I weigh in on never having seen the old stuff rolled, either.
But I just saw what was done in the South in those days.
In my Hollywood days, I managed to pull in a few old tri-folds - as far
back as VIKING WOMEN AND SEA SERPENT, MOTORCYCLE GANG and BLOOD OF THE
VAMPIRE - 1950's.
But I think these were studio holds and just never had the last fold
initiated for mailing.
Alan
On May 16, 2007, at 5:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Everyone,
I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for the better
part of 30 years. It was always my belief that all US one sheets prior
to, say, 1979 were folded, not rolled. Sure, you can say that some
came as some kind of "special issue" if you belonged to a certain
club----maybe Star Wars or Star Trek---to be honest, I'm not sure. I
just know in all my early years of collecting---the late 70's and
early 80's, it seemed like you'd NEVER, EVER come across a rolled one
sheet pre-1979---maybe tri-folded, but not rolled. (Mind you, Pre-1979
1/2 Sheets and Inserts might have been rolled, but NOT one sheets).
Now, lo and behold, I've found websites of reputable dealers that over
original rolled one sheets from such titles as "The Wild Bunch" or
"Bonnie and Clyde" or "Cool Hand Luke" at incredibly high prices
without an explanation HOW and WHY they are rolled. Twenty five years
ago, I searched high and low for posters and NEVER, I mean NEVER
uncovered rolled US one sheets on ANY pre-1979 or pre-1978, (whatever
year they stopped folding them).
Having been in this hobby so long, I can't help but make the
observation that something strange seems to be occurring. I hate to
say it, but I think some new dealers are misinformed and as a result,
many collectors fairly new to the hobby are buying worthless
reproductions that are REPRESENTED as original one sheets, not
genuine, original one sheets. Please tell me--if I searched and
searched as much as anyone 25 years ago to find posters, why in God's
name weren't all those 1960's and early 1970's rolled one sheets
around back then? To be honest with you, I don't like what I see. In
my gut I feel like LOTS of people out there are being had. Any
thoughts you might have would be welcomed.
Rick Ryan
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