[MOPO] FA: 999 lots of vintage 8x10 stills (2 to 88 stills per lot with 7,573 in all!) end soon; over HALF of them are $5 each or less!

2013-06-13 Thread Bruce Hershenson
*I JUST LOOKED OVER THE 999 LOTS OF VINTAGE STILLS ENDING TONIGHT, AND I SAW LOTS AND LOTS OF REALLY WILDLY UNDER-PRICED ITEMS (there are perhaps 10% that are fairly priced, but the other 90% are filled with super-low prices!).** **THE ONLY THING I CAN FIGURE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE** WAITING FOR THE

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2013-06-13 Thread Zeev Drach
Gorgeous poster but is it just me or does Marilyn not quite look like Marilyn on all posters on this title. Zeev -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: June 13, 2013 12:56 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject:

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2013-06-13 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Marilyn's posters - across here entire filmography - often to do not look like Marilyn. Very few of the illustrations get it really right. Most of them are Marilyn-like. This is often the case with film posters. The image of Veronica Lake on THIS GUN FOR HIRE does not look like Veronica

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2013-06-13 Thread Helmut Hamm
The first poster that comes to my mind is the french LE MEPRIS: http://www.filmposter.net/movieposters/poster/movie/original/le-mepris-contempt-3/ Helmut Am 13.06.2013 um 15:43 schrieb Kirby McDaniel: Marilyn's posters - across here entire filmography - often to do not look like Marilyn.

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2013-06-13 Thread filip de volder
as for french posters , there's really a lot of them that were done by great artists and look really right (though the french Niagara also looks terribly wrong ) french artists soubie and mascii were really top ! filip Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:44:08 +0200 From: texasmu...@web.de

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2013-06-13 Thread Zeev Drach
Kirby, first off, you probably American posters, because foreign posters are usually more realistic and more accurate. As to your question which illustrations on film posters really get the image of a star, where do you want to start? Here are a few American, Marilyn Monroe posters, that did a

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2013-06-13 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Filip et al, I have to say that there are lots of French posters that look really, really wrong as well. The Italians are the best at this, and they get it wrong, too. I think a blind test of illustrations of stars lifted from posters would reveal that we often accept that an image is so

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard C Evans
Particularly like Mascii. Anyone know if any larger French formats have turned up for Les Yeux Sans Visage? Sent from my iPhone On 13 Jun 2013, at 16:32, filip de volder runbuffy...@hotmail.com wrote: as for french posters , there's really a lot of them that were done by great artists and

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2013-06-13 Thread Jeff Potokar
I think Belgian poster artists, in MANY cases, have gotten the image and feel of actors, spot on, in numerous examples. Poster after poster from the 1940s and '50s have just stunning images created of Monroe, Bergman, A Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and so many others, IMO. They can

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2013-06-13 Thread Jay Pea
Or this Belgian, for YOU CANT TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938): Jeff --- On Thu, 6/13/13, Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com wrote: From: Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 10:40 AM I think Belgian poster

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard C Evans
Not sure that isn't retouched photos. Those cheek highlights all a bit too plastic looking for me. Sent from my iPhone On 13 Jun 2013, at 19:07, Jay Pea spitfire3...@yahoo.com wrote: Or this Belgian, for YOU CANT TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938): Jeff --- On Thu, 6/13/13, Jeff Potokar

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2013-06-13 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Agreed. Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com mobile 512 589 5112 On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com wrote: I think Belgian poster artists, in MANY cases, have gotten the image and feel of

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2013-06-13 Thread Jay Pea
The US got them all pretty right on the OS, too, tho, I have to say: Jeff --- On Thu, 6/13/13, Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com wrote: From: Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 11:12 AM Not

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2013-06-13 Thread Jay Pea
Richard, Its hard to say for sure.. but im thinking the 2 large portraits are, indeed, rendered art. The others look  rendered, too.. aside from maybe Barrymore and Donald Meek, in the bottom center. But these may be wonderful, detailed renderings too.Would they have used a combo of

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2013-06-13 Thread s...@mauvais-genres.com
We had a beautiful large French format : http://www.mauvais-genres.com/en/vintage-movie-posters/3370-eyes-without-a-face-french-47x63-62-les-yeux-sans-visage-beautiful-art-by-jean-mascii.html and smaller were nice too

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard C Evans
Thanks Sela, have both of those sizes, both beautiful in their own special way. Larger size has always, in my experience, been reasonably available. Smaller size was very uncommon, but a few years back there was a find, thankfully in this instance I'd say. (It's not as bad as the Peeping Tom

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard C Evans
Yep, difficult to be certain whether heavy photo-retouch or very exact following of photographic reference. Probably not with the main portraits, but thought the guys at the bottom particularly, looked retouched. On 13 Jun 2013, at 19:57, Jay Pea wrote: Richard, Its hard to say for sure..

