Hi Robert, I am sorry to hear of your illness. Hopefully, all will unfold as it should.
Godspeed, Allen On Friday, November 1, 2013 7:53 PM, MnTwister <[email protected]> wrote: 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 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] 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: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
