Thanks again to you all for the input.
I understand that it doesnt necessarily mean that only one card was reissued
but I have looked through Heritage archives and have only been able to find one
similar card. The same numbered card appears in a couple of previous sales and,
in one, the number 4 has been scratched out and 7 has been added. Thats why I
am guessing it was a printing error in the original set - possibly duplicating
the numbers on two cards and that only one card was reissued.
One of those quirky things that appear from time to time.
Regards
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fw: Question: Love Me Tender Elvis Lobby cards
But doesn't this just mean only one card has surfaced so far?
There is a myth that cards were printed all at one time, and that clearly was
never true. Not only have I seen different cards with clearly different
printing that were clearly both first release, but the small print at the
bottom varies widely, indicating there were likely lots of regional printers.
After all, why print a ton of cards in Los Angeles and pay to ship them to
exchanges all over the country, when they could be printed in each region and
save a lot on shipping?
Bruce
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:35 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
<johnr...@moviemem.com> wrote:
Thanks Bruce and Rich
The thing that is a little strange to me is that there only seems to have
been one card reissued - just with a different number and the notation R56.
Regards
John
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JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
PO Box 92
Palm Beach
Qld 4221
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fw: Question: Love Me Tender Elvis Lobby cards
These are likely same year re-release cards. This happens with super
popular movies like Jaws, where they make a second trip through theaters in the
same year. This is really rare, as very few movies had same year re-releases.
It also sometimes means "revised", where they decided to change the ad
campaign after the film first opened, and they printed new cards (sometimes
this happened when the credits were not as contracted). This is quite common,
and I have seen a good 100 different examples.
There are also many cases where there are different numbers on the
different scenes, and sometimes were there are one or more different images. An
example of the former is the John Wayne movie Circus World, and an example of
the latter is Taxi Driver.
Bruce
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:51 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
<johnr...@moviemem.com> wrote:
Sorry for the extra email. I messed up the links in the previous post -
here are the correct links....
Original
http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/LOVEMETENDERLC4.jpg
"Reissue"
http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/LOVEMETENDERLC4R56.jpg
Regards
John
Website: www.moviemem.com
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
PO Box 92
Palm Beach
Qld 4221
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 8:38 AM
Subject: Question: Love Me Tender Elvis Lobby cards
I picked up a set of Love Me Tender Lobby cards and noticed something a
little strange about them. Firstly there are two #4 cards. Looking at them
closely, one of them has R56-328 in the bottom rh corner obviously indicating a
reissue although the film was actually released in 1956. The other cards are
all carry the original 56-528 mark in the lower rh corner indicating their
original release.
I am wondering if a mistake was made with the original release lobby
card set and that possibly two different #4 cards were printed. I am guessing
that they only "reissued" one or two of the cards that had numbering errors.
I have had a look at the Heritage archives to see if their sales could
shed any light on this but I would appreciate it if anyone on this list
actually knows what happened with these cards.
"Reissue" #4 card
http://www.helpinghost.com/LOVEMETENDERLC4R56.jpg
Original #4 card
http://www.helpinghost.com/LOVEMETENDERLC4.jpg
Regards
John
Website: www.moviemem.com
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
PO Box 92
Palm Beach
Qld 4221
Australia
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