[MOPO] FA: 999 complete and incomplete lobby card sets (6,005 cards in all) end in hours; lots of great titles, nearly two thirds at $5 or under per SET!

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
We have a great selection of *999 complete and incomplete lobby card sets (6,005 cards in all)* ending in hours *TONIGHT* beginning at 7 PM CST at *http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/14.html*http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/14.html . You would *THINK *that many of these cards

[MOPO] Star wars/ creature of the black lagoon DICK TRACY etc FOR SALE!!

2014-03-20 Thread yakob J-z
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[MOPO] Star Wars Quad For Sale

2014-03-20 Thread yakob J-z
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Re: [MOPO] Question re: Film Classics, The Hurricane with Dorothy Lamour

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I checked, and sadly, none of the Universal Flash Gordon re-release posters have litho numbers, so that is a dead end. The way to surely date exactly when in the 1940s those movies were re-released would be to check newspaper archives to see when ads ran for them, but that would be very

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

2014-03-20 Thread P Molitor
Bruce, The New York Times has a searchable archive available to subscribers.  For the tighter among us you can also search it and get a preview of the results to get an idea if anything is there.  Also, if they ran a review you can usually read the entire thing for free.

[MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums? [image: Inline image 1] -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Jim Episale
Moma had an Edison Poster advertising Moving Pictures hanging at one time. Came indirectly from me. -- Check out our shop page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unshredded-Nostalgia/128881892341 Check out our shop video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-n2AznLA8o

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Posteropolis
The McCord Museum in Montreal had a Mary Pickford show a couple of years ago that featured some beautiful and rare posters: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151272426964854.481624.964365598 53 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151272426964854.481624.96436559 853type=3 type=3

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

2014-03-20 Thread Jeff Potokar
Channing, I looked in the Cleveland Plain Dealer archive this morning, and found a theater ad, from a newspaper dated Feb 11, 1946, that shows HURRICANE playing there on that date. Best. Jeff On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Channing Thomson wrote: I have an original one-sheet for a Film

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Evan Zweifel
I was recently at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. They currently have a Disney special exhibition which has several posters. Also the had some of the original artwork from modern posters. A 2001 poster hangs in their space exhibit! I though it was cool. Evan - Original

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Tom Martin
yes ! and Ive sold to many many museumswe supplied the Smithdonians touring exhibit that was shown and many museums and sponsored by Time warner,,, we started with the Cinci. Ohio art museum. then chicago science Museum , Cosi in Columbus, Denver art museum, Los angeles art Museum, and in

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Franc
The Museum of Modern Art has a large collection of movie posters, such as the Casabalanca Three Sheet, the Gone With The Wind insert, a Sullivan Travels three sheet, badly kraft-backed etc. The three I mentioned are permanently on display at their downstairs screening room. Franc

Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums?

2014-03-20 Thread Martin May
Hey Evan... did you notice how long the disney exhibit was running? Martin -Original Message- From: Evan Zweifel evanzwei...@comcast.net To: MoPo-L MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 12:41 pm Subject: Re: [MOPO] Should/could movie posters ever be hung in museums? I

[MOPO] Premier Props-poster auction---No Way, Heritage EMoviePoster.com--yes highly recommended.

2014-03-20 Thread James Gresham
I try to stay positive in life. However, I must say that I am greatly disappointed with having participated last November in the Premier Props auction. Todd Dan both asked me to give them some posters for the new endeavor by Premier Props. They said it would be good for the hobby it would

[MOPO] 480 Listings - Superman 1948 1sh 3sh, Much Horror Sci-Fi, Tarantino, Tom Mix, Samson Delilah 3sh, Asphalt Jungle

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Among the great items being auctioned are a restored 3 sheet for the 1948 Superman serial as well as a Spanish-US one sheet for the film. A number of science fiction horror items, a large selection of Quentin Tarantino titles from Natural Born Killers to Django, Photoplay magazines and hard

[MOPO] folded and VERY clean RISKY BUSINESS

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[MOPO] Museums have indeed been exhibiting movie posters for decades

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
I saw that query (well, promo post disguised as query) about movie posters being museum worthy and I was very surprised (well, not really...) Movie posters have been exhibited in museums for decades already and in some cases, huge exhibits the first one that comes to mind is the Museum of

[MOPO] I never knew a woman before who could work a slide-rule.

