I think you should send those 30 or so posters to Tom Penneck. that way they
will be certain to die at the hands of an Honorable
Samuri !
and you just might just win a Merit Badge and become a Martyr in the eyes of
poster hobbiest everywhere.
susan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] In Defense Of Greg Egbert----sorry to bore you if you've
read this already.
Hi, Everyone,
Just thought I might add my two cents about this Manhattan Style B one
sheet uproar if anyone out there wants to hear. I've done business with Greg
Egbert over the past 15 years and have never had reason to question his
scruples. Just a week ago or so, I went onto David L.'s website and discovered
quite a few 60's and early 70's one sheets that were rolled in mint condition
with no stamp of the films title,etc on the back of the poster, being sold at
ultra high prices. I made a statement that having so many of these rolled one
sheets (from a time before the practice was to roll one sheets) seemed a bit
strange at best. I mentioned it to a couple of old-school dealer friends of
mine and they agreed with my trepidation. Hey, I have at least 30 rolled Star
Wars Style C one sheets that were sold to me 12 years ago or so---the guy who
sold them to me said they were printed from the same plates as the original in
1979 or 1980. They're all still rolled in a tube--stored away---because
frankly, I don't know what to do with them. If I chose to do so, I could say
that they were given to me by an exec at Fox or a guy who was in charge of
printing the posters---saying he grabbed them before they went through the
folding process.
In effect, I could create a different reality and probably sell them for 4 or
5 hundred bucks each. But instead, they remain rolled in that tube----and
that's where they'll stay.
Greg Egbert has probably been in this hobby a lot longer than David
Lieberman has. To tell you the truth, I'm not a big fan of people who fink on,
rat out---whatever you want to call it---other people unless there might be a
pattern of unscrupulous behavior where a warning is truly warranted. Tell me,
how do I know FOR CERTAIN that David's story about acquiring those 60's rolled
one sheets is 100% accurate. Who knows--maybe he's just better at keeping
quiet that Greg Egbert. Like I said, for 15 years I've never had a problem
with Greg. It just seems awfully strange to me that the person who announces
to ALL of MoPo something Greg told him---that maybe he was never going to act
upon anyway--who knows---is the same person that I believe deserves to be under
scrutiny for his own somewhat questionable inventory. With posters any of us
have acquired, we can very easily create our own reality and those who want to
believe, will believe. Hell, I'm sure I could find LOTS of believers if I
created a new reality about those Star Wars Style C one sheets.
I think some of us would be better off not worrying about the splinter that's
in another MoPo'ers eye because there very well might be a log in our own.
Rick Ryan
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