's one...what is the best poster find

[MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Susan Heim
Original Spellbound one sheet for $6.00. Now, of course, it was 1974, but I also bought Funny Lady with Barbra Streisand at the same time for $6.00 (still worth $6.00). The killer is, the guy had three copies of Spellbound in the folder,but I was a poor college student and only bought one

[MOPO] BEST POSTER FIND

2006-09-19 Thread channinglylethomson
I found two folded copies (unused) of the one-sheet advance for ET (space ship coming through clouds) in the old Cinema Shop in San Francisco. Bought them for about $30. each. I don't know what they sell for now but even then (around 1990), that was a good price! Channing Thomson in San

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Ethan Edwards
My best was a I walked with a Zombie RR one sheet for 100 dollars 1952... but it's not like any of the other RR's I've ever seen as it has the exact same art as the original release poster worth thousands... Ethan Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] Could we please move on to posters!

2006-09-19 Thread Freedom Lover
I can't believe I'm posting again BUT...OK. I found a Mad Magician, stamped insert for $1.99, Barnum Bailey OS WITH their portraits for $75 (worth, my husband says, around 5000) (I know, it's a circus poster, but still a find!) and a Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 3 sheet for $308 in

[MOPO] FA: One Two Three - Original One Sheet - Saul Bass Art

2006-09-19 Thread victor saddow
One Sheet Linenbacked, 1962 Saul Bass Artwork Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy Very Fine - Condition. Minor Restoration. High Res. Pics Available Please contact for price or any questions. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread kainbach
My best find is the original Austrian poster of Casablanca for $30 back in 1974. I still have it...purchased it from a dealer in Vienna. The worst regret was to sell the British Quad "War of the Worlds" five years ago but it was a package trade/cash deal for mint folded one sheet copies of Attack

Re: [MOPO] Congratulations to Dr. V!

2006-09-19 Thread pj angel
I Agree 100%.Dr Vollin's ARCHIVE site -- The Big Town Years -- can be found athttp://www.houseofpoe.bigtownfilmposters.us/pjSteven Yafet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice MCW cover picture and look inside the House of Poe.You certainly deserve all sorts of credit for entertaining

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread pj angel
Best poster find?Easy. WRITTEN ON THE WIND, Universal-International,one sheet for$10. When? Would you believe last month?http://www.bigtownfilmposters.us/id821.htmOkay, not in the best shape, I know, but come on! 10 bucks? Dario does his magic and turns this ugly duckling into

[MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread David Kusumoto
San Diego Comic-Con, 1975 and 1976 -- when it was held at the old El Cortez Hotel (vs. the cavernous convention center today) -- bought two regular one-sheets -- Jaws and the pre-Oscar One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- for $5 each. In 1979, picked up the bridge-version of Manhattan for $3.

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Richard Del Belso
WOW..THAT WAS A GREAT BUY...AND A GREAT PLUG FOR DARIO. NOW I'M READY TO GIVE HIM A TRY! RICHARD PS: i got a great buy on the Spanish one-sheet for WRITTEN ON THE WIND. it seems that Spanish posters don't command the big bucks even when they're perfect, but this poster is as nice as the US

[MOPO] best poster Find

2006-09-19 Thread susan olson
FearlessVampire Killers Australian Daybill found in my Pobox wrapped birthday gift grom Vesna, Phil and Mila Susan Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Kirby McDaniel
One of my best finds was a silent one sheet for EVANGELINE (1919), an early film of Raoul Walsh, based on the Longfellow poem. This was in an obscure auction up north somewhere about seven or eight years ago. It wasn't that it was such an immediately appreciable bargain, but it was

Re: [MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread Posteritati
LADY EVE 1 sheet for $50 from Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee (when Mike Hawks worked there) in the late 70's! Still one of my faves. #2 is BRINGING UP BABY mint TC from Maury Everett for $150 in early 80's. last lc i'd sell sam Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at

Re: [MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread Sean Linkenback
So, is best poster find buying something 30 years ago for retail which continues to gain in value to this day, or is it purchasing a poster at well below retail regardless of the value at the time - or even just your favorite purchase? I was able to purchase some original Japanese lobby cards

Re: [MOPO] Value by Decades

2006-09-19 Thread Sean Linkenback
From: Bob Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] And, judging by what I've been offered for it, it's by far the most valuable movie poster of the 1970's! Which brings to mind another question... What do you think are the most valuable movie posters from other decades I'll start you off with the

Re: [MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread Roland Lataille
The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm roadshow Cinerama version poster. Sorry Kirby - it's not for sale! The only Cinerama version poster I have seen for this movie. I guess all the collectors are holding on to them. Roland LatailleCinerama web site:http://www.cinerama.topcities.com Visit the

