[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] New Autographs on vintage Posters?

2024-05-15 Thread Helmut Hamm
that would be cool..however as to the value of the poster hard to say if it would increase decrease or do nothing..but if it’s a personalized sig ..to Alan best of luck HB still cool but no q decreases value of poster    On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM Helmut Hamm <02a292c4d4

[MOPO] New Autographs on vintage Posters?

2024-05-15 Thread Helmut Hamm
I was wondering what you guys think about newer autographs on vintage movie posters?   Personally, I like vintage autographs. I have a Subway Window Card for THE WARRIORS that was signed by almost the entire cast back in 1979. Since the movie is a personal favorite, I really like that one.   

[MOPO] WTB: Sunset Boulevard French Grande

2024-03-28 Thread Helmut Hamm
Another far shot: I'm looking for an original release French SUNSET BOULEVARD 47x63, the style with the blue blackground.   Helmut   www.filmposter.net To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Lot of junkers

2024-02-10 Thread Helmut Hamm
Hallo Dale,   I assume these are too expensive for your buddy's project, BUT both lots are listed at less than 5% of the retail value of the complete posters:   https://www.filmposter.net/en/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-original-release-german-movie-poster-fragments.html  

[MOPO] FS: filmposter.net Website Update

2024-02-08 Thread Helmut Hamm
Just added more than 150 new movie posters to the site. A few rare US posters, a never-before-seen and absolutely amazing German poster for ALRAUNE (1919), directed by Michael Curtiz. Also, numerous German posters for James Bond, the entire run of all 38 classic German Edgar Wallace films made

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Lobby Card question and FA a few auctions

2024-01-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
Hello Lumi,   NOTHING BUT TROUBLE has a very nice title card and a great scene card with Oli acting out at a dinner table.   Not exactly cooking, but LET'S MAKE LOVE has a scene card that shows Marilyn sipping coffee.   Not exactly PC anymore, but HARDLY WORKING has a scene card with Jerry

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] 1st Dibs

2024-01-15 Thread Helmut Hamm
My experience is that any attempt to find new buyers through marketing is completely pointless. The ad campaigns I ran (including Google Adwords) were always a waste of money. Even the press coverage I got for the shop hardly showed any immediate response.   I think movie poster marketing only

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Re: [MOPO] Grading VHS Tapes

2024-01-07 Thread Helmut Hamm
ve pointed out that era in my posts when I discuss the flatlining of poster values Rich On 1/6/2024 7:11 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: VHS tapes have always been collectible, but it is a market that has been widely ignored by outsiders for a long time.   Apparently, VHS collecting is not limited

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] 1st Dibs

2024-01-07 Thread Helmut Hamm
Their fees are very high, basic shop fee used to start at €500 per month, plus sales commissions. They obviously do not want their sellers to offer the goods cheaper elsewhere, on their own website for example. Thus the 'price guarantee'.   Helmut     Gesendet: Sonntag, 07. Januar 2024 um

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Grading VHS Tapes

2024-01-06 Thread Helmut Hamm
VHS tapes have always been collectible, but it is a market that has been widely ignored by outsiders for a long time.   Apparently, VHS collecting is not limited to sealed tapes: A few years ago I spoke to a collector who complained about the vast number or FAKE VHS paper inlays. To that day, I

[MOPO] Bullitt Special poster

2023-12-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
I was quite amazed to see this special poster for BULLITT in the last emovieposter auction:   https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/7901052.html   There is a very common reprint of this poster around, and I always wondered if it was made from an actual studio issued poster or if it

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] UV Light

2023-12-04 Thread Helmut Hamm
'd have no trouble identifying it as having been printed with DayGlo inks.  DayGlo has a website, FYI.       Kirby   On Dec 2, 2023, at 2:57 AM, Helmut Hamm <02a292c4d413-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote:   Paul,   with DR. STRANGELOVE I am not sure if not all of

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] UV Light

2023-12-02 Thread Helmut Hamm
ne you suggested easily identify it vs the non-Day-Glo title? What exactly would I be looking for to tell them apart?   All the best.   Sincerely,    Paul W. Hazen   From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:55 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject:

