Howdy Bruce et al, An absolutely excellent way to start out on a new path.
allenday --- Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glenn, > > You did indeed! There are 19 cool signed one-sheets > up for bid RIGHT NOW in > our new auctions on our site (they are especially > cool if you have always > wanted a recent one-sheet signed by several cast > members, and *DON'T* want > the fakes regularly offered on eBay). > > The posters are: > e001 BLADES OF GLORY autographed lobby movie display > '07 signed by Will > Ferrell and Jon Heder > e002 GRINDHOUSE signed adv1sh '07 by Dawson, Rose > McGowan, Rodriguez, > Russell, Rodriguez, Tarantino! > e003 CASINO ROYALE autographed one-sheet '06 signed > by Daniel Craig, Eva > Green, Campbell, Mikkelsen > e004 NACHO LIBRE autographed special 13x20 '06 > signed by Jack Black, > Jiminez, Hess, de la Reguera > e005 BLACK SNAKE MOAN autographed 1sh '07 Signed by > Samuel L. Jackson, > Brewer, Singleton, Allain > e006 WILD HOGS autographed DS advance 1sh '07 signed > by W. Macy, Becker, > Tomei, Travolta, Lawrence > e007 MAID IN MANHATTAN autographed 1sh '02 signed by > Tyler Posey, Hoskins, > Richardson, Wang, Tucci > e008 BLACK HAWK DOWN signed 1sh '01 Scott, Hartnett, > Bana, Sizemore, Isaacs, > Bruckheimer, Fichtner > e009 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA autographed 1sh '07 Signed > by AnnaSophia Robb, > Josh Hutcherson, Paterson > e010 COLLATERAL autographed one-sheet movie poster > '04 signed by Jamie Foxx > and Jada Pinkett Smith > e011 HOST autographed one-sheet movie poster '06 by > Korean director Joon-ho > Bong! > e012 INTO THE BLUE autographed one-sheet '05 signed > by Jessica Alba, Scott > Caan, and Ashley Scott > e013 JUST LIKE HEAVEN autographed special poster '05 > signed by Reese > Witherspoon, Mark Waters, Heder > e014 MARIE ANTOINETTE autographed one-sheet '06 > signed by Kirsten Dunst, > Sofia Coppola, Judy Davis > e015 MATCH POINT autographed 1sh '05 signed by > Scarlett Johansson, Matthew > Goode, Emily Mortimer > e016 PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS autographed one-sheet > movie poster '06 signed by > Will Smith! > e017 RED EYE autographed special 11x17 '05 signed by > Rachel McAdams, Cillian > Murphy, and Wes Craven > e018 SHOOTER autographed advance 1sh '07 signed by > Mark Wahlberg, Kate Mara, > Michael Pena, Fuqua > e019 STUART LITTLE 2 autographed one-sheet movie > poster '02 signed by Rob > Minkoff, Jonathan Lipnicki > > Best of all, this is a 100% charity auction (all > proceeds go to the charity, > with no commissions, and no U.S. shipping at all (I > charge non-U.S. > residents the difference between the U.S. cost and > actual cost to send to > them), and I give *EVERYONE* who buys one or more > posters all 25 of my > in-print books as a free bonus, postage paid in the > U.S.! And of course, > just as always there are no insane "buyers > premiums". 100% of the money > raised goes towards paying some of Baby Gavin's > medical expenses (the below > explains this charity). > > What was the origin of the special auction? Gavin > Ryne Winslow was born on > February 23, 2006, with major medical problems. His > kidneys did not function > properly, and he needed a kidney transplant to > survive. Because he was not > covered by insurance, many of his fellow residents > of Wisconsin started > fundraising efforts to pay for his very expensive > medical needs. One of > these fine people was Gino Salomone, the > entertainment reporter for WISN-TV > ABC in Milwaukee, WI. > > Gino had the excellent idea of using his position to > obtain signed posters > for current movies from movie studios, and then > auctioning the posters, with > the proceeds going to the fund to pay for Gavin's > medical expenses. He > contacted various movie studios, and once he > explained the purpose of his > request, they were happy to provide him with posters > from many different > movies, and they had the stars (and sometimes the > director or producers) > personally sign the posters. *His efforts resulted > in 19 signed posters, > most of which are signed by more than one celebrity > connected with the movie > * (they were signed at press junkets held to promote > the movies, where the > various stars and/or directors or producers were > appearing in person. > > Once he had the posters assembled from the various > studios, Gino turned to > Bruce Hershenson, whom he had purchased posters from > as a collector, and > asked Bruce if he would auction the posters on eBay > as part of his regular > auctions, giving all the proceeds to maybe Gavin's > medical fund. Bruce was > happy to comply, but he soon discovered that eBay > had many restrictions on > charity auctions, as well as restrictions on selling > autographed material, > and he sadly soon came to the conclusion that there > was virtually no way to > run this auction on eBay. > > But a couple of months later, Bruce decided to take > his auctions off of > eBay, and he asked Gino if it would make sense to > make his first non-eBay > auctions be the 19 autographed posters that Gino had > obtained. Gino agreed, > and that is the genesis of this auction. In order to > raise as much money for > this worthy charity as possible, Bruce is not taking > any commission of any > kind, giving a free set of his 25 books to every > buyer in this auction, and > not charging *ANY* shipping to any U.S. buyer > (neither on the posters > themselves or on the set of books)! > > Note that, although there was a delay in starting > this auction, baby Gavin > has already received his life saving kidney > transplant on January 3, 2008 > from the dedicated team at the University of > Wisconsin-Madison. But his > medical needs are far from over, and we hope > everyone participating in this > auction will bid generously on these 19 posters, so > that his family will > receive some much-needed aid as a result. > > *For more information on baby Gavin and his family, > go to > http://www.savebabygavin.com/, which gives a history > of what has happened to > him to this point, and his family's present-day > situation. We at > eMoviePoster.com give our greatest thanks to Gino > Salomone for selflessly > obtaining these posters for this auction. > > *I certainly hope some other MoPo members besides > Glenn will place bids in > this auction! In addition to getting a cool poster > and 25 books postpaid (in > the U.S.) you get to see how my new time extended > auctions work, and you can > get ready for the "real thing" when I add around > 700-1,000 folded one-sheets > on my new site, just as these are closing, next > Tuesday, April 17th.* > > Have you not yet registered to bid there? Go to > http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Registration.taf > and get registered and > place a bid or two! > > Bruce > * > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Glenn Taranto > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did I just become the first person to bid on > Bruce's own internet > > auctions? > > > > There are 19 different autographed one sheets > being offered right now... > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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.
