I have been a serious collector of pressbooks since I was 8 years old (I am now
51). I have amassed a collection of almost 12,000 pressbooks from the mid
1940's through appr. 1983. A good portion of them have no cuts. They have been
stored in temperature controlled conditions in stacks for each studio (as many
were the same size so they stack well). I have a database list of all of them
with the title, year, location in the stacks (though they are in alphabetical
order). I have NOT graded them or done a page count on each. I've continue
upgrading by buying many from Bruce in his auctions, and Bruce it is so good to
see more pressbooks in the auctions.
I have noticed the auction final prices for pressbooks has been rising. I
assume collectors are starting to take more interest in them.
I have all the Hitchcocks (after about 1945), Elvis, over 150 huge roadshow
pressbooks, you name it it is probably there. I would say I have about 75% of
the 1950's, 85% of the 1960's and about 90% of the 1970s. Too bad pressbooks
got smaller each decade.
I found out that I have an illness in which I want to enjoy my life now, and
certainly do not want to auction these off individually. I am going to see what
I can do selling them off as a collection. I thought of trying an ad in the
Hollywood Reporter or Variety, as certain people in the movie industry might be
interested, or a film library of some kind. I did send a letter to Turner
Classic Movies, I thought they might be interested.
Can anyone give me their thoughts on this? I am assuming I probably have the
biggest collection next to Bruce, aside from any libraries like the Motion
Picture Academy. Maybe I am wrong.
-Robert
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