[MOPO] UV Light

2023-11-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
I recently bought a the 'UV Beast' blacklight on Amazon that fellow MoPo member Peter Contarino had recommended. As expected, it is exactly what I had been looking for, so thanks to Peter for the tip!   I mainly bought this in order to better identify teh amount of restoration in linenbacked

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS PROOFS  CineMasterpieces VINTAGE MOVIE POSTERS

2023-11-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
t was "cool". Star Wars was cool and became collectible almost immediately. One of our clients who used to work at GORE GRAPHICS told me about his kids in the 1980's who took some of his proofs and made book covers for their school books to show off to their classmates.   On Sun, No

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS PROOFS  CineMasterpieces VINTAGE MOVIE POSTERS

2023-11-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
covers for their school books to show off to their classmates.   On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 4:47 AM Helmut Hamm <texasmu...@web.de> wrote: Whatever you want to call them, test printings or proofs: When it comes to STAR WARS, there way too many of these around for my taste. Bruce alone has

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] BLACK FRIDAY SALE 2023  CineMasterpieces VINTAGE MOVIE POSTERS ��

2023-11-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
Whatever you want to call them, test printings or proofs: When it comes to STAR WARS, there way too many of these around for my taste. Bruce alone has auctioned more than thirty copies of the Style C Onesheet 'test print'. Frankly, I can't see any difference to the regular onesheets. Actually, 

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Re: [MOPO] Can‘t beat the STAR WARS craze…

2023-10-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
. Oktober 2023 um 19:22 Uhr Von: "Sean Linkenback" An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Can‘t beat the STAR WARS craze… I think that is evidence enough the buyer thought it was an "original" as stated in the headline   On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Can‘t beat the STAR WARS craze…

2023-10-20 Thread Helmut Hamm
hink. Cost of living has gotten quite a bit expensive here.    On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 1:24 PM Helmut Hamm <texasmu...@web.de> wrote: This Style A is properly identified as a reproduction and properly listed under reproductions.   With six hours to go it is currently at $255:   https://

[MOPO] Can‘t beat the STAR WARS craze…

2023-10-19 Thread Helmut Hamm
This Style A is properly identified as a reproduction and properly listed under reproductions.   With six hours to go it is currently at $255:   https://www.ebay.com/itm/404546323895?   I just don't get it. Maybe I'm getting too old for this.   Helmut To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list,

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS POST EVER>>>>>Re: [MOPO] FA: What can I can invest in that has not gone sky high in recent years?

2023-10-19 Thread Helmut Hamm
Rich and all,   if you are looking for something you can sit on and wait for it to increase in value, movie posters are not for you. But can you think of any other field of investment where this is true?   If you invested in silver ago comics early enough, you made a fortune. I remember buying

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Some basic items that EVERY movie memorabilia collector should consider owning!

2023-10-08 Thread Helmut Hamm
Simple PE foil does not stick to anything. It comes in stretched an unstretched. I currently use stretched. It is less expensive, but you need more of it, and I have to wrap it around three  or four times so that it properly sticks to itself. It also adds to the stability of the package.  

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Some basic items that EVERY movie memorabilia collector should consider owning!

2023-10-07 Thread Helmut Hamm
I'm not using any tape at all when packing posters. Instead, everything I send out is wrapped in thin plastic foil that I buy on 600 meter rolls. It perfectly secures the poster inside the cardboard backing and makes the package waterproof as well.   Helmut   www.filmposter.net     Gesendet: 

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] I am very proud of what the 21 eMoviePoster.com staff members have accomplished!

