Hi Greg and Phillip,
I haven't talked to Ron, but after knowing him these many years, I can't even begin to believe that he would be selling off his collection. In fact, he had told me quite a while back that he had already made plans for the collection to go to a museum after he's gone. So,as to this rumor, I can only expect it's one of those situations where someone heard Dennis Thomas passed away and then assumed his collection would be up for sale. By the time the rumor got around Dennis's collection probably became Ron's collection. And lest I start another rumor, from my current understanding, Dennis's wife is planning on keeping his collection as well.
Ron Moore
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From: Greg Douglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Phillip:
> I managed to score the I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN one sheet, which I
> got for a pretty reasonable price, even with the buyer's premium.
> Heritage's shipping is quite reasonable as well, $11.00 on this item. I
> think the bidding stayed relatively low on this piece because it was the
> international version, released overseas by MGM. However, it was printed
> from exactly the same plates, the same year, as the original. happy to
> have this iconic image in the one sheet format again.
> I bid on 5 or 6 items, but got killed on everything else . There are
> some very deep pockets out there....
> Congratulations on winning the BLACK FRIDAY one sheet. Beautiful
> poster, one of the last gre! at horror one sheets from Universal, and an
> historic next-to-final pairing for Karloff & Lugosi.
> Hadn't heard anything about Ron Borst selling off his collection,
> and I'm a little surprised to hear he's considering doing it. He and
> Todd Feiertag (and the late Dennis Thomas) have the most extensive
> collections of primo horror material of anyone in the known universe. It
> would certainly be one hell of an auction. I don't know...I know you
> "can't take it with you", but I'd like to hold onto mine it until the
> last possible moment. Of course, selling MY modest little collection
> would probably net me the price of a used Toyota Corolla, as opposed to
> the Elephant Bucks a stash like Ron's could net. Perhaps I'd feel
> differently if I knew I could buy a house in the Bahamas after cashing
> out my paper pile....
> Greg Douglass
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> !
> > Fist of all, Grey Congratulations to another amazing auc tion. I was
> > bidding on perhaps seven lots but only won one single lot. The "Black
> > Friday" one sheet with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi is NOW mine. I
> > think it is the best Karloff and Lugosi poster ever. The colors and
> > images are just incredible. I am on cloud seven, just incredible
> > feeling. As you can imagine, I do collect one sheets for Karloff and
> > Lugosi as well. If someone is planning to sell any Karloff one sheets,
> > please let me know. In addition, I am looking for any release year
> > Dante's Inferno, Hotel Imperial, early Jungle, early Hotel one sheet
> > posters, Pola Negri only one sheet posters. Oops, I almost forgot some
> > Lewton one sheets as well. I DO PAY above market price. By the way, I
> > am also looking for a one sheet Rear Window and style B Rear Window.
> > Who else got something at the Heritage auction? Unfo! rtunately, I did
> > not win anything this time around at the Chirstie's auction this time.
> > By the way, is this really true? I heard that Ron Borst is selling
> > most of his collection?
> > Your fellow poster nut and forever poster collector since over 20 years.
> > Philipp
> >
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