[MOPO] Best Poster Find

2006-09-19 Thread rod
I went to antique store in a very small town in Ohio asking for movie posters. They did not have any but directed to a car body/repair shop down the road. They heard that the owners found some posters during remodeling. It turns out that building used to be a movie theater. So I went there

Re: [MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
Sometimes the "best" poster find doesn't relate to dollar value at all. Finding a bargain (i.e. a valuable poster at a cheap price) has never compared - for me at least - finding something of rarity and interest, or a piece that has some sort of particular personal appeal. Sometimes the two

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Brek Anderson
For me I would have to say "Grand Hotel." Cheers, Brek -- Original message -- From: Kirby McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a great poster it is, too Kirby On Sep 19, 2006, at 6:49 PM, pj angel wrote: Best poster find? Easy. WRITTEN ON THE WIND,

Re: [MOPO] Best poster find.....

2006-09-19 Thread Vesna B
So true...mine would probably be (thanks to a great MOPO member) an aussie daybill for The Way Of All Flesh, a gorgeous Richardson Studio piece. I didn't even know it existed, until I was offered the poster, and now it's one of my favourite posters. Vesna From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Ugliest poster for the best price!!!KirbyOn Sep 19, 2006, at 8:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me I would have to say "Grand Hotel." Cheers, Brek   -- Original message -- From: Kirby McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a great poster it is, too KirbyOn Sep 19, 2006, at

Re: [MOPO] MOST OVERPRICED......................

2006-09-19 Thread pj angel
Mine is kinda boring. $150 from a well-known seller for what has turned out to be worth maybe 5 times less. Purchased it 1998 off his web site. Back then, maybe is was worth it.http://www.bigtownfilmposters.us/id433.htmIt's still a nice Glenn Ford Universal-International, though.

Re: [MOPO] MOST OVERPRICED......................

2006-09-19 Thread David Kusumoto
Tell you what, Michael. Why don't you go first? Then I'll follow. In my case, I bought two titles at auction that many collectors and dealers said I overpaid. With one of 'em, it took almost 10 years to be vindicated, (which BTW, is never the intent of a true collector like me). My defense

Re: [MOPO] Voodoo Woman Returns to Gotham -- film at 11:00 ?, etc.

2006-09-19 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Dennis/Susan this is going to be a short letter. First of all, I want to thank both of you for complimenting what progress I have made with MoviePosterBid during the past few months. It has been a lot of work and it's always nice to have your work recognized by your peers. however

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread Craig Goebel
I've been collectingRCMP posters, one of which is Saskatchewan and that's a great find for me. It's in poor condition. Based on what Dario's done to restore other old posters for me, I've given it to him. The pix shown of Written on the Windare representative of what Dario can do. Craig

[MOPO] Best Poster FInd I didn't Take Advantage of!

2006-09-19 Thread channinglylethomson
There was a collectibles show in San Mateo, CA around 1987. At the show, there was a style B half-sheet (spotlight dance style) for Invasion of the Body Snatchers for $150. I thought about it but didn't buy it! Ughh! Also, there was an insert for Oceans 11 (with image of Rat Pack in front

Re: [MOPO] POSTER FINDS

2006-09-19 Thread Alan Adler
Found a one sheet for Universal 47 Dracula, Creature, Day and a hundred others in trash being thrown out at an old skin flick house in the mid 1970's. Found a dozen Forbidden Planet inserts and halfs, half a dozen Days, WOW B and (4) IBS spotlights and hundreds more inserts and halves behind a

[MOPO] Fwd: Re: [MOPO] Best Poster Find!!

2006-09-19 Thread allen day
Howdy y'all, Dario has done some work for me also. Communication, price, delivery are excellent. I recommend. allenday Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: [MOPO] POSTER FINDS

2006-09-19 Thread susan olson
Great Story Alan susan - Original Message - From: Alan Adler To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] POSTER FINDS Found a one sheet for Universal 47 Dracula, Creature, Day and a hundred others in trash

Re: [MOPO] BEST POSTER FIND

2006-09-19 Thread Natalie Elliott
An exquisite Snow White quad a few years back on ebay. Cost me a decent amount of money, but not a lot. Think I even got up in the middle of the night to snipe it too. Might be a 70s or 80s RR, but it is very beautiful. Where do I have it? Sitting in a box somewhere. Couldn't tell you where that

Re: [MOPO] Best Poster FInd I didn't Take Advantage of!

2006-09-19 Thread Sean Linkenback
How do you go to a poster show and not have $35 in cash on you? I hope you take at least a couple of twenties with you now when you go. -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of channinglylethomson Also, there was an insert for Oceans 11 (with image of Rat