2023-10-04 Thread Helmut Hamm
That's what, like 100 candy bars for every West Plains resident? ;-)     And then two days later I intend to pass out 2,200+ full-size candy bars to West Plains residents!   To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link:

[MOPO] filmposter.net Website Update: 80 'Better' Movie Posters

2023-09-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
Covering 100 years of cinema, from 1920 to 2020:   https://www.filmposter.net/en/new-additions/   Helmut To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Addendum - Not responding

2023-09-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
Jason,   with all those people waiting to receive their orders, this is the best you can come up with? :-(   Helmut From: MoPo List on behalf of Jason Edgerley Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 4:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: Not responding     Yes the

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Q on cuban posters

2023-09-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
Standard Cuban poster size used to be 20x30 in.   Unfortunately, tons of vintage posters were (and most likely still are) reprinted at the Cuban Film Institute in Havanna. 20 years ago or so, you could buy them for a buck a piece.   Personally, I only buy Cuban posters if they are period

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] does anyone know the HS tariff code (Norway) for movie poster shipping?

2023-09-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
Poster Prints 49119100   Alternatively:   Lithographic Prints 970290   Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. September 2023 um 13:19 Uhr Von: "Tony Calvert" An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: [MOPO] does anyone know the HS tariff code (Norway) for movie poster shipping? Very confusing to me

[MOPO] WTB: Frankenstein Lobby Card a.o.

2023-09-20 Thread Helmut Hamm
I know this is a far shot, but I am looking for an original release, unrestored 'Monster meets his Maker' lobby card from FRANKENSTEIN in at least Fine condition.   I'm also looking for original release German posters for WAR OF THE WORLDS and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.   Helmut  

[MOPO] FS: Website Update 400 German Arthouse Posters 1953-1974

2023-09-02 Thread Helmut Hamm
numerous posters from their collection. Best regards, Helmut Hamm To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you have watched?

2023-07-19 Thread Helmut Hamm
The most disturbing movie I ever saw must‘ve been ERASERHEAD. I still don‘t know why, but I was shifting in my seat all the time wanting to leave the cinema but couldn‘t and I did sit through it to the end. To this day, I have not watched it again. The most grueling movie I ever saw was THE

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Heritage fees

2023-06-17 Thread Helmut Hamm
Rich,   every major auctions tends to have it's number of 'freaks', posters that sell way above their market value. Problem is, with the massive fees you actually NEED at least a couple of those to make it worth your while.   It's been a long time since I have been selling at auction, but

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Heritage fees

2023-06-10 Thread Helmut Hamm
Peter, I hope you did not expect Heritage to answer your question? Since Grey has gone, Heritage is exclusively abusing MoPo for their auction spamming. Generally speaking, all auction houses charge from both ends: If a lot sells for $200, they add a buyer‘s premium of 20-35% and they charge a

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] AW: [MOPO] WOW!! PROPSTORE SHIPPING QUOTE!!

2023-05-28 Thread Helmut Hamm
I also think you should contact Propstore about this. $460 appears to be the ‚official‘ rate that is displayed on the Fedex website. Fact is, Fedex, as well as UPS and DHL, give HUGE discounts for business accounts, for bigger businesses this can range from 50% to 75% off the retail rates.

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Propstore Poster Auction

2023-04-19 Thread Helmut Hamm
25% seems to be perfectly acceptable these days... I have seen premiums of up to 30%. I wish I could join in on the previewing fun, but apparently my Ipad is too old to even open the Propstore website. Helmut > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 19.04.2023 um 19:21 Uhr > Von: "Alan Heimann" > An:

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Postal Service handling issues

2023-04-02 Thread Helmut Hamm
uyer was totally refunded by Fleabay > with no problem at all and it didn't cost me anything. > > Todd > ____ > From: MoPo List on behalf of Helmut Hamm > > Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2023 4:17 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] Postal Service handling issues

2023-04-02 Thread Helmut Hamm
e it to the Global Shipping Center > but did not make it to Italy and the buyer was totally refunded by Fleabay > with no problem at all and it didn't cost me anything. > > Todd > > From: MoPo List > mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>&

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Paying global carriers for "insurance" that's worthless

2023-04-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
Kirby, just curious: How often have you been able to successfully claim that insurance? Helmut > Gesendet: Samstag, den 01.04.2023 um 00:07 Uhr > Von: "Kirby McDaniel" > An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Paying global carriers for "insurance" that's worthless > > We are

