Re: [MOPO] A quiz brought to you by those who soon bring you the April Major Auction!

2014-03-21 Thread Bruce Hershenson
The answer to our quiz: The Man From Laramie Argentinean poster! [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com wrote: I'd say there's also a lot of positive discrimination towards daybills. They are doing very well lately. I don't dislike all of

Re: [MOPO] Question re: Film Classics, The Hurricane with Dorothy Lamour

2014-03-21 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Thanks Peter. I knew about this, but I need something searchable. Eventually someone will do this to one of the newspapers, and it will be an invaluable tool for researchers like you and me! On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:42 AM, P Molitor oldposte...@yahoo.com wrote: Bruce, The New York Times has

Re: [MOPO] Public apology for Premiere Props debacle of the decade

2014-03-21 Thread James Gresham
Dan thanks for your response. I have also heard from Todd privately. After hearing these responses, I would say that clearly neither you or Todd is the problem here. Both you Todd have always been first class guys. The problem falls to Premier Props. My only hope is that based upon your

[MOPO] UK/London: storing tri-fold 1-sheets?

2014-03-21 Thread Neil Jaworski
Hallo UK MOPOers I have a few trifold 1-sheets and they're an annoying size to find an (acid-free, secure, waterproof) storage box for. Anyone local had a similar issue that they solved?  Or know who I should be talking too for All My Storage Needs? Cheers Neil Visit the MoPo Mailing

[MOPO] THE BIG SLEEP

2014-03-21 Thread Kirby McDaniel
http://www.movieart.com/big-sleep-the-1946-19346/ Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas mobile 512 589 5112 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at

Re: [MOPO] Public apology for Premiere Props debacle of the decade

2014-03-21 Thread Jeff Potokar
Looks like Premiere Props is having another auction this weekend. It's called Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII https://www.premiereprops.com/live_auctions_pre.php So it seems they are carrying on with business. Jeff On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:18 AM, James Gresham wrote: Dan thanks for your

Re: [MOPO] Public apology for Premiere Props debacle of the decade

2014-03-21 Thread Kirby McDaniel
God, I am glad that I didn’t consign anything to that auction. That would irritate me to death. And while I’m sure that Dan Strebin was punked on this, I can understand Jim Gresham’s disgust. It’s abusive. Kirby On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com wrote: Looks

Re: [MOPO] THE BIG SLEEP

2014-03-21 Thread Richard C Evans
Just read that with recent topic of condition grading in mind. As descriptions go, that seems good to me. No, I mean it's very good. Sorry, it's better than that, it's excellent. No, hold on, it's not that bad. It's fine. What I mean is that it's perfectly adequate. Sent from my iPhone

[MOPO] FA: Internet Bidding Ends Today! Heritage March Signature Extravaganza!

2014-03-21 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
More than 1200 lots of great, beautiful and rare vintage posters in Heritage March Signature auction! All lots are online and bidding ends this evening at 10PM CT for sessions 1 and 2. The Live event is tomorrow and Sunday, March 22 and 23, with bidding available through Heritage HA Live

Re: [MOPO] THE BIG SLEEP

2014-03-21 Thread Kirby McDaniel
So thank you! I thought it was florid enough to satisfy all comers. But what it also important is that we are never going to stick anyone with any poster that they don’t want and we are going to call them before we ship and go over any and all issues so that they are aware beforehand that we

[MOPO] What we have here...

2014-03-21 Thread rodxmorgan
bachelor mother---10---500800---g7 playgirl---14---com4 glass slipper---14---com8 Cinderella---27---variation---4075---dz/dz15.JPG Cinderella---28---250500---dz Cinderfella---22---50100---jl/com16.JPG Gold rush---12---?125250?---com/com36.JPG? loved one---14---com9/us605.JPG cool hand

[MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Tommy Barr
I just had a look at Bruce's preview and I have to say it is pretty amazing. What surprises me, though, is some of the posters which people have gone to the expense of having linenbacked, and I wonder at what point does that become a viable option. I am using EMP sales as an example here, but I

Re: [MOPO] THE BIG SLEEP

2014-03-21 Thread Richard C Evans
Ah, to be honest I missed out the middle florid bit, went straight from very fine minus at the top, to the meat of condition specifics at the bottom. Not dismissing the rest, just read it now, nice. Certainly have to have that part of the sell, even if invariably for me it might as well be

Re: [MOPO] UK/London: storing tri-fold 1-sheets?

