[MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Ron Magid]

Hi All,

Coming to this conversation a little late. 

I think I was the first one shown this figure way back in 1987 or '88. 

It was Ken Kramer who found the figure advertised in The Recycler. It had been 
part of a traveling carnival and the head and hands had been repainted a lurid 
green.

Restoration was done by Dave Miller, who's a very accomplished makeup artist 
but 
- per Ken's instructions - was asked to essentially destroy much of Jack 
Pierce's work with new paint and resculpting. 


Ken was looking for $1 (may as well have been a million, I was a poor 
student at the time) and turned down my trade offer of a genuine ANH Darth 
Vader 
helmet and armor (which in today's market was actually the wrong choice for him 
but worked out well, at least $$$-wise, for me. 'Course I'd still rather have 
the Karloff figure...)

I was not at the Ackerman sale, but per Forry and others, most of the buttons 
disappeared off the costume while it was on display there. Who now will dare to 
admit to having a BoF coat button?

Per Ken, the piece ended up overseas somewhere and has not been seen since. 

Please add more to this Todd if you can.

Cheers,

Ron





From: Todd Feiertag 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 4:51:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"

Yes Rich, this BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN piece was added to the Forry Ackerman 
auction.  

Will try to write more on this later tonight.
 
Todd
 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:34:39 -0700
From: sa...@comic-art.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

wasn't it at the Forry Ackerman sale Todd??

same sale that Arlen Ettinger (the boss & auctioneer) screwed me on a few bids

what a cheating auction house those folks are



At 04:21 PM 7/26/2010, Todd Feiertag wrote:

Rick,
> 
>It was Guernsey's and it was 1989.  I was there.  Will try to elaborate on 
>this 
>later tonight.
> 
>Best,
>Todd
> 
>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:49:13 -0400
>From: rixpost...@aol.com
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>
>Hey, it might have been Guernsey's 1986.  I'm 99.9% sure it was Guernsey's. 
>Never saw their catalogue for the auction, but I remember reading about it is 
>some antique magazine.  I'm really surprised that apparently no MoPo members 
>remember that thing.
>   Rick
> 
> 
>In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:41:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
>poverty...@pacbell.net writes:
>
>Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have been listed in one of 
>these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has copies of these 
>maybe they could see if its there.:
>
>
>Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby Cards, Illustration, 
>Cartoons 
>& Animation.
>
>Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly 
>movie 
>posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.
>
>USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070
>
>
>The Poster At Auction
>
>NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large 
>auction 
>catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink & movies. 100's 
>of 
>b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps.
>
>USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558
>
>
>BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA underwater one-sheet 
>and 
>saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby.
>
>
>--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard  wrote:
>
>
>
>From: James Richard 
>
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
>
>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>
>Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM
>
>
>Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so far. 
>At 
>least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed treasure... but, 
>on 
>the other hand, who knows how many super-great posters were among the 
>"thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two 
>days?
>
>
>These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to know 
>about 
>Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)
>
>
>Call me a masochist.
>
>
>-- JR
>
>
>rixpost...@aol.com wrote: 
>
>  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The 
>Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as soon as 
>it 
>arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the internet and announcements 
>in movie theaters before the film starts stating things like "original 1932 
>movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking 
>$459,000!!"yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't 
>aware 
>of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great 
>deal...quite a fe

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Kirby McDaniel]

MovieArt had the six sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH and sold it years ago.  I 
photographed it for the
now fallow book project on U.S. six sheets.  I have a transparency of it.  Rare 
poster.
Kirby
www.movieart.net


On Jul 25, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Michael Spampinato wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> What is the image on the 6-sheet. THIS ISLAND EARTH had some great art for 
> its posters. Fun movie too. Any film with an Interocitor can't be bad!
> 
> Pov
> 
> May the holes in your collection be filled.
> 
> --- On Sun, 7/25/10, James Richard  wrote:
> 
> From: James Richard 
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?
> To: "Michael Spampinato" 
> Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 12:12 PM
> 
> Michael,
> 
> A sad tale, but all too familiar. I'm sure something similar happened to many 
> of us, particularly when we were younger and out stuff was subject to the 
> whims of parents. I moved around a lot in my late teens and twenties and once 
> stupidly left a trunk of my stuff at a friends house until I could get 
> settled. His mother decided to clean out his closet and of course my trunk 
> went into the dumpster. Inside, among other things, was a one sheet for EARTH 
> Vs. THE FLYING SAUCERS and... wait for it... a six-sheet for THIS ISLAND 
> EARTH (ouch). Has anyone ever seen a 6-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH? I never 
> have... not since the day I put mine in that damn trunk.
> 
> -- JR
> 
> Michael Spampinato wrote:
>> 
>> When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the 
>> attic was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate 
>> it, add a floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a 
>> ton of old stuff. 
>> 
>> But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I 
>> was looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was 
>> a beautiful poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I 
>> stored it away rolled in "my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother 
>> apparently decided to clean. Bye bye PHANTOM.
>> 
>> In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the 
>> place for that poster just in case. No luck.
>> 
>> I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) 
>> with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I 
>> actually recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep 
>> in my
>>  subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 
>> 
>> Anyone else have one that got away?
>> 
>> Pov
>> 
>> May the holes in your collection be filled.
>> 
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[MOPO] ENDS SOON: Horror-SF-Fantasy-Disney-Kung Fu and Gladiator movies.. Half Sheets and Inserts 1944-1992

[Richard Halegua Comic Art]

the auction Currently running on 
www.movieposterbid.com are Half Sheets and 
Inserts for Horror-SF-Fantasy-Disney-Kung Fu and 
Gladiator movies (do you like Gladiator movies Joey?) and they end Weds Night


Click 
Here to See a Gallery of the posters being sold in this auction


Click Here to Go to the Auctions www.movieposterbid.com

as of this email almost 100 items are still under $2.00

take a look at this list

  101 DALMATIANS 1972R HS .. Walt Disney 
Animated Classic DIFFERENT ART$7.00
  A NAME FOR EVIL 1973 HS .. Robert Culp, 
Samantha Eggar, Sheila Sullivan$0.99
  AND NOW the SCREAMING STARTS 1973 HS .. Peter 
Cushing, Herbert Lom$2.00

  ASYLUM 1972 HS .. Barbara Parkins, Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland$2.00
  ATLAS 1961 HS .. Michael Forest, Barboura Morris *ROGER CORMAN*$0.99
  BATTLE BEYOND the SUN 1962 HS .. Weird Russian 
Monsters Attack. COPPOLA!$13.