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Postal Service handling issues

2023-04-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
One carrier who used to insure collectibles for up to €25.000 is DHL Express. I don‘t know if they still do, but if the issue is at hand, it should be worth to study their Terms of Service. I suggest to do that yourself and NOT rely on the opinion of some hotline geek. As to charging but not

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Postal Service handling issues

2023-04-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
Hello Caitlin, if my past experience is worth anything, not all hope is lost in this case. I once had a package from Japan lost with DHL Express. It was not an overly expensive poster, so they refunded the sender on that one. About six months later I got a call from DHL telling me they had

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Postal Service handling issues

2023-03-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
John, when shipping from Germany, there is no way to insure any collectibles beyond a value of €500 with any of the carriers. UPS in the US used to insure collectibles, but I don‘t know if they still do. For all I know, the Postal Services around the world do not. Chances are that you wasted

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] FA: THIS WEEK HERITAGE has DETOUR, DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE, FASTER PUSSYCAT, & More- 364 lots

2023-03-29 Thread Helmut Hamm
It was a long time ago, but I never forgot the VERTIGO Onesheet on ebay that was faded to a light yellow. The full-time movie poster dealer (excuse me if I don‘t use the term ‚professional‘ here) had it described as ‚possible Style B‘. Uh-huh. > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 29.03.2023 um 19:03

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] A question to me that REALLY has me puzzled!

2023-03-29 Thread Helmut Hamm
I wouldn‘t know which poster is most commonly found in collections, but for the most owned movie poster (original or reproduction) of all time my money is on the STAR WARS Style A Onesheet. An entire industry developed around the SW franchise, both collectors and decorators have been buying

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Legality of selling movie posters

2023-02-27 Thread Helmut Hamm
In the US, resale of movie posters (and any other copyrighted materials like CDs or books) is protected by the first-sale doctrine. If you have aquired a movie poster legally, you can do with it whatever you want: Give it away, sell it, destroy it, whatever you pleaseß. So unless a previous

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Celebrate! MoPo is 28 Years Old!

2023-02-25 Thread Helmut Hamm
Gosh, 28 years, can you believe it? If we continue much longer, MoPo will be older than I am! Thanks for still hanging in, Scott! Best wishes, Helmut > Gesendet: Freitag, den 24.02.2023 um 20:22 Uhr > Von: "Scott Burns" > An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Betreff: [MOPO] Celebrate! MoPo is

[MOPO] WTB: To Catch a Thief Belgian, Ilsa She Wolf Onesheet

2023-02-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
Looking for an original release belgian movie poster for TO CATCH A THIEF and also a Hallmark US Onesheet for ILSA SHE WOLF OF THE SS (that‘s the one with the infamous ‚lampshades‘ tagline). Please advise price and condition. Thank you, Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo

[MOPO] filmposter.net Website Update

2023-01-31 Thread Helmut Hamm
125 new additions, including several 1920s and '30s German posters never offered before:   https://www.filmposter.net/en/new-additions/   Cheers,   Helmut To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1

[MOPO] WTB: Point Blank (1967)

2023-01-11 Thread Helmut Hamm
I‘m looking for a US Onesheet only, in VF or better condition. Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] Mondo sales

2022-12-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
-classics, and beefed-up better-than-the-original posters for > >>> many titles that had just plain bad art to start with. (Those bad > >>> art originals are still my real favorites, though!) > >>> They’re great fan art - The successes and the just-okay ones. > >>

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Mondo sales

2022-12-24 Thread Helmut Hamm
2428 Mondo posters in a single auction... Plus another 2530 Mondo posters from Bruce in October, and another 257 in July 2022, plus thousand more that were sold through  Heritage, and let's not forget about ebay here... That's what, like 10,000 Mondo posters sold in 2022 alone?   Is there

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] NYT on SIGHT AND SOUND LIST

2022-12-10 Thread Helmut Hamm
And like all other NYT content it is hidden behind a payment block. > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 07.12.2022 um 17:33 Uhr > Von: "Kirby McDaniel" > An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Betreff: [MOPO] NYT on SIGHT AND SOUND LIST > >

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Casablanca collection on display in NYC

2022-12-03 Thread Helmut Hamm
Thanks for sharing, David. I wish I could go to NY and see these in person. This reminds of a CASABLANCA auction José Ma Carpio put together sometime in the late 90s. I believe it was in New York, but I don‘t remember if he worked for Christies or Sothebys at the time. Either one of them.

