This one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=Bhb0Xy26eys ?
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From: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] SPEAKING OF FIELDS
Not interested unless it has the infamous spread-legged scene censored from
that short's original prints. Pretty nice legs on a woman who had an otherwise
lumpy figure.
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Subject: SPEAKING OF FIELDS
From: ki...@movieart.net
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:20:52 -0500
CC: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
To: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com
We are prepared to sell a still from THE DENTIST. Yes, this is a seriously
rare still. Rarely
is anything from the Paramount short seen.
Kirby
On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:08 PM, David Kusumoto wrote:
P.S. Full disclosure: Joe Burtis is a jabbernowl, a mooncalf, and a luddyduddy.
>>
>W. C. Fields fans, huh? You're all scoundrels! :-)
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>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:56:10 -0500
>From: brucehershen...@gmail.com
>Subject: Re: SO RARE
>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
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>I heard that was (at that time) the only known Annie Hall one-sheet, which was
>why it went so high.
>
>Bruce
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>P.S. Full disclosure: Joe Burtis is a jabbernowl, a mooncalf, and a luddyduddy.
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>On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Joe Burtis <jbur...@mpagallery.com> wrote:
>
>I, too, was at the dinner that Helmut mentioned, and clearly remember the
>consignors plainly stating they destroyed the additional copies. The
>Christie's expert believed them who, full disclosure, is a good friend of
>mine. I'm sure some people at Christie's believed them and others didn't.
>This "conspiracy" is a pretty dull one.
>>As far as press statements, they blanketed London with press for every one of
>>their auctions, which is why wealthy novices showed up and purchased Annie
>>Hall one sheets for 4,000USD.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: David Kusumoto
>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 2:51 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] SO RARE
>>>
>>>
>>>For Christie's to be "unaware" of other copies of "The Outlaw" is just one
>>>point of dispute. Let's say you accept Christie's statement which implies
>>>it "DID NOT KNOW about other copies" as truth. Then how you reconcile the
>>>portion of its statement - on its own stationary - that says the consignors
>>>(Robert and Patricia League) - destroyed a second copy? I've been in press
>>>relations a long time. Either you believe the entire statement, or none of
>>>it, or dismiss everything as hype. If you believe just part of it, it means
>>>you think some of it is truth and the rest is a lie. Either way, this
>>>compromises Christie's reputation. I agree with Adrian - I KNOW Christie's
>>>was aware of additional copies. That's why the story was printed in the
>>>media. The best way to understand this is for you, as a dealer, to put
>>>yourself in Christie's shoes, based on what you know. Would you add in your
>>>official statement - a reference that an extra copy
has been "destroyed?" Putting out a press statement is very unusual in this
case. But as I wrote before - and as Helmut correctly points out - all of this
could have been avoided if Christie's simply said this poster was the "first
ever brought to auction" - instead of this poster "is the only copy in
existence." - d.
>>>
>>>
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>>>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:54:52 -0400
>>>From: jboh...@aol.com
>>>Subject: Re: SO RARE
>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
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>>>PLEASE LET ME STATE THAT I HAVE NO AGENDA TOWARD ANYONE.
>>>
>>>My point is that Christies should have been fair with the Outlaw Six Sheet
>>>and that Christies have a few dark stories. We all know that.
>>>
>>>As for the Six Sheet and it's subsequent stories...many American auction
>>>houses and dealers knew of the owners having several copies...this comes
>>>down to pure research. And all concerned except Christies UK knew that there
>>>were four copies...how could this be? Christies are supposed to research
>>>these things.
>>>
>>>Any way Helmut and the rest you don't need this so let this be the end of
>>>this thread.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Helmut Hamm <texasmu...@web.de>
>>>To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
>>>Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:23
>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] SO RARE
>>>
>>>
>>>Adrian,
>>>
>>>
>>>with all due respect, but your persistance on this matter is quite obviously
>>>a thinly disguised way to express your personal aversion against a certain
>>>former Christies consultant. I can't speak for anybody else, but personally,
>>>I don't need this.
>>>
>>>
>>>About the 'fraud': I was at the actual sale at Christie's South Kensington,
>>>and I met the consignors at the time of the sale. They might have been lying
>>>through their teeth, but at the time of the sale, they were VERY convincing
>>>in their statement that additional copies had indeed been destroyed, and
>>>that the one for sale was the only one in existence. What do you expect an
>>>auction house to do, put them to a lie detector test? Also, if I could
>>>speak to them and get my own impression, so could anybody else. It's not
>>>that either the consignor or the consultant had been hiding in the shadows.
>>>
>>>
>>>For all I know, any allegation that Christie's, their consultant, or anybody
>>>else aside from the consignors, had any actual KNOWLEDGE of additional
>>>copies is simply not true. They could have, and maybe should have, SUSPECTED
>>>additional copies, but there was no way they could have actually KNOWN about
>>>them.
>>>
>>>
>>>This poster got a lot of media attention at the time of the sale, and if
>>>Christie's had labeled this as 'first time at auction' instead of 'only
>>>known copy' I seriously doubt that it would have hurt the price. Only copy
>>>or not, when you see this in person, it is an amazing piece and this was the
>>>FIRST TIME this poster showed up for sale. With items like this, it's
>>>usually the first one that brings in the big money, and Christie's UK was
>>>the perfect venue for the sale.
>>>
>>>
>>>I've no clue who bought the first copy at Christie's, but they always
>>>managed to draw a very unique crowd, including many non-collectors, so
>>>chances are that the current owner is stil happy with his purchase and
>>>probably couldn't care less about this discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>>Helmut
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The point is that an auction house as you implied...should be fair. The
>>>consultant knew that there were four copis and yet he went ahead and
>>>described the first Outlaw six sheet as the only one...then three others
>>>arrive selling for (the last one) a third of the first ones price.
>>>>
>>>>What the first one selling amounted to was fraud...
>>>
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