Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

[Michael Spampinato]

Hey Toochis!

 

Have you looked into foreign releases? I know from my own experiences good stuff can be had for much cheaper than the USA counterparts! And it enhances the fun of collecting - getting into the non-USA countries and seeing what they were doing.

 

:-)

 

Michael

Toochis Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I collect Humphrey Bogart and started around 1998. I
also love art deco graphics. The posters which have
eluded me are: Sins of Nora Moran, Dantes Inferno,
and several others. The problem I have is that I have
not narrowed my focus enough. I end up buying other
posters which do not fit my profile but that I love. I
love bad girl posters too! I stop as late as Taxi
Driver but for the most part stick with Bogey and
deco.

The Bogey has gotten more and more expensive so I'm
afraid I'll never get my collection larger, but oh
well...

As far as new posters, gosh I do my best to stay away.
I'll never have a life!!
Toochis
--- Michael Spampinato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> I collect to "own a piece of a movie" so to speak. I
> could collect 35mm film but they would get rather
> redundant framed and hung on! the wall. :-)
>
> I actually have a method to my collecting. I am
> collecting a single piece from each Universal,
> Monogram and PRC (Monogram and PRC being the main
> "Poverty Row Studios") horror films of the 30's and
> 40's. Realart and Astor etc. re-releases up to the
> early 50's as well as foreign (especially Belgian
> but also have seen some interesting Australian
> daybills) as long as they are 4-color.
>
> If anyone here collects coins - think of my
> collecting as a "type set". Lobby cards are my
> favorite for ease of framing/matting. But I like to
> "center" a wall with a one-sheet or insert
> surrounded by relevant lobby cards.
>
> I'm not overly concerned with the image. The several
> original Universal lobbies I got from Bruce's latest
> auction don't show the monsters but they show scenes
> I know and remember well. And that is the key for
! > me. Any piece that "tweaks" my memory of the film is
> fair game, and if I can get 2 or 3 "dead cards" for
> the price of a "live card" I will do so, as I do
> love them all equally.
>
> I AM approaching completion. From the major
> Universal films I have an example from all of the
> Mummy pieces except the first Mummy and Mummy's Hand
> (Dang why didn;t Realart re-release that one? A fine
> film too!). Do need Frankenstein, Bride Of
> Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein to complete the
> Frankenstein series. Need only Dracula to complete
> the Dracula series. Need only Invisible Man Returns
> and Invisible Agent to complete the Invisible Man
> series. And only The Wolf Man to complete the Wolf
> Man series (luckily I got from Deke many years ago
> the title card (Realart) to Werewolf Of London
> (phew!). Have most of the
> 2nd tiers completed as well (all the 2nd Black Cat,
> Jungle Woman series, Old Dark House, Mad Ghoul,
> She-Wolf of London, Cobra Woman etc.). I will be
> putting in requests for the missing pieces here on
> Mopo as my budget grows.
>
> As far as the Poverty Row pieces, Devil Bat has
> proven to be my downfall. Dashed difficult to find
> and apparantly nothing in 4-color? Does anyone know
> if any Devil bat material was proiduced in 4-color?
> But have about 70% of the Monogram and PRC
> represented.
>
> I expect it to take more time to complete this set.
> After that? I will continue to collect. My side
> collection is the major detective series - Sherlock
> Holmes (Rathbone/Bruce). Mister Wong. Mister Moto.
> Charlie Chan. Have a nice smattering of these but
> still need a Toler Chan to have every Chan
> iteration.
>
> Such are my collecting proclivities. Each piece I
> have tickles me an! d reminds me of the films I love.
>
> Pov
>
> Yafet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Dear Saul and MoPo,
>
> I have always collected stuff, from little
> on. Movie paper started as an interest, grew to a
> hobby and is now a passion for more years than I
> care to reveal.
> My approach is similar to Saul's. Love the
> actress/actor. Love the movie. Love the artwork.
> The movie is awful but is always good for a few
> laughs or other exclamation points. To me, it's all
> very personal. I do not collect for investment. My
> collection spans both ends of the price spectrum and
> several genres.
> Movie paper is also a tangible piece of the
> film. Rather like, "You are there!" Moviegoers
> probably (unless the piece is unused) walked past
> your paper and looked at it. Hard to duplicate that
> kind of feeling.
>
> Nathalie Yafet
>
>
>!
> Saul H. Chapman PhD wrote:
> Dear MOPO Brothers and Sisters,
>
> I guess I've been collecting posters now for close
> to two and a half years (not including my purchases
> of "Hard Day's Night", "Help", "Let It Be" and
> "Yellow Submarine" 3-Sheets in the early 1980's). I
> virtual newbie compared to many of the listserve
> members. I used to collect fine art limited edition
> prints (lithographs, serigraphs, silkscreens,
> etchings) and signed/autographed Beatles
> memorabilia, but sold many of these and have moved
> over to movie posters (and an occasional concert
> poster). I'd moved over to movie posters, not for
> investment purposes, but because the images on the
> posters either better fulfilled some nostalgic need
> or because the posters artwork stirred me in some
> very positive way that the fine art limited edition
> prints did not. Even with the influence ! of nostalgia
> pulling, however, the poster still has to possess
> alluring artwork (whether of the illustration type
> or photographic) for me to make a purchase or bid.
> For example, even though nostalgia !
> pulls me
> toward the purchase of an Ingrid Bergman/Yul
> Brynner "Anastasia" poster (I really love the
> movie), I find the artwork (at least in American
> release versions of the poster) to be mind-numbingly
> boring. Hey, just my opinion. Others can and do
> feel differently (but take a look at the French and
> Swedish poster versions for this movie sometime). On
> the other hand, I never saw "Viking Women and the
> Sea Serpent" and heard the movie is really bad. I
> have no immediate plans to see it. However, the
> artwork (which I just learned thanks to Sue at LAMP
> was done by Reynold Brown) blows me away. It also
> reminds me of my own Viking Woman (or ra! ther, Little
> Viking Woman - my 7.5 year old who lives in Iceland
> and is, technically half Viking and half American).
> I purchased the half sheet and have it nicely framed
> in my living room. Visual appeal means a great deal
> to me when it comes to movie posters and the
> financial or popular success or failure of the film
> it represents means very l!
> ittle to
> me. And I collect across genre. That's just my
> approach to movie posters.
>
> May I submit, I have fallen in love with the advance
> poster for "Batman Begins" and have purchased an
> original DS OS. To me, this photgraphic/Photoshopic
> renderings says unambiguously, "The Dark Knight."
>
> Happy collecting!
>
> Saul
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