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] destroying posters ???

2022-11-26 Thread Helmut Hamm
Cinema owners used to do it as well. I have two lots on my website, as I couldn‘t find it in my heart to throw them away. This one would cost about €2000 if complete: https://www.filmposter.net/en/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-original-release-german-movie-poster-fragments.html For a Bond

[MOPO] WTB: Pre-1910s Movie Posters

2022-11-04 Thread Helmut Hamm
I'm looking for movie posters from the period between 1895 and 1910. Any country, any title might qualify, as long the poster is from that period.   Helmut   www.filmposter.net To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link:

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit

2022-10-05 Thread Helmut Hamm
Bruce, with a lot of fantasy one could argue that deaf could read lips when they visit a comedy club. So if one is determined to do so, a discrimination could be constructed. But what good is a poster for a blind person??? @Sam: Some time ago, I received a letter from an ambulance chaser in

[MOPO] WTB: Star Wars Style C Onesheet

2022-09-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
I‘m looking for an original Star Wars Style C Onesheet in VF or better condition. Cheers, Helmut Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

[MOPO] The Minty Whites are getting expensive!

2022-08-24 Thread Helmut Hamm
Just stumbled over this minty white insert for JAWS insert, which is now being offered for $600 on ebay:   https://www.ebay.com/itm/314112799695?   This is one of the guys who has been selling these fakes pretty much from Day One. He also has BLADE RUNNER for $500 and several others.  

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Ebay and their offensive policy

2022-08-18 Thread Helmut Hamm
I closed my ebay shop when they announced their Managed Payment scheme and never looked back. I‘m now relying exclusively on sales from my website and in the store. I have a ton of low-end posters not listed that might sell on ebay, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to bother.

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] eBay seller feedback...

2022-08-04 Thread Helmut Hamm
Adam, this guy has developed quite an in interesting business model: He goes around stealing images for high-end posters from other sellers and offers them in his ebay shop at inflated prices. When I still had an ebay shop, he stole the images of several of my most expensive posters,

[MOPO] WTB: 2001 A Space Odyssee Halfsheet Style A

2022-07-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
Should be in reasonably nice condition. Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

[MOPO] WTB: Mr. Freedom Grove Press Onesheet

2022-07-30 Thread Helmut Hamm
This one:   https://criterioncast.com/column/reflections/mr-freedom   I know this is a far shot, but it never hurts to give it a try...   Helmut   www.filmposter.net       To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link:

[MOPO] The Postal Services ROCK!

2022-07-07 Thread Helmut Hamm
Opened my mailbox today and found a flyer for the Heritage VHS Signature auction on June 9. It does show when they shipped it, but it was relabeld in Austria and arrived almost a full month after the auction. Well done, International Postal Services!   Btw, Galerie filmposter.net has long

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Laserdiscs

2022-07-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
A lot of memories are tied to vhs videos, especially the rental tapes were eagerly collected. In Germany, many horror titles like THE EVIL DEAD were shown in cinemas, but later banned on video. The UK has the infamous ‚Video Nasties‘ series.   No such thing with laser disc, it was just another

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Fwd: General Enquiry

2022-07-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
Seems to me the descendants of Tyrone Power have too much money and found an attorney willing to take it away from them.   For one, original movie posters have been fully licensed, so if they had any angle at all (and I’m not sure if they do) this would only apply to reprints with his image.  

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Sending packages to the UK

2022-06-28 Thread Helmut Hamm
John,   I don‘t know about the regulations in Australia, but within the EU, sellers are not obligated to collect the eligible VAT in the recipient‘s country.   Fortunately, this regulation DOES NOT apply to the sale of used goods. You may want to check your own regulations for a similar rule.

