Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet

[Kevin Conway]

Steven, From what I was told these were the very first "ziplock" bags that the inventor had up in his attic, before they were ever released to the public.  And, this highly reputable source/expert tells me these bags could be worth hundreds themselves, as they were never folded and are mint ‘rolled”. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: "Steven F. Poole" Sent: Dec 7, 2009 9:18 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet  Now wait a minute, Kevin.  You state that these were hairs pulled from Kong's chest that Ms. Wray preserved for 75 years in a "ziplock" bag.    A red flag raises for me:   Did they have "ziplock" 75 years ago?     Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Conway To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet STeve,   LMAO ,  my eyes are watering..,,;}      But , on a serious note, coming up for sale this month at a major memorabilia auction house are four strands of actual hair from the real 100 foot ape that played King Kong,  from the Fay Wray estate auction.  Nicely framed with an intimate photo of Fay grasping at Kong's chest hairs and you can see where she has actually pulled a clump of hair that she later put into a "ziplock" bag where it was preserved for 75 years. The auction house states in their catalog that included is an original photo of Fay Wray holding the bag of hair and also an original digital photo of Kong's chest showing the bald spot on his chest that is in the image of Fay Wray's hand. Hence, unquestionable provenance. Minimum bid $25,000 and it comes with a COA from DNA expert Mighty Joe Young.   Kevin -----Original Message----- From: "Steven F. Poole" Sent: Dec 7, 2009 7:18 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet Well, Rich, those are really cool.   My favorite poster of all is my paper-backed special advance teaser 24-sheet for the original 1933 KING KONG authentically signed by King Kong.   The signature by King Kong is really large and is super rare since Kong died in a  tragic fall shortly before the finished film was released.....top that!   This is the only one known!  I will stand behind the authenticity and the poster (of course one gets lost pretty easily behind a paper-backed 24-sheet).     Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art & Movie Posters To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet is that you can muster I have these 1944 Lodger one sheet signed by Jack the Ripper JFK poster signed by JFK. there seems to be a bullet hole in the poster Silly Symphonies "Three Little Pigs" signed by two of the pigs, the third pig was bacon before I could get his signature Snow White one sheet signed by all Seven Dwarves.. signatures are kinda small Jesse James poster signed by Frank & Jesse.. the frame is always crooked dammit Tarantula poster signed by the spider in silk.. Mara Corday is stuck to the web Dracula poster.. signed by Nosferatu.. unfortunately there are 2 bloody holes in the poster that never dry out At 03:58 PM 12/7/2009, Steven F. Poole wrote:       Oh, c'mon Kevin.   There might always be one out there that is the real deal!  I really do want to believe.      If there is anyone who is lamenting not getting the WIZARD OF OZ 1/2-sheet signed by "Dorothy", I have something that I am offering that is even better.   How about my linenbacked    3-sheet from SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS authentically signed by "Santa"! Serious inquiries only, please.   With tounge firmly placed in cheek,          Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Conway To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet JR, In 30 years colelcting vintage Hollywood autographs I have NEVER seen her sign "Dorothy".   About 7-8  years ago there was a forger (pretty skilled) on eBay selling autographed OZ books. He would pick up the old Oz books and trace the signatures from an authentic Oz book sold by R&R in 2000 for $47,000.  But the forger would go a step further and add "Dorothy".   If you were ware of the Genuine Oz signed book you could compare and see he was using it as a reference.  I even saw an experienced dealer sellign the set of OZ forged autogroahs on eBay where the forger even traced the same Inscriptions from the R&R book.    So, outof the maybe couple thousand Judy Garland autographs I have seen or owned I have NEVER seen her use "Dorothy".  But, in addition if you are familar with her handwriting this reproduction Oz poster was NOT even close to her handwriting. -----Original Message----- From: James Richard Sent: Dec 7, 2009 2:38 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet Am I being dense in thinking that if Judy Garland had autographed the poster that she would have signed it "Judy" and not "Dorothy"? Duh... Also the border of this "original poster" was conveniently trimmed to cut off any identifying markings of the company that reproduced it. I might accept that it is barely possible there is someone with over 500 feedbacks stupid enough to fall for this and buy it for $589 (from a seller with 7 feedbacks no less), but I'm not willing to believe there are *two* such people and that they both saw and both bid on this same auction. It's 99% certain both top bidders are shills. Although eBay does not provide enough information in the jokingly-named "bid history" these days to tell anything about a bidder, the supposed winning bidder has only bid on 2 posters in the past 30 days -- this and one other. The guy he outbid (whose maximum was $579) only bid on 1 poster in the past 30 days -- this one. There are some people who set up "shill bidder" accounts 5 or even 10 years ago on eBay and have been building up the feedback of those shill bidding accounts so they look "real". And they don't necessarily have an exclusive connection with a particular seller. There are some sell shill bidder services clandestinely. They will bid on your items up to the amount you tell them to, with the agreement that if they happen to win, they don't pay for the item but you tell eBay they have and you leave each other positive feedback. -- JR Richard Auras wrote: Rich, Thanks for pointing out my lack of a link:  Here ya go:     http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260513841563&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123&autorefresh=true Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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