(Corrected measurement citation.) I think you're onto a couple of things, Helmut. While I believe what was sold Tuesday is original - (if only because its printing is vivid and the sharpest I've seen of this image) - I bet you are right, that scores of glossy reprints that I've seen everywhere of this image - were reprinted from the "original" - if in fact, that is what this is. eMoviePoster makes clear its unknown origins and says it measures 24 x 33.5. It looks like a large marketing spec to me, the kind that gets circulated and handled by a lot of people. But there are tons of repros of this image available in Asia via eBay, Etsy and independent printers - all measuring 24x36 - a more consumer friendly size - but they're not near as vivid as what eMoviePoster sold Tuesday - which measures 2 1/2 inches shorter, was obviously folded before being backed - and does not look like a trimmed commercial by Pyramid.
I mention Pyramid because this image was first commercially licensed by Warner Bros. marketing / merchandising to Pyramid International in the U.K. in the early 1990s through the mid-2000s - and sold rolled as issued by retailers. That version had added mouse print on the bottom edges of both corners crediting (and paradoxically "designed") by Pyramid. But even the Pyramid repros didn't look near as bold as the folded on linen example which sold Tuesday. The counterfeits I see everywhere - measure anywhere from 23x33 to 24x36 - but have been slightly modified, dropping Pyramid's publishing credit as you'd see on most commercial / retail posters. To me this means that what I'm seeing everywhere - are likely unlicensed rogue posters sold by retailers "as is." ---- eMoviePoster's example, graded "fair to good" on linen: [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/4237/jOX30r.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1&trfcallwremmrk=1] Commercial reprint by Pyramid, early 1990 through mid-2000s: [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2667/ON2r6B.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1&trfcallwremmrk=1] Close-up of commercial publishing credit: [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7817/T81z0h.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1] ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Helmut Hamm <000002a292c4d413-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 1:21 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Bullitt Special poster I was quite amazed to see this special poster for BULLITT in the last emovieposter auction: https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/7901052.html There is a very common reprint of this poster around, and I always wondered if it was made from an actual studio issued poster or if it was an 'original fake', which I considered quite unlikely. Of course, we still don't know what this is exactly, but this listing is proof that the reprints were indeed copied from an original. Now if anybody has an unbacked copy for sale, feel free to drop me a note. Where there's one, there have to be more! Helmut www.filmposter.net 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.