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Sending packages to the UK

2022-06-28 Thread Helmut Hamm
Adam,   regarding insurance: DHL Express Germany covers collectibles, but most other carriers including UPS and Fedex Germany don‘t. DHL Parcel Post offer a coverage of €500. By their Terms of Service, you are not allowed to ship any collectibles with them that are worth more than that. So if

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] new event July 15th REBELS, ROUSERS & POSEURS opening with Jason Ringenberg

2022-06-23 Thread Helmut Hamm
Aaah, Jason Ringenberg, the man who wrote one of my all-time favorite songs:   https://jasonringenberg.bandcamp.com/track/rebel-flag-in-germany   I wish I could make it, I‘m sure it‘ll be fun!   Best wishes,   Helmut     Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2022 um 14:55 Uhr Von: "Wim from MOVIE

[MOPO] My new Website is now online!

2022-06-03 Thread Helmut Hamm
The new and improved Galerie filmposter.net website is now online. Easier to navigate, much faster and much more personal. I‘m very happy with the result, please feel free to have a look:   www.filmposter.net   Cheers,   Helmut To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link:

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] USPS thorough investigation (NOT!)

2022-04-29 Thread Helmut Hamm
I have had the same experience, eventually everything does show up again. I think the longest delay I ever had for an incoming package was more than six months. And that was with DHL Express. They had long refunded the seller, but when they rediscovered my package, they called me and asked if I

[MOPO] WTB: BRIDGE AT THE RIVER KWAI British Quad

2022-04-22 Thread Helmut Hamm
I'm looking for a re-release British Quad on this title, the one with the same image as the original plus additional tagline. Please let me know. Thank you, Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Interesting.

2022-04-19 Thread Helmut Hamm
The VHS market apparently is still alive and kicking. I remember speaking to a collector a few years back who told me that FAKE cover inlays of rare VHS tape have become a serious issue. Tbh, I didn‘t know people would collect VHS covers to begin with.   As to the Status Quo of movie poster

Re: [MOPO] WHOOP-DI-DOO - I netted just $10.69 from a $50 eBay sale of my R2018 Louise Brooks poster.

2022-04-15 Thread Helmut Hamm
David, no offense, but why ship a poster that is only 23" long in a 32" tube??? Since the Covid mess started, pretty much all of my US shipments (which are not too many anymore) go with UPS or DHL Express. Both companies bill by volume weight, and extra size costs serious money. So I always

[MOPO] WTB: SIDESHOW (1950)

2022-04-13 Thread Helmut Hamm
Looking for an original US Onesheet on this title only. Cheers, Helmut Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] No more posters for germany

2022-04-07 Thread Helmut Hamm
Dale, don't think it's fun to RECEIVE anything from outside the EU in Germany these days... The empty suits from EU HQ are really having themselves a ball over here… It used to be that there were no import charges in Germany for goods up to a value of €22. They did not charge you if the

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] HA auctions

2022-03-03 Thread Helmut Hamm
ts germans to hear (now extending this ban to the whole of europe) ?   filip     Sent fromMailfor Windows   From:MoPo List on behalf of Helmut Hamm Sent:Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:01:09 AM To:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject:[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] HA auctions   @Scott: Plea

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] HA auctions

2022-03-02 Thread Helmut Hamm
until now ,  always thought that the two of  you really and absolutely had nothing in common .      I don’t know you ,  but i hope it’s true   filip   Sent from Mail for Windows   From: MoPo List on behalf of Helmut Hamm Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 6:04:15 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AM

Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] HA auctions

2022-03-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
HA!! Todd, I always knew there had to be SOMETHING we have in common. Helmut > Am 01.03.2022 um 17:44 schrieb Todd : > > HA!! > > Sorry Helmut but I have this little problem in general, of not being able to > take orders from others, especially ones who don't know their ass from their >

[MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] HA auctions

2022-02-28 Thread Helmut Hamm
It will be interesting to see where the Heritage‘s movie poster department will be going. Of if they are going anywhere at all...   Finding a successor for Grey might be quite a challenge:   - they will need to find somebody with a vast knowledge in international vintage movie posters, a tiny

Re: [MOPO] Our 27th Birthday!

