Hi, Bruce,
Even though I wasn't at the Christie's Auction, I'm sure Stan Caiden was
(I'm sure he died shortly after--not sure of date). Anyway, in my "poster
travels" at the time, I'd come across an original It Happened One Night US
1-Sheet (the style in which Gable doesn't look like Gable). For that
reason. I decided to sell it (much to my regret 20 years later). Anyway,
someone had given me Stan Caiden's phone number--so I called him up, thinking
he
might be interested in the It Happened One Night one sheet (not realizing
he was very sick at the time). He was very nice to me--a gentleman--although
I remember his voice sounded very whispy and weak. I remember he told me,
"My life would be complete if I could just find a one sheet on The Jazz
Singer..."
A few minutes later, I thanked him and said "goodbye"---I think less than 6
months later, he'd passed away.
The strange irony of this situation is that a year or two later, a whole
shitload of Jazz Singer material appeared "out of the woodwork"---Orig US
1-sheets, 6-sheets + more. Stan's dream-fine had arrived somewhat late...but
in a greater quantity than I'm sure he'd ever anticipated. Kind of took
the luster off of material on The Jazz Singer, which had previously been
virtually impossible to find.
I think there's a lesson for all movie poster collectors here.
Whenever you think a title..any title..is "impossible" to find material
on...as
was the case with The Jazz Singer...sometimes Fate steps in of the planets
align correctly...hey, I don't know what happens...all I know is that you
can't take anything for granted in this hobby. Anything can appear at any
time, no matter how rare it might be perceived to be.
I know only the old-timers will probably recognize Stan Caiden's name, but
he had quite an incredible collection of movie posters...even if it didn't
include a Jazz Singer one sheet...
Rick
In a message dated 5/6/2010 3:57:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:
Remember how the room completely filled up just before it began (including
standing room), and they had to put up a speaker outside, so that the
people who couldn't get in could hear the bidding? And remember how many
posters went over the estimates, and how several went five times the estimate?
Of
course that was a tribute to just how great those previously unseen
posters were.
Just about every notable collector and dealer was there. I joked to Jose
Carpio right before the auction began that if a bomb went off in that room
there would no longer be a hobby!
Bruce
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Posteritati <_m...@posteritati.com_
(mailto:m...@posteritati.com) > wrote:
i was there watching in amazement...
sam
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On May 5, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Joe Burtis wrote:
I was there with Ron Janis, who I believe is no longer with us.
Joe B.
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----- Original Message -----
From: _Bruce Hershenson_ (mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com)
To: _mop...@listserv.american.edu_ (mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU)
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:05 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Quick simple question
Who here was at the first Christie's auction on 12/11/90?
There were around 250 people in all. I wonder how many are still alive,
and how many are still collecting posters.
Bruce
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