Hi Dave! I see you and Phil have some questions regarding Johnny Ramone's auction coming up in Heritage. I knew Johnny for many years- so, when Johnny knew he would not recover from his cancer, he called me to help him organize his posters for auction. This decision was completely Johnny's as he wanted to "take care of all business" before he passed away. He didn't want the burden of managing his collection to fall to his wife. He also loved his collection. He loved it like he loved Yankees baseball, Rock N Roll and all of his close friends. He frequently bought posters for Christmas and birthday presents which he gave out to close friends- his wonderful way of "spreading the fun" of the hobby. So now Johnny is bequeathing his ultimate present to the rest of his hobby. He wants his collection to go back into the hobby that brought him so much joy and happiness and he wanted other collectors to enjoy it as m!
uch as he did.
In our final talks, Johnny asked me which auction house I thought the material should go to. I opted for Heritage as I think they currently do the best job of auctioning material. Johnny liked Heritage as well, so I think he was really just looking for confirmation on his own opinion.
We did run a few pieces in the last Heritage sale, such as a few animation sheets, some Elvis Presley material and the set on Forbidden Planet. That being said, the rest of his material (horror and science fiction) will be in this upcoming sale on March 17th and 18th.
I really hope everyone checks out the Heritage sale. I think it's going to be their best yet. I hope that everyone that wants something from Johhny's collection is able to win and keep his spirit of collecting alive.
-Ron Moore, Cinema Icons
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I think there was actually an episode of MTV's "Cribs" on which they visited Johnny Ramone's house in LA. Although they didn't feature the posters, the collection looked pretty incredible. Ditto the Rob Zombie episode.
--Dave Nelson
>From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Johnny Ramone Auction>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:34:25 +1100>>Hi Ira - As I understand it, the late and greatly missed Mr Ramone loved>this material and collected it very seriously (as one can see by the pieces>emerging).>>Presumably, "the Estate" doesn't share the same feelings about it. I don't>see it as good or bad either way. If they are not interested in the material>itself, why would they keep it?>>What's particularly interesting for me is to see the items coming up (as>they did last time) with the Suitable Only For Adults censor stamp on them,>indicating they sourced from Australia at some point. There's a good chance>that some of these are from a collection that belonged to someone who>collected all their lives and then passed away, and his "estate" sold off>his material that ended up in the Ramone collection... which is now being>sold on.>>I'm sure there are some collectors out there who don't want to contemplate>this - but you can't take it with you.>Best,>Phil>>Phil Edwards Cinema Arts>26 Vista Avenue>Soldiers Point>NSW 2317>AUSTRALIA>>E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>W: www.cinemarts.com>Phone: (International Dial) 0011 61 2 49847322>Phone: (Domestic Dial) 02 4984 7322>>----- Original Message ----->From: "Rubenstein, Ira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>>Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:16 PM>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Johnny Ramone Auction>>> > See GREY'S Post below.... He has the Johnny Ramone items.> > I am curious as to why it is being sold off. Does the estate need the> > money?> >> > Here ya go......> >> > Ira> >> >> > Heritage Vintage Movie Posters will hold its Spring Signature Auction on> > March 17th and 18th, 2005 in Dallas, Texas with over 950 lots of> > spectacular Vintage Movie Posters and Memorabilia.> >> > We welcome you to take a look and if we can answer any questions, please> > feel free to email or call us.> >> > Included in this epic sale are such rare and sought-after treasures as:> >> >> > Casablanca - One Sheet and Seven Lobby Cards,> > including the Title Card> > The Sheik - Full Set of Lobby Cards to the immortal Valentino Classic> > Bride of Frankenstein - Half sheet (a perfect companion piece to the> > record-setting> > BOF title card sold in our last Signature Auction!) as well as two Lobby> > Cards> > Frankenstein - Half Sheet - The only Known Copy!> > Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman - One Sheet and Lobby Card> > Mummy's Ghost - Insert and Lobby Cards> > Mummy's Tomb - Insert and Lobby Cards> > Gone With the Wind - Full Set of Road Show Lobby Cards> > Citizen Kane - One Sheet and Title Card> > Cat People - One Sheet> > Leopard Man - One Sheet> > Body Snatcher - One Sheet> > Ghost Ship - One Sheet and Half Sheet> > Kennel Murder Case - Full Set of Lobby Cards> > The Ghoul (1933) - Karloff - One Sheet> > Invisible Man - Window Card> > Mask of Fu Manchu - Window Card> > Mystery of the Wax Museum - Window Card and Lobby Card> > 39 Steps - Four Lobby Cards> > Green Hornet - Rarely-Seen Full Color Stock One Sheet and (4) Lobby> > Cards> > Green Hornet Strikes Again - Hard-To-Find Full Color Stock One Sheet,> > Duo-Tone One Sheet and Title Card> > Pampered Youth (1925) - Stone- Litho One Sheet to the First Adaptation> > of> > the "Magnificent Ambersons"> > Adventures of Captain Marvel - One Sheet> > Black Camel - The second Charlie Chan film starring Bela Lugosi -> > Title Card and Three Lobby Cards> > Lady Killer - Full Set of Lobby Cards> > G-Men - Title Card> > Random Harvest - Three Sheet> > White Christmas - One Sheet> > Maltese Falcon - Three Sheet and Lobby Card> > Treasure of Sierra Madre - One Sheet> > African Queen - One Sheet> > Bringing Up Baby - Title Card and Two Scene Cards> >> > You can begin to see all of these lots as they are photographed and> > described in the sale at www.HeritageMoviePosters.com, where each lot is> > presented with our new "Pan and Zoom" on-line photography and> > extensively detailed descriptions.> >> >> > Grey Smith> > Director Vintage Movie Poster Auctions> > Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers> > 3500 Maple Avenue, 17th Floor> > Dallas, Texas 75219-3941> >> > Phone: 214-252-4367 Office> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DS> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:13 PM> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > Subject: [MOPO] Johnny Ramone Auction> >> >> > Can anyone give me details about the auction house and time frame the> > Johnny Ramone items will be listed.> >> > Thanks--> >> > Danny Steward / Seattle> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com> > ___________________________________________________________________> > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List> >> > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L> >> > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com> > ___________________________________________________________________> > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List> >> > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L> >> > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.> >> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com> ___________________________________________________________________> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List>> Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