2022-02-25 Thread Helmut Hamm
Wow, by now MoPo is almost as old as I am! ;-) Cheers, Helmut > Am 24.02.2022 um 21:02 schrieb Scott Burns : > > February 24, 1995: The first MoPo message was posted via the American > University listserv. > > MoPo turns 27 today—a remarkable feat for an old-school e-mail based >

[MOPO] WTB: Lon Chaney, Mighty Joe Young

2022-02-14 Thread Helmut Hamm
Looking for LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH Window Card MIGHTY JOE YOUNG Style C Onesheet Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing

Re: [MOPO] I only sell posters at Sothebys from now on

2022-02-11 Thread Helmut Hamm
> maybe that should open up a discussion of what very rare is… I don’t think > this is a very rare poster… If you happen to have one that’s dated 1959 > rather than 1960.. That might fall into the very rare category. > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 6:48 AM Helmut Hamm <ma

Re: [MOPO] I only sell posters at Sothebys from now on

2022-02-11 Thread Helmut Hamm
Wow. I had a fair number of these over the years, and looking at these prices, I probably lost at least a quarter million dollars on my sales… Since the Corona crisis started, the movie poster market has been stronger than ever, but these results are outright ridiculous. $50,000 for a LA DOLCE

Re: [MOPO] Bullitt 1 sheet I’ve never seen…have you?

2022-01-27 Thread Helmut Hamm
This looks like the regular onesheet, but brutally faded. It obviously hung in the sun for a long time, with a decal that covered the part that is still orange. Helmut > Am 27.01.2022 um 17:31 schrieb Susan Heim : > > Wow, that is cool.well it's out of National Screen Service, so maybe

[MOPO] FS: Website Update 420+ Movie Posters from 1919 to 2019

2022-01-27 Thread Helmut Hamm
Hello Mopoers, for those of you who are not on my mailing list, my new update is now online: https://www.filmposter.net/en/new-additions/ I usually do no like bragging, but is indeed the best update I've EVER done. Best wishes, Helmut

[MOPO] WTB: Vintage Clown Movie Posters

2022-01-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
I‘m looking for vintage movie posters and lobby cards prominently featuring clowns. A window card for Lon Chaney‘s LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH would be perfect.    International posters are welcome, as long as they are graphically appealing, country-of-origin posters would be preferred.   I DO NOT want

Re: [MOPO] Kay Francis

2022-01-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
IMDB lists 200 films with that title. Should I watch one or all of them? Helmut > Am 12.01.2022 um 14:56 schrieb S Yafet : > > Watch Confession. > Nathalie > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 6:17 AM Helmut Hamm <mailto:texasmu...@web.de>> wrote: > Given my gen

Re: [MOPO] Silent hills, please

2022-01-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
Fassbinder's THE THIRD GENERATION, his approach on German terrorism of the 1970s. I always loved the poster, tried to watch the film on video for 15 minutes and it made NO sense to me. Tried again for five minutes the next days and deleted it. I have no intention to go back on this one. Helmut

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Bruce's auction - Catching up 24 hours later.

2022-01-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
Re. Beanie Babies: I remember an ebay listing for a bulk lot of Beanie Babies going viral at some point. That must‘ve been at the hight of BB craze: The guy had simply photographed the lot, and his description read something like: ‚These belonged to my wife. Thankfully she‘s gone, and now these

Re: [MOPO] SOYLENT GREEN Advance Onesheet: Does it even exist?

2021-12-27 Thread Helmut Hamm
>> I saw the movie when it came out and I don't remember this one at all. >> Nathalie >> >> On Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 4:23 PM Helmut Hamm > <mailto:texasmu...@web.de>> wrote: >>> I‘m talking about this one: >>> >>> http://thecinemasc

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] SOYLENT GREEN Advance Onesheet: Does it even exist?

