Glenn, I thought your post was so hysterical, I fell off my seat!! I'm not on social media either as I don't have the time nor interest.
I just think it's so pathetic that some have to spew their political nonsense into almost every sentence out of their mouth. Oh yes, that's right, it was so funny!! Glenn, you should sell some of your Wheeler and Woolsey posters so you could get some help for your obvious "derangement syndrome." Todd ________________________________ From: Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:55 PM To: Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com> Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? All I can say is YIKES! I really thought you were kidding. This is a perfect example of why I am not on any social media. People spend half their time apologizing for something others read their own personal intentions into. Todd, you are so far off track on my intentions with that post I can hardly believe my eyes. You may choose to reply to this post publicly or to me privately but either way this is my last response on this particular exchange. You better sell one of your posters and use the money to buy a sense of humor. (Or am I being too subtle again?) GT On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 8:34 PM Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com<mailto:toddfeier...@msn.com>> wrote: Glenn, First of all, I didn't think political discussion was allowed on MoPo. And Scott can correct me if I'm wrong. Secondly, no one, except possibly for Bruce knows what this man's actual condition was and/or his health benefits. It's very possible he had the best health insurance but his condition was so poor, he was beyond any help. And if he could have been helped and had Universal Health Care as they do in the UK and Canada, he could have waited months to be seen or he could have been told, because of his elderly age, they're not going to do anything for him at all. No, you were not too subtle. Your message came across loud and clear. Todd ________________________________ From: Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com<mailto:exit82afi...@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:58 PM To: Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com<mailto:toddfeier...@msn.com>> Cc: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu<mailto:mopo-l@listserv.american.edu> <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? Todd - 1) The man had to sell his collection because he was having health problems. I was quietly suggesting if we had universal health care he wouldn't have had to sell his posters. 2) Just making a lame joke regarding Universal posters. (Did you see the quotes?) 3) Unless you were kidding this is exactly what I was hoping wouldn't happen when I said, OK, OK, let's not go there! After I made the comment. Was I too subtle? I wasn't trying to instigate anything political but... well... whatever... GT On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:47 PM Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com<mailto:toddfeier...@msn.com>> wrote: Glenn, What does this collector/thread/post have anything to do with Universal Health Care? Todd ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com<mailto:exit82afi...@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:36 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Has anyone ever wonder this...? Thanks Bruce! What fascinating stories. It must have been heartbreaking for Frank to sell his posters on account of his health! Just another reason for "Universal" health care! OK, OK, let's not go down that path! I wonder if we would have ever seen a Caligari poster in person if it hadn't been for that astute theater owner! Glenn On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:27 PM Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com<mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Glenn, To get back to your original question, certainly a leading candidate would be the man who consigned the wonderful collection of serial one-sheets I auctioned in my Auction in 2001 which was contained in my book, To Be Continued (see all the images online at http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/publication/To%2520Be%2520Continued.../archive.html). The owner, Frank, who was still alive, had bought the one-sheets himself (starting as a teenager) between 1932 and 1952. He got them from the San Francisco poster exchanges. The people there were not supposed to sell them to non-theater people, but he got to know them, and they did the kid a favor, and over the years he because a regular! He kept them in incredible condition, and he is one of the only long time collectors who resisted the temptation to sell any of them as the prices rose. When he contacted me at the end of 2000, he said he was having health issues, and that otherwise he would never sell. He said one thing that stuck with me. When I told him the kind of money he would likely get (which was surpassed when the posters auctioned) he was amazed. He said there had been one "old guy" at the exchanges who kept telling him that he was "throwing away his money" buying the posters, and that he should do ANYTHING else with it. He said he wished that old guy could see how much money they were worth in 2000 (but of course that guy was surely long gone). So not only did Frank start in 1932, surely making him one of the earliest collectors ever, but he also solely bought as a collector, and did not get a huge chunk to start out with, as so many collectors do. And he held onto them for 68 years (for the oldest ones) so he surely qualifies as one of the longest term collectors too. And of course there was also Charles Dyas, who started his collecting in 1921 (with his TWO Cabinet of Caligari one-sheets), but he was a theater owner, and he saved ones from movies he showed, so i don't know if he counts. But he DID also keep all his posters until the late 1980s, when he passed away, so he was another super long time collector. And there was the other theater owner who bought a trunk filled with 1930s posters in 1946, including The Invisible Man and Dracula, and he held those until he consigned them to me in 1998, yet another really long time collector. And there were others, but those are for another time! Bruce On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com<mailto:exit82afi...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello All - OK, Admittedly too much time on my hands... Have any of you ever wondered (or know) who is considered the earliest know poster collector? Forry Ackerman, perhaps? I can just imagine some kid standing in front of a Paramount theatre and staring at a Metropolis one sheet wishing they could own it. 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