"If the surviving 1945-75 posters didn't originate one way or another from the exchanges, where the he[ck] did they come from"
It's important to note that there were numerous private poster services in the US and Canada; some as early as the late 1920's. NSS didn't get into the 'poster' business until the late 1930's and they didn't handle posters for all the different studios as a virtual monopoly until several years after World War II. Among the last studios to come aboard were Columbia and Republic. Even then, NSS continued to sell to the private exchanges for about 15 more years until freezing them out completely. Many pre- 1965 posters that are now in collections came by way of these private poster services. In 1960, when I was 10, I dealt with 4 different poster services just in Oklahoma City alone. The stock in these exchanges (excluding materials made by the "Other Company" or other non-studio printers) was generally acquired by an exchange in four different ways: A. From the studios themselves; or the Litho Companies that had been authorized to sell to exchanges on behalf of a given studio. B. From movie theatres who had purchased materials officially from a studio to cover a release and now no longer needed them. C. From the merger or acquisition of another exchange. D. From NSS as they gradually became dominant and then a monopoly. From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Heim Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:51 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... I know two large companies in particular that bought huge amounts of paper from a couple of different NSS location when they began to go out of business in the 1970's and 1980's. One in particular told me that they attended an event at a NSS facility back east and there were pallets of paper stack everywhere and it was sold for like 25 cents a pound and you would just buy the pallet of paper. He bought paper that looked the oldest. He bought enough paper that, a few years back when I was at their facility, they have a large storage container, like the kind you see on freight ships, filled wall to wall with paper. I know in particular there was a lot of old stuff because he has the good stuff. I know he sold the original half sheet for Bride of Frankenstein to Ron Borst back in the 1970's. So, I know there were many companies that were a part of this "clearance" of paper at the various NSS facilities. So, I'm sure this is one outlet that old movie posters are still coming from, that "clearance" stock.... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames _____ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > on behalf of MoviePoster Collectors <moviepostercollect...@gmail.com <mailto:moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 9:12 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... Not sure why this percolated into my brain, but did the NSS Exchanges systematically purge old posters (i.e.10+ years old) so that by the time they shut down in the mid-80s they just didn't have older posters that were not - or could not - have been rescued? I heard an interview explaining that a Canadian exchange one day just tossed out its older posters. I also read that somebody visited the Atlanta (or Miami) exchange and it didn't have any older posters when it shut down. If the surviving 1945-75 posters didn't originate one way or another from the exchanges, where the he[ck] did they come from? -- Mel S. Hutson Charlotte, NC USA www.moviepostercollectors.guide <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviep ostercollectors.guide&data=02%7C01%7C%7C33d02e9435a045c1bad608d577146146%7C8 4df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636545851766350570&sdata=9evkEzJA5 WPiWWow2UjJOn0O7KN2t8S0eJjicKqpylo%3D&reserved=0> : Movie Poster Collecting Reference and Showcase _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv. american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7 C01%7C%7C33d02e9435a045c1bad608d577146146%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa %7C1%7C0%7C636545851766350570&sdata=rJR7XifAx8eaZo4nQM5zsrdw%2Fz5oFigV4Lm6Wa rl1xk%3D&reserved=0> &A=1 _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> &A=1 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.