2021-12-22 Thread Helmut Hamm
legua" An: texasmu...@web.de, MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: Re: [MOPO] SOYLENT GREEN Advance Onesheet: Does it even exist? pretty sure that's just a trade ad   On 12/22/2021 1:23 PM, Helmut Hamm wrote: I‘m talking about this one:   http://thecinemascopecat.blogspot.com/2016/12/soy

[MOPO] SOYLENT GREEN Advance Onesheet: Does it even exist?

2021-12-22 Thread Helmut Hamm
I‘m talking about this one:   http://thecinemascopecat.blogspot.com/2016/12/soylent-green-1973.html   I have only seen images of this on the web, but never an actual poster. Has anyone here ever seen this poster in person? Does it even exist?   And while we‘re at it: If anyone has a original

Re: [MOPO] DHL - And Ebay

2021-12-20 Thread Helmut Hamm
I'm using DHL Express for both my US imports and exports all the time. I do not recommend shipping a tube during the holiday mail craze. If it rolls off the collie, nobody has time to pick them up, so it will take a long time until it gets delivered. This only happened to me once and it was

Re: [MOPO] NAISSANCE DE JESUS 55x87.5 (1914) At Heritage Sunday 11/21

2021-11-15 Thread Helmut Hamm
For all you Jesus freaks out there on the MoPo list, I can offer a poster that pictures the other end of that story: https://www.filmposter.net/en/jesus-of-nazareth-original-release-mexican-movie-poster-8184/ A pretty cool poster indeed. Helmut > Am 13.11.2021 um 16:22 schrieb Kirby McDaniel

[MOPO] Just curious: What is your most desired collectible?

2021-11-10 Thread Helmut Hamm
We’re closing in on Christmas once again, so let‘s imagine you won the ‚Golden Ticket‘ and you could trade it for a SINGLE collectible, regardless of price and usual availability. You got the ‚Golden Ticket‘, so it would be yours for the asking. What would it be?    For me, the answer is fairly

Re: [MOPO] Motion Picture Academy Poster Store

2021-10-22 Thread Helmut Hamm
I somewhat doubt that their poster shop has gone out, licensed those images and started a reprint business. Many museum shops have poster prints in their assortment, along with books and various gadgets. So these are most likely all reprints that are already out there anyway. As far as the

Re: [MOPO] Increase in minimum buyer's premium at HA

2021-10-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
John, covering costs is not the point here: Heritage is a CORPORATION. Just like any other Corporation, their only goal is to make MORE MONEY, so they will raise their fees whenever they feel they can get away with it. Ebay is the exact same thing: First, they were constantly raising their

Re: [MOPO] CHANNING THOMSON

2021-10-21 Thread Helmut Hamm
Kirby, so sorry to hear this. I met Channing frequently at the poster shows in the US. I'm not on Facebook myself, but my wife was friends with him online, so I was frequently updated on his whereabouts. She had noticed that he had stopped posting several weeks ago. While we were never close,

Re: [MOPO] Question

2021-10-01 Thread Helmut Hamm
I read an old interview with John Alvin and he seemed quite grumpy about the fact that the whereabouts of the original BLADE RUNNER artwork is unknown. Maybe somebody from his estate claimed ownership of this auction piece? I don't know about the US, but in Germany, more often than not, no

Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] AW: [MOPO] ebay Payments

2021-08-03 Thread Helmut Hamm
Tommy, uh-huh. Remember when ebay first came around and everybody thought it was the greatest thing since the invention of sliced bread? How long was that secret kept? Like, two seconds? > > Oh Helmut, if we knew of such a source I think we might want to keep it > secret! Visit

[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] AW: [MOPO] ebay Payments

2021-07-31 Thread Helmut Hamm
  This post was aimed at BUYING on ebay, not selling. My website is very well established at this point, so selling posters is not my problem. I closed my ebay store when they first announced their 'managed payments' scheme and never looked back. My problem is finding quality new material at

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