Just wondering how this type of damage is repaired? Looks like besides the missing pieces of paper and holes, there is some type of sunlight/heat damage as well. These kinds of finds are very interesting. You hear about old cars that are found in barns, but not so much old movie paper. John W
________________________________ From: Dario Casadei <m...@vintagemovieart.ca> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 1:21:50 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ten "found in a barn" lobby cards! That Frankie card is a treasure in that condition as they don't show to often. So congrats to Bruce and eMovieposter auctions for such great offering. Should do really well. Cheers, dario. On 18/01/2011 9:53 PM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: Those are some great cards. I sold (in the eighties) the W.C. Fields card from IT'S A GIFT for >over $3500. Material on the title is remarkably scarce for some >reason. > We had two one sheets >from a great Canadian find, and those went for about $8500 as I >remember. > > >Probably the best W.C. Fields movie, and that's a good lot! > > >Kirby McDaniel >www.movieart.net > > > > >On Jan 18, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > >http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2072529 > >> >>Note that this lobby card (and nine others we are offering >>this >>week) were literally found in a barn, where they had been for >>the past 78 years! Each of the ten cards have MAJOR condition >>defects, so we have provided scans of both the front of the >>card >>and the back of the card, which allow you to clearly see >> >>exactly what condition the cards are in. We are not going to >>describe them, because you can see what is wrong with them >>from >>our images. Note that all of the cards have darkened to >>different degrees, and all of them are extremely fragile. But >>certainly, a talented restorer can paperback the card, and >>after >>proper restoration, the card will look nice, but it will >>surely >>be expensive to restore, and will have somewhat of a >>"restored" >>look after restoration, so bear all of this in mind before >>you >>place a bid on any of these cards! >>-- >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>P.O. Box 874 >>West Plains, MO 65775 >>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 >>when >>we take lunch) >>our site >>our auctions >> >>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.
