As an interesting aside... Several years ago I spoke with the man who "leased" 
the posters used in Play It Again Sam to the production company. Although he 
got most of his posters back after the film wraped, he stated that the Across 
the Pacific six sheet somehow disappeared! He was never able to find out what 
happened to it. I've been collecting Bogart since 1971 and I've never run 
across the poster. To my knowledge it's not in collecting circles and is still 
missing. Maybe some prop master has it on his wall today.
Ron

--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> wrote:

From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net>
Subject: Re: [MOPO] AW: [SPAM?]:  [MOPO] a casablanca 6 sheet?
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 1:49 PM

Is it CASABLANCA?  I thought I remembered an ACROSS THE PACIFIC six in one of 
those Woody Allen films.
MovieArt had a CASABLANCA six at one time, and we sold it to Jose Carpio who 
sent it on to somewhere.... 
Kirby
On Jul 20, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Wolfgang Jahn wrote:
In PLAY IT AGAIN SAM there’s what looks like an original worn Casablanca 6sheet 
(or 3sh?) over the bed in a scene with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.Anyone 
noticed that? Quite some time since I saw the film last time though..Wolfgang  
Kinoart.net  Von: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] im Auftrag 
von Michael B
Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010 19:05
An: mop...@listserv.american.edu
Betreff: [SPAM?]: [MOPO] a casablanca 6 sheet?   wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a 
CASABLANCA 6 sheet.  i dont believe i have ever seen the 3sheet. wanna predict 
the amount it will sell for?  35/40,000? inserts are 10/15??  michael      In a 
message dated 7/20/2010 12:06:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight 
Time, gre...@ha.com writes:Yes, it did sell for $388.38! Many good deals were 
had by buyers and now is a good time to buy! This was the fourth time to have 
sold this portrait card and all being different copies. And though this would 
normally sell in this day and age at $500-700, there are always tremendous 
deals in a Heritage auction, as it is all about who is watching at that time 
and participating.Thousands of participants buy and bid with us every day and 
we receive less than 1% in returns of merchandise for any reason.  Overall the 
Auction did almost $1.2 million and counting, with many great after-auction 
deals to be had and they are moving
 fast!We set some great records for the more rare and some not so rare 
material. Over 1200 bidders participated in the auction and for those of you 
from this group who did participate, thank you so much. And for those just 
watching, that is appreciated too.  We have a tremendous November auction 
shaping up now so please be saving for what is sure to be an outstanding 
selection!Highlights we are hoping to include:  Public Enemy- one sheetLittle 
Caesar- one sheet and Six SheetGold Rush - One Sheet and Twenty-four 
SheetAnimal Crackers - one sheet Style ARed Dust-  six sheetFrankenstein- six 
sheetCavalcade – one sheetCasablanca –six sheet  Notice: these are what are 
hoped for! ;-)      From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] on 
Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:04 AM
To: mop...@listserv.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slabbed Lobby Cards at Heritage  Holy Macaroni, how 
did THAT card (certified to be "fine to very fine") sell for four hundred 
smackers? I sold that for $750 over 20 years ago! Like I have been saying, this 
is the best time in over 20 years to buy quality movie paper, even if you have 
to go through the annoyance of "de-slabbing" your item.

BruceOn Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Richard Evans <evan...@blueyonder.co.uk> 
wrote:Very nice, the best card.
And very similar condition to the one sold last Nov, (though judging by pics, 
the colours appear to be stronger on yours), but at 2/3 the price.  Since 
taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it comes time 
to resell it  We can probably reserve judgement on that.
With this particular card, (albeit in a difficult climate), it doesn't appear 
to have had a particularly positive effect.


On 19 Jul 2010, at 17:41, Reel Classics Posters wrote:As the purchaser of a 
slabbed lobby card from Heritage this weekend, and a collector who's younger 
and much less experienced in this hobby than most of you, I thought I'd throw 
in a couple cents...

The slabbed card I bought ($325 bid -->$400 all told) is the portrait card from 
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939), CGC graded 7.0, Heritage graded Fine/Very 
Fine:

http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7025&Lot_No=83797

I'd never seen a CGC encapsulated lobby before this Heritage auction, and I 
actually emailed Heritage asking about it -- whether I'd be devaluing the card 
by removing it from the plastic, which I'm inclined to do so that when I frame 
it, it will look the same as my other framed lobby cards.  (Though I have a 
large box of posters under my bed, I always buy them with the intention of 
framing and hanging them; I'm just out of wall space for anything bigger than a 
window card at the moment.  I buy posters as decoration, not investments.)

In addition to my query about CGC, I also asked Heritage about their *original* 
description (no longer up), which noted a tear in the top border (that I 
couldn't see), but said nothing about what appeared to be a large tear in the 
bottom middle that went up into the image area.  What's interesting is the 
reply I got from Bruce Carteron at Heritage:

"Thanks for your inquiry. You can certainly take these out of the sleeves to 
hang them up. You would just have to have the card regraded again if you resold 
it. None of the defects were supposed to be mentioned when it was CGC graded. 
The tear was taken into consideration when it was graded originally."

As I wanted the card to frame and hang (MR. SMITH being one of my "top five" 
favorite movies) and I didn't see the tear in the bottom as being too 
detrimental to its display value, given the limited bidding, I put in a small 
bid and won.  Still, I thought it interesting that for CGC cards, Heritage 
seemed to think that putting the CGC grade in the description was good enough.  
Personally, I would have preferred the "tear here, crease there, three 
pinholes" kind of description they give for the rest of their lots, especially 
since this was a "Signature" auction.

Long story short, I bought this card IN SPITE of its CGC encapsulation, not 
because of it.  I know I'm less sophisticated than most of you long-time 
collector/dealers.  I bought my first posters in 1997 from a price list I 
received in the mail.  I knew nothing about "sheet" sizes or even "R" 
re-release dates, let alone condition, and hadn't even seen an image of the 
posters I bought (based on film titles) until they arrived.  Needless to say, 
I've learned a lot since then (and replaced most of those original purchases 
with better quality posters in more reasonable sizes with better images from 
those titles).  Now I pay attention to things like condition and previous 
purchase prices (mostly from Bruce and Heritage's online databases), and buy 
fewer, better posters than I did when I started.  I also only buy from 
reputable dealers and haven't purchased a poster on eBay in at least five years.

Since taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it comes 
time to resell it, and in the meantime increases its value to me, that's 
probably what's going to happen to it when it arrives.  Thought that might 
interest some of you.

Elizabeth
ReelClassics.com

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