Indeed an interesting subject.
Many of you know that I collect Best Picture winner OS's. For those films, I also collect the original PB and the original program from the Oscar ceremony. I own all but 15 of the original programs.mostly missing programs within the first 20 years. I own about 45 pressbooks from Best Picture winners.the earliest I have is All Quiet on the Western Front. Needless to say, I place great emphasis on uncut PBs. In fact, I've passed on many over the years because they were cut.especially if the cuts impacted the poster pages. I do, however, buy cut PBs for the very rare years. Regards DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of MnTwister Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:26 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Pressbook CUTS and effect on value Very interesting subject, and am glad to see pressbooks discussed here a bit more. Long ago when I was 7 and my grandfather had worked for Universal then Fox, and my mother was an editor at Paramount, I became addicted to movies. They frequently had pressbooks lying around the offices, and I remember piles and piles of them. Instead of getting into posters, my ph was paved by the red carpet of pressbooks. A good percentage of mine never got to theaters but were brought home by me from the studios above and of course my grandfather and mother had friends in the other studios so I was able to get those. Luckily, many of the studios had pressbooks dating much father back than 1960 so my collection goes much farther back. In years next 43 years, I have managed to amass a collection of some 15,000+ pressbooks (yes I am still buying them, many times in bulk when I can). As far as cuts go, I do have some with cuts, but most of the time one small ad or two. This has never prevented me from purchasing a pressbook for a movie that I didn't already have. So for a collector like me, in answer to the question, it isn't a huge issue, though I prefer uncut editions. Imagine how much money I could have if I had taken home the posters instead, but at that age, I preferred all of the ads and to read the press materials. Bruce, I am a regular buyer in your pressbook sales. What you wrote about the percentage of pressbooks you have is amazing, my mouth was watering. I could spend a week just looking at those. I do know how you feel about assorting though. This past 2 years, my friend and I have taken all of them (all in protected covers) and separated them by studio and then alphabetized them and rated their condition, as I may decide to sell them soon, but if not I still have a complete list with year, studio, condition, number of copies, number of pages, ect. It was a huge undertaking for the amount I have and I assume the amount you have is probably dozens of times larger. But now that I finally finished my database list, it is a wonderful feeling to be done. So best of luck to you on the pressbook sorting. Hopefully you have some extreme movie fans doing it who would enjoy that as much as I did. Robert 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.
