Hi Andrea and Philip! Yes, I wish I still had The Mummy one sheet as well, but, you can't go back and on the bright side, I was able to put a downpayment on a house and add some more great items to my collection.
As for other great finds, if you guys would really like to hear some, I have lots of them. Some of them are pretty entertaining- but long. I really condensed the one about the Mummy as there was a lot more to it. When I get a chance next week, maybe I'll type out a few. Some of them I actually acquired and a few got away, but they're all great stories! Ron Moore --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ron! > Amazing story...any other great story finds? > Love these stories. > > Philipp > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:38 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic > poster? > > > Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my > share in great poster finds over the years- but I've > really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find > them. One of the first finds included both style > Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! > Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to > cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find > of all... Sue will like this one! > > Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an > original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really > believe > it was real until the guy who knew about it told me > that next to Karloff's image the poster said, "It > Comes to Life!" Well, you coulda knocked me over > when > he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally > locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to > see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one > you > always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in > his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys > house, there on his living room wall was the other > style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby > had > seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face > slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling > it. > So, I asked where did it come from. > > I really had to dig into this mystery and it went > all > the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in > a > small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were > lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk > dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had > kept > 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk > About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where > it > came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western > Front > one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What > happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was > never able to find out. oh well.... > > After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the > Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It > was one of the best days in my entire poster > collecting life. The happiness was short term > though. > I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, > people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from > people I didn't even know- and they knew where I > lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. > It > got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging > magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand > to > look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I > sold it. So much for what could be one of the > greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! > > There have been lots of more finds since then. I > love > the hunt! > > Ron Moore > Cinema Icons > > --- Susan Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had > someone > > offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back > in > > 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he > could > > have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't > > have been different. The guy explained to me that > it > > would probably be worth quite a bit more in the > > future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years > > rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to > > $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I > > still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I > > would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy > it. > > I always hoped that guy never sold it and still > has > > it to this day. You could see how much he loved > the > > poster and hated to have to sell it. > > > > New question...........Graphically, The Mummy and > > The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the > > Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about > > everyone else? > > > > Sue > > > www.hollywoodposterframes.com<http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > > MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:25 PM > > Subject: [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The > > Nuthouse? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been collecting and dealing in movie > > posters for close to 30 years. Sometimes it amazes > > not only how much angry diatribe has taken over > > MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act > as > > if they have all the right answers, are so often > > wrong. ie: a 40x60 has ALWAYS been a > 40x60---never > > in my years of collecting have I head it referred > to > > as a "2 Sheet". There have been other examples as > > well. Hey, I know some of you definitely aren't > so > > keen to any insight I might have, but, jeez, don't > > certain "high level" individuals on this list > > (however they might be viewed as such) have > > something better to do than spend hours bitching > and > > complaining about this person and that person. > > Lines upon lines of print that virtually signifies > > nothing....anger...resentment...petty crap. As a > > writer myself, if I expended as much energy as the > > supposed "chosen few" on this list, I'd have a > novel > > written by now! > > Enough said. Below I thought I'd list a couple > of > > my BEST POSTER FINDS. (By the way, can somebody > > please tell me who the hell is J.R.?) > > Years ago, I bought an original Jazz > Singer > > US lobby card for $40---a few years later, an > > original Mummy (Karloff) US lobby card for $75. > > Also, an original Scarface (Muni,1932) US 1/2 > Sheet > > for about $150. There are more to mention, but > I'll > > stop here. > > Thanks for listening. Okay, you > vicious > > hounds out there...attack me! > > > Rick > > Ryan > > 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: > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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