It’s a marvelous poster Alan, thank you! Here is a shot of the back, which is just as clean as the front. I can’t make out any inventory numbers myself.
Adam — My vacuum board was made by me back when I was more adventurous. Perf steel sheet sanded and painted a bunch of time until smooth, built over a 1x4 wood frame with lots of ribs to combat sagging, two inlets for shop vacs depending on how much suction I need. Were the photos embedded for anyone? https://i.imgur.com/SaAM2Vj.jpg > On Mar 29, 2023, at 1:28 PM, Alan Adler <m...@charter.net> wrote: > > Hi Matt - Glad you still have that Vertigo I sold you - I think I found 3 > mint ones like this and one used one - So there should be a couple more out > there. Came out of a cubby-holed shelf from a shuttered poster distribution > hub in Charlotte in the early 1970s. Someone could ID ones from this find by > inventory numbers on the reverse, top right corner. These Vertigo pieces had > been sitting there on that shelf in storage since 1958. I think my best > buddy, Robby McClure, got a couple of them, too. Robbie also pulled something > like nine mint Forbidden Planet one sheets from the same score and sold them > to Bob Coleman - Rest his soul, one of the great old-school Hollywood poster > dealers. Robbie bought a boat with the money and named it Forbidden Planet. > Those were the days. Enjoy! > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 10:03 AM, Matt Johnston <drharryc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> For color reference… This is an unused example I bought from Alan Alder many >> many years ago. He said it had only been unfolded once for his picture. I >> unfolded it a 2nd time for these photos and it’s been in a flat file since. >> My photo setup was designed to get a true and honest representation of >> color, detail and condition — no added sharpening and absolutely no added >> color saturation. Yuck. This was shot on a vacuum board with color steady >> strobes and color corrected, honestly, to the best of my ability so that I >> end up with good consistency between various batched of pictures. I guess >> it’s possible uploading to imgur for hosting (where they probably >> recompressing it) could slightly affect color representation. And of course >> the screen you are viewing it on might not be color correction, etc., etc... >> >> That all said, this is probably as close as you’ll come to a “reference" >> example. >> >> Apologies if the pics don’t embed… I never was quite sure how to do that >> here. >> >> https://i.imgur.com/hH4ni3N.jpg <https://i.imgur.com/hH4ni3N.jpg> >> >> https://i.imgur.com/aegyhXp.jpg <https://i.imgur.com/aegyhXp.jpg> >> >> >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 12:02 PM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com >>> <mailto:ki...@movieart.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I take your point. Having said that, sun-faded or something else, I would >>> not want this poster, either personally or for inventory, because it's not >>> within the range that was intended. Not for $9000 +, not for $500. >>> >>> Kirby >>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 10:32 AM, peter contarino <mpexchangeu...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:mpexchangeu...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Kirby look at the blacks on that poster. That thing must have come out of >>>> Maddalena's Florida room. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:15 AM Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com >>>> <mailto:ki...@movieart.com>> wrote: >>>> Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one >>>> sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", >>>> if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have >>>> seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of >>>> the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the >>>> range that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color >>>> shift since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my >>>> question is: is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of >>>> "lighter". Most of the posters that I have seen which are significantly >>>> sun-faded have some textural degradation of the paper itself. >>>> >>>> I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that >>>> it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. >>>> >>>> K. >>>> >>>> Kirby McDaniel >>>> movieart.com <http://movieart.com/> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com >>>>> <mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>>> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&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.
