Hi Cary
Your collection sounds wonderful. I collect the same period since I love stone
lithos. Can't wait to see pictures!
Toochis
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> On Feb 25, 2014, at 7:49 PM, cary black <cjbl...@lycos.com> wrote:
>
> First I would like to thank all of you who replied to my email. In
> particular, Jeff, Richard and David for their photo posting suggestions. I
> will give them a try this weekend and see what I am able to do. I think I
> tried one 3 or more years ago. I not any smarter but maybe I am a little more
> computer savvy.
>
> I am 68 years old and in the past I have said I would sell my collection when
> I turned 70 but I think I might die with my boots on. Anyhow when I am gone
> or need the money the posters will go on the market. I believe in giving
> other collectors a chance to acquire some of the scarce posters that I own.
> No one in my family has any interest in them and considers my interest a mild
> eccentricity. They know there is money in the collection but I don't talk
> about what I paid. They will have suggestions who to contact. Giving them to
> an institution without money to process and catalog them often condemns them
> to a storage area where they will not be accessible or seen by the public.
>
> I decided to collect 20s, 30s and 40s posters because they were some the
> movies I really enjoyed plus the stone litho artwork on many of them was what
> I loved. I have a pretty good collection of film noir missing some key
> (expensive) titles I passed on some due to cost or not caring for the movie.
> I have a pretty strong collection of the 30s and 40s detective series. About
> 10% of my posters are off genre ranging from a French one sheet of Keaton's
> Navigator to 12 O'clock High with Peck. When I tell people I have over 600
> posters in my collection they are taken aback. I just tell them I have been
> collecting over 35 years, I didn't buy them 2 weeks ago.
>
> I am probably most proud of the mystery/crime posters from the 30s that I
> own. Some titles are Mystery of Mr X one sheet 1934,
> The Thirteenth Guest 3 sheet, 1932, Notorious Sophie Lang one sheet 1935,
> Crack Up one sheet 1937 with Lorre, Night Club Lady 1932 one sheet with
> Menjou, Bombay Mail one sheet with Lowe, a Universal production and others.
> Many have only been offered a couple times, some I have never seen outside my
> collection. Of course scarcity does not guarantee value. There has to be
> interest and demand, otherwise why would many film noir titles command a big
> price when they appear in auction several times a year. You just need deep
> pockets and you can own them.
>
> If anyone cares to email me i would be pleased to hear from them.
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