Thanks, Phil. Exactly. I've seen other types of posters go from no interest to some interest. Believe it or not I remember when BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S was not particularly collected. Maybe Mexican lobby cards will never hit the Big Time of Film Posters. But don't be surprised if people start buying them because the collecting community is changing their mind(s) all the time. I've seen it again and again. And I don't even own 10 of them, so I don't have a dog in this hunt.
Kirby On Jun 27, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Phil Edwards wrote: > Interesting... this is exactly the way Belgian posters were considered in the > 1970s in Europe..... when they were 50 cents each and the good ones were $2 > each.. and the really good ones were $3 each. > > I'll happily pay $10 for a set of Mexican cards for EL VAMPIRO if they are > all such junk, or for THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN. > > Like Belgian posters (back then, when they were sold off as waste paper by > the ton to a couple of folks who could see the long term potential) , one of > the biggest problems with Mexican cards is the sheer volume of what's in the > marketplace.... and some major titles have proved popular enough for there to > be reproductions over the last few years. So if you happen to like, say the > TC Mexican card for THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, selling on eBay for $10, > be warned... it easily could be a repro. > > Phil > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franc" <fdav...@verizon.net> > To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Does anybody really want this Mexican shi**t > > >> Even in the 1990s, I knew they were drek. FRANC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Greg >> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:19 PM >> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Does anybody really want this Mexican shi**t >> >> >> When I first got back into collecting in the early 1990s, there was some >> >> sort of consideration for a nanosecond that Mexican lobby cards were >> going to be the Next Big Trend in our little hobby. Rick may have been >> caught up in that moment. They ended up being the Beanie Babies of the >> movie poster universe. I own a couple of Cabral cards, but for the most >> part, the artwork is pretty ugly & amateurish. (In this man's opinion, >> of course.) >> As much as it pains me to do so, I agree with Rich; these things are, >> for the most part, doody ( "mierda", en Espanol.). >> Greg Douglass >> Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: >>>> I'm curious-- why now, do you say these cards are nothing but sh*t? >>> >>> >>> *in the hierarchical structural population of movie posters with such >>> things as Universal Horror and classics at the top, Mexican lobby >>> cards are the detritus of the sewer >>> >>> * >>> 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. >>> >> >> 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. >> >> 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. > > 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. 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.