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
I stick them in my flat files At 07:33 AM 3/21/2014, Neil Jaworski wrote: Hallo UK MOPOers I have a few trifold 1-sheets and they're an annoying size to find an (acid-free, secure, waterproof) storage box for. Anyone local had a similar issue that they solved? Or know who I should be

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Tommy people do have a belief in many cases that linenbacking a poster is what you're supposed to do while myself and other believe linenbacking is only done for restorative purposes yet other people believe that linenbacking adds value to a poster regardless of condition (I don't) I've

Re: [MOPO] UK/London: storing tri-fold 1-sheets?

2014-03-21 Thread Richard C Evans
Get them linen backed, it's very good in allowing storage of folded items in tubes. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Mar 2014, at 14:33, Neil Jaworski neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hallo UK MOPOers I have a few trifold 1-sheets and they're an annoying size to find an (acid-free, secure,

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Tommy Barr
Interesting, Rich. Christies in London recommended to me some time ago that I should linenback my posters. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com wrote: Tommy people do have a belief in many cases that linenbacking a poster is what you're

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Jeff Potokar
Tommy, Did they suggest doing this to ANY poster, regardless of condition or age? If so, what reason did they give? Jeff On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Tommy Barr wrote: Interesting, Rich. Christies in London recommended to me some time ago that I should linenback my posters. On

[MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Tommy Barr
-- Forwarded message -- From: Tommy Barr tommymb...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Linen backing To: Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com I think Christies do not regard anything less than £1000 as worthy of their notice, so while they did not

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Evans
Beginning of my collecting coincided with Christies London's first sale in 95. (Pretty sure it was their first sale, or first decent one, at least first Tony did I believe.) At that time, I found linen backing was accepted practice generally, whether or not strictly speaking the condition of the

Re: [MOPO] THE BIG SLEEP

2014-03-21 Thread Neil Jaworski
I think this is an interesting topic and I agree that Kirby is totally scrupulous about condition - I bought a low-value window-card from him and, without my asking, he gave me a detailed account of it's flaws and sent a super-sharp image.  N From: Richard C

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
pretty much correct about their reasons. At 12:06 PM 3/21/2014, Richard Evans wrote: Beginning of my collecting coincided with Christies London's first sale in 95. (Pretty sure it was their first sale, or first decent one, at least first Tony did I believe.) At that time, I found linen

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Adrian Cowdry
Christies recommend Linen Backing everything so they can display it for exhibition only for when punters view the auction. If a poster is in general good condition most collectors like to see the history of it - linen backing and restoration can hide a multitude of sins - you will see this

[MOPO] FA: We have our best selection ever in our April Major Auction other auctions from 3/23 to 4/13!

2014-03-21 Thread Bruce Hershenson
The next two weeks will be the absolute busiest eMoviePoster.com has ever had, and I want to make certain those of you reading this are aware of the many different auctions we will be holding during that time! 1) We have the absolute finest selection of stills we have ever offered at one time

[MOPO] Christies South Ken

2014-03-21 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Do Christies South Kensington still have Movie Poster auctions? I'm heading to London in a couple of weeks and thought I might take some things with me. Has anyone had any recent consignment experiences with them? JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA Websites: www.moviemem.com www.OzeFilm.com

[MOPO] You can now see 1000 of the items in our April Major Auction!

2014-03-21 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Well, we worked all day, and we tried really hard, but we were unable to get a preview gallery of Part II *WITH *condition and in the right order. But we *WERE *able to create a gallery of all the images of the 500 linenbacked items in Part II, and you can view it here:

[MOPO] FA: Just Hours to Go to Bid on the Very Best this Season!

2014-03-21 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
More than 1200 lots of great, beautiful and rare vintage posters in Heritage March Signature auction! All lots are online and bidding ends this evening at 10PM CT for sessions 1 and 2. The Live event is tomorrow and Sunday, March 22 and 23, with bidding available through Heritage HA Live

Re: [MOPO] Linen backing

2014-03-21 Thread Franc
Linen backing has been used for over 100 years to preserve posters. Aside from my movie posters, I collect French Opera posters that mostly date to 1903-1910. Many were linen-backed to prevent cracking, chipping and tearing etc. The newbies in the business have rather recently begun shunning the