Here is the thing with this size. They were essentially "wilding" posters that were given in quantity to hired people who put them up all over New York City. On some titles, they didn't put them all up, and a lot of unused ones exist. So for those titles, they are not very scarce at all.
But worse yet, they don't fit in one-sheet frames, so they are hard to display. Put those two factors together, and that is why they usually sell for less than the corresponding 1-sheet. On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Evan Zweifel <evanzwei...@comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks. I will pass that information along. > > If that is all that you have ever sold (236 records out of 1 million > sales), I would argue that they are fairly scarce. But I am not convinced > (based on the sale prices) that these garner a premium over the > corresponding 1-sheets. Would you agree? > > Evan > > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 11:28 PM > *To:* Evan Zweifel <evanzwei...@comcast.net> > *Cc:* MoPo-L <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What do you call this size poster? > > It is called a "half subway", and measures 29 1/2 x 45 1/2 or so. Full > subway posters measure 45 x 60. > > In the 1970s and 1980s, studios were creating "subway posters" for many > releases, which were 45" x 60" horizontally-shaped posters that were glued > up on walls all over New York City (hence the name "subway poster"). They > also made these smaller "subway" posters which measure approximately half > the size of a regular "subway" poster (usually around 29" x 45"), and look > like a one-sheet, only bigger, but they have information about one or more > specific New York theaters then-currently showing that movie. > > Here are a bunch of them: > > *http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/search/half%2520subway/archive.html > <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/search/half%2520subway/archive.html>* > > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Evan Zweifel <evanzwei...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> >> A friend of mine has this poster from Raiders of the Lost Ark which is >> folded and bigger than a 1-sheet (not a 3 sheet). It has NYC theater >> information on the bottom as well. I have uploaded a picture to the >> internet at: >> >> http://imgur.com/a8Pyt6I >> >> What is this size called? And what is it worth? Is this particularly >> rare (and if so, does anyone care)? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Evan >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > *Complete Buyer Protection > <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> > - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware > *Hershenson Help Hotline > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> > - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems > Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews > *of our company *- Page 1 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, > Page 2 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, > Page 3 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, > which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company > and our auctions so very different from all others! > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> * Complete Buyer Protection <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! 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.
