Rick, I have wondered the same thing. I have talked to many poster
collectors who were collecting when the movie first came out, and they say
that this poster did not appear on the collector's market at all in 1977,
and that a year or two later a ton of them appeared (the ones that are
rolled or lightly hand folded).
Some people I have talked to wonder if these aren't the result of someone
getting the printer to run off a bunch of these at a later date. We know
there WAS such a poster in 1977 with ratings (because printer's proofs have
turned up), and it is also possible that the "no ratings" posters were from
an international release in 1978.
Can any expert show an image of any theater anywhere that displayed this
poster in 1977? Or can any expert who was collecting back then tell that
they purchased one or more of these in 1977, and not at a later date?
Bruce
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:32 AM, <rixpost...@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not that tremendously knowledgable when it comes to STAR WARS
> material, but of the posters from the three original films in the Star Wars
> "trilogy", it appears hands down as if the 1977 Star Wars Style C one sheet
> is the most difficult to find...definitely more so than the style D and even
> more so than Revenge Of The Jedi. (Of course the 'birthday cake" one sheet
> tops them all, but I'd put that in a different category altogether)
> Anyway, I was searching the results of Heritage's auctions and there must
> be 8 or 10 Star Wars Style D one sheets for every ONE style Star Wars Style
> C (if that many!). Hey, I know there's a ton of rolled, repro Style C one
> sheets out there--but those also DON'T COUNT. I'm talking about original,
> authentic Star Wars Style C one sheets. Could some expert on Star Wars
> material out there let me know the story on this poster? It's rarity in
> relation to other Star Wars posters, etc. Hey, I've seen a helluva lot of
> those BOGUS Style C's over the past 10 years, but unlike the Star Wars Style
> A and Style D, there NEVER seems to be a genuine Style C listed on
> eBay---unless, of course, it's in an eBay store for $1995 or $3995...or an
> even higher price.
> Can some Star Wars expert out there tell me the approximate ratio of Star
> Wars Style C one sheets out there compared to Styles A and D...and what
> value they put on each...
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Rick
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