I have had those same thoughts Philipp, it is interesting that it has been almost 20 years and we have yet to see even a small percent of those great posters show up at any other auction. I wonder what collection they are in and if we will ever see them publicly again? Here's a thought, Maybe Dracula bought them and he plans on living forever with his poster collection!!! LOL Todd Spoor
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Thanks Bruce...both auctions might be the finest posters that were sold in one public forum...I still sometimes wait to see some of these posters being offered but nothing...not much luck...Philipp
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From: Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 05:51:57 -0500
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Charles Dyas was a theater owner who got a job working in a theater in 1918, and bought it in 1922. He saved one-sheets, lobby cards, and a few other posters from lots of movies from 1919 to the early 1930s, including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (one-sheet and lobby cards), The Sheik (both styles of one-sheet), Red Headed Woman (one sheet), and much much more. In 1989 I met his son, and I arranged to sell the collection on consignment. The best of it was in the 1990 and 1991 Christie's auctions I organized (Hollywood Posters I and II), and the rest I sold through my sales lists.
Incidentally, the family took all the proceeds and put it into the stock market when the Dow was around 2,200, and that was right at the start of the incredible bull market that saw the Dow rise to 14,000, so that worked out even better for them!
Some of the posters have not been seen elsewhere, to the best of my knowledge.
Bruce
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM, <kainb...@aol.com> wrote:
Bruce...please let me know about the Days collections...is this one collection?
Thanks
Philipp
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It was at Christie's East. Sotheby's turned me down cold, and Christie's was willing to take a gamble on it only in their bargain basement section known as Christie's East. I hope I live long enough to see another collection half as great as the Dyas collection that was sold in my first two auctions in 1990 and 1991 (and I also had the great horror collection in the 1991 auction). Bruce
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Michael B <dialmbb...@aol.com> wrote:
eliminate me. i wasnt a high roller then.
however, i do recall going to christies on park avenue in NY once ......stuff was going to STUPIDLY HIGH, i left after a bit. bruce, where was this auction held? if they only had one on park avenue......then do i get half credit?
michael
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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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