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2013-06-13 Thread s...@mauvais-genres.com
Beautiful, indeed. Would look great in my living room close to my Onibaba original linen poster :) Goodnight (from France) ! Sela. Le 13 juin 2013 à 21:40, Richard C Evans a écrit : Thanks Sela, have both of those sizes, both beautiful in their own special way. Larger size has always, in my

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2013-06-13 Thread Kirby McDaniel
h….. that would be TONIGHT Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com mobile 512 589 5112 http://www.movieart.com/product_images/uploaded_images/posters/full.thenightofjunethirteenth-9224.jpg Visit the

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2013-06-13 Thread Neil Jaworski
There's an international poster of Eyes Without A Face that uses a version of this artwork that I always thought was very effective. http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/ad6d1427 From: evan...@mac.com evan...@mac.com To: Neil Jaworski neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk

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2013-06-13 Thread Jay Pea
This Italian 4F, with different artwork, would also be commanding, by its 55 x 78 inch size:

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2013-06-13 Thread Jay Pea
As is the Italian 2F (39x55):

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2013-06-13 Thread Neil Jaworski
Cheers Jay, that's exactly the poster I mean.  Absolutely terrific! From: Jay Pea spitfire3...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2013, 22:02 Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD This Italian 4F, with different artwork, would

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2013-06-13 Thread P Molitor
I would kill for that Salaire de le peur. Kill.  For.  It. Arrangements can be made through this email address... --Peter (Just kidding NSA.) --- On Thu, 6/13/13, Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com wrote: From: Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD To:

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard Del Belso
It really is spectacular but I would just maim for it. Richard Del Belso Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:28:18 -0700 From: oldposte...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU I would kill for that Salaire de le peur. Kill. For. It. Arrangements can be made

Re: [MOPO] FA: 999 lots of vintage 8x10 stills (2 to 88 stills per lot with 7,573 in all!) end soon; over HALF of them are $5 each or less!

2013-06-13 Thread Bruce Hershenson
So many steals, so little time left! With just an hour to go, there are still 173 items at $1 or with no bids (17%), 220 items at $2 or less (22%), 282 items at $3 or less (28%), 384 items at $4 or less (38%), and 463 items at $5 or less (46%)! Want to pick up some insanely cheap stills? Go to *

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
At 03:32 PM 6/13/2013, Richard Del Belso wrote: It really is spectacular but I would just maim for it. Richard Del Belso Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:28:18 -0700 From: oldposte...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU I would kill

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2013-06-13 Thread Simon Oram
With the Leveque poster of Wages of Fear, if you know your French cinema the artists rendition of Charles Vanel is so unmistakably him and the expression on his face reminds me so much of that awful moment. Just like Ballester’s renditions of the faces of Brando in On the Waterfront and Ford’s

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2013-06-13 Thread Richard Evans
My other favourite grande. Great portrait by Grinsson, muted tones with the green bat make it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/evansrc/831106d606b5f631251149dbbf71a08a_zps34375959.jpg Sent from my iPad On 14 Jun 2013, at 00:41, Simon Oram fab5fre...@btinternet.com wrote: With the

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2013-06-13 Thread Jeff Potokar
Beautiful, Richard!! Bravo. On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:17 PM, Richard Evans wrote: My other favourite grande. Great portrait by Grinsson, muted tones with the green bat make it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/evansrc/ 831106d606b5f631251149dbbf71a08a_zps34375959.jpg Sent from my iPad

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2013-06-13 Thread Zeev Drach
Sorry Jeff, I somewhat disagree with your assessment of the Belgian posters. They are usually superbly drawn/painted, but my knock against them is that no matter the title or subject matter, the all come across as oh-so-happy with their rosy cheeks that it makes me want to scream. Zeev

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2013-06-13 Thread Jeff Potokar
Hi Zeev, That may be, but then let's just talk about accurate and true artistic renditions of actors' faces (and not meaning retouched or tinted photo images). For realism, the Belgian artists certainly have gotten the accuracy down, without question, IMO. Jeff On Jun 13, 2013, at

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2013-06-13 Thread Zeev Drach
Agree about the accuracy. Zeev -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Potokar Sent: June 13, 2013 9:05 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [Bulk] Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD Hi Zeev, That may be, but then let's just talk

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[MOPO] FA: New Gene Autry posters, lobby cards and collectibles - ending soon!

2013-06-13 Thread Laura C
Hello. We have dozens of new Gene Autry items up for auction and sale on eBay right now, including new Republic lobby cards (Back in the Saddle, Carolina Moon, Call of the Canyon, Springtime in the Rockies, and more), and posters of all sizes. The auctions end soon, some on Saturday