You sound like me...I have tons of auction books...keep adding them...I
am missing some....I did run into PIH by accident five years ago in
LA.....and then they gave me a few auction catalogs....they took off
big time in memorabilia.....I remember when I visited them the first
time in their first building in Beverly Hills they showed me Spock set
of ears and some phasers and such....I was blown away....now they moved
to Calabasas....I highly recommend to visit them...they show you all
the items....just wonderful guys...actually Joe is a big movie poster
collector...in their new offices Joe has many of his top posters on
display all over the offices...many three sheets, barbarella 40X60,
King Kong, Forbidden Planet 40X60....and his collection of movie
theater photogrpahs all greatly framed.....I remember I was at their
place the first time with my sister and we were playing with the
original props from the original Star Trek...weapons and communicators
etc....just a magical moment and place if you are a big film buff and
cineast like me and my sister.....well....now obviously I started
collecting props as well....just incredible the prices achieved for
props versus movie posters....big difference....maybe because they are
items that are rare and exist only once and used in the specific
film....ohhh cheese...they auctioned the pistols from Bonanze a few
years ago.....prices went up too high...also for Spock ears....I met
Leonard Nimoy at th
e Christie's special showing of the Paramount studio
archive Star Trek auction in their BH office and my good friend Borst
took a picture of me and Spock....I asked him about the ears but he
just said they had to use a few ears for every single episode because
they melted and bended so easily....he said they were made so
cheaply...it was a true nightmare....this was another great
auction...well...PIH auctioned off three sets of ears...once they did
go up to $8k or so...but I was stuck at around 5 or 6k...I should have
gotten them....not seen any ears since many years....
Philipp
-----Original Message-----
From: Walton, Jeffrey <jeffrey.wal...@fnis.com>
To: kainb...@aol.com; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 11:33 am
Subject: RE: [MOPO] Question - Dracula 1-sheet info
I didn't call them a prop auction house....I just found it odd they
lumped this poster with all of their props and not place it in a poster
only auction.
Again I've been collecting since the mid eighties, I had subscribed to
MCW, been cruising the internet for years, have tons of books and have
over 150 auction catalogs from various auction houses across this
globe....I have never once heard of PIH. I don't know if I have had
blinders on or if I read the words "Profiles in History" did I ever
think - oh that's an auction house.
I wish I would have known about them....
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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question - Dracula 1-sheet info
Jeff,
PIH has been selling all type of memorabilia including lobby cards,
stills, movie posters for many years. Most of the times they focus on
high-end material. I would not call them a props auction....they are
one of the leading sellers of stills and scripts as well. Remember
their Frankenstein one sheet sale, Raven window card, King Kong three
sheet & six sheet, Creature from the Black Lagoon six sheet & three
sheet, Citizen Kane...top and rare posters.
Also they sold the entire inventory of the Hollywood Collectors
bookstore...possible the largest movie poster, lobby cards, and still
auctions in one single auction ever. I cannot imagine another similar
auction coming up soon...PIH has also selling original movie poster art
for a long time...I have not seen any other auction house selling that
many original movie poster art.....they also sell scrips and movie
related first print books.....
Collectors of high-end movie posters typically research most of
available auctions out there....and remember there are only a few life
auctions left these days....Bonhams, Heritage, Christies, and
PIH...among some specialized smaller European auction houses....this is
pretty much it.
I always had the best service and quality received by Joe and his team
of PIH. I can say the20same of Grey and Bonhams....Christes South
Kensington is a little different. They used to have great
auctions...too bad Sotheby is out....I also miss Bruce life
au
ctions...got some really great pieces from his auctions as well. Grey
has been excellent since buying posters in his first auction...always
amazed of the quality items Grey discovers. Well....going back to
PIH...I have seen the same collectors and dealers on the floor bidding
at both Grey's and PIH auctions...always fun....to say the least...a
lot of fun.
Best / Philipp
-----Original Message-----
From: Walton, Jeffrey <jeffrey.wal...@fnis.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 6:17 am
Subject: [MOPO] Question - Dracula 1-sheet info
Why did the consignor use Profiles in
History and why is this poster in a Props auction? Wouldn't it be
better with Heritage or some of the other top auctions houses in a
poster only
auction being the star of the show? Or were they trying to fly
under the radar?
I've been collecting for quite
awhile and bought at many auctions and I never heard of "Profiles in
History" until the fake Universals sprouted their ugly heads.
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