2014-03-20 Thread rodxmorgan
power and the prize---16---com9 legend of lylah clare---11---100k9/us158.JPG hindenburg---12---100k16 this mans navy---18---3050---g4 150,000 Original Authentic Jumbo Lobby Cards, 1930s-1980s 145 Lists of 10,000 Titles: http://posterazzi.blogspot.com 5000 Sample JPGs:

[MOPO] FA: Part V of our April Major Auction is a single owner collection of 300+ incredible James Bond items!

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I want to tell you about Part V of our April Major Auction, because it contains an incredible single owner collection which contains just about *EVERY* U.S. lobby card, just about *EVERY* English Front of House lobby card, just about *EVERY* U.S. one-sheet, plus a wide selection of English

Re: [MOPO] Premier Props-poster auction---No Way, Heritage EMoviePoster.com--yes highly recommended.

2014-03-20 Thread Phillip Ayling
Jim, You have been a real champion for this hobby. I am saddened by the price you have paid at various times to promote integrity and high standards and I hope it is somewhat offset by the appreciation that many of us feel for your ongoing efforts. Best Regards, Phil Ayling From:

Re: [MOPO] Premier Props-poster auction---No Way, Heritage EMoviePoster.com--yes highly recommended.

2014-03-20 Thread Richard C Evans
Too true, well said. On 20 Mar 2014, at 22:03, Phillip Ayling wrote: Jim, You have been a real champion for this hobby. I am saddened by the price you have paid at various times to promote integrity and high standards and I hope it is somewhat offset by the appreciation that many of us

[MOPO] FA: Signature Auction ENDING VERY SOON! These Great Quads and more than 1200 Lots!

2014-03-20 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
More than 1200 lots of great vintage posters! Heritage Signature Auction event is soon to end this weekend! March 22 and 23. You owe it to yourself to see one of the greatest selections offered! WWW.HA.com/7094http://WWW.HA.com/7094 Some great highlights! Fort Apache (RKO, 1948). British Quad

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

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
A quiz brought to you by those who soon bring you the April Major Auction! This is detail from a movie poster. Without Googling the image, what movie is it from? Or what stars are pictured? For extra credit, what country is the poster from? [image: Inline image 1] -- Bruce Hershenson and the

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

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Evans
Perhaps Spain, with art done by the lady who did the restoration job on the church fresco. I'm getting slightly more James Stewart than Gary Cooper, I'll take a stab at It's A Wonderful Life. Alternatively, it would make a pretty impressive replacement bottom sheet for a Rear Window 3-sht.

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

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Excellent guesses, but I would like to hear from some others before the big reveal! And no, this is NOT restoration, but actually what was printed on the poster! On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Richard Evans evan...@mac.com wrote: Perhaps Spain, with art done by the lady who did the

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

2014-03-20 Thread Richard C Evans
Ah, not a restoration, looks stone litho, use of colour a bit odd, (blue and no black). Daybill? On 21 Mar 2014, at 01:26, Bruce Hershenson wrote: Excellent guesses, but I would like to hear from some others before the big reveal! And no, this is NOT restoration, but actually what was

[MOPO] LOBBY CARDS: Snow White 1943R title card, Tom Mix in Untamed, Karloff in Isle of the Dead This is My Affair JLC, Laurel Hardy

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
We have almost 500 items being sold this month, nearly double our usual amount. Lots of great stuff and it all starts at just $1.00 and sells with No Reserve! Click Here to See the Image Gallery of the posters being sold in this auction.

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

2014-03-20 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Why are daybills so discriminated against? I dream of a day when posters are judged by the quality of their art, and not by their country of origin. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Richard C Evans evan...@mac.com wrote: Ah, not a restoration, looks stone litho, use of colour a bit odd, (blue

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

2014-03-20 Thread Jeff Potokar
Im guessing IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE... Country--hmmm... Hungary (or maybe Czech). Jeff On Mar 20, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: A quiz brought to you by those who soon bring you the April Major Auction! This is detail from a movie poster. Without Googling the image, what

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

2014-03-20 Thread Richard C Evans
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 them. Some are great, but with some the quality of art is spectacularly poor. On 21 Mar 2014, at 01:32, Bruce Hershenson wrote: Why are daybills so discriminated

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

2014-03-20 Thread daniel strebin
My sincere and heartfelt apologies to any and all who very kindly participated as sellers or buyers in what is clearly turning into the worst-realized movie poster auction in history, which unfortunately for me bears my name as curator and cataloger. For what it's worth, I too suffer

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

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Dan I doubt anyone here or anywhere else would unfriend you over anything, much less this issue we all like you way too much for that and of course, my previous offer to you to host your next attempt at a live auction on MoviePosterBid, with loads of advertising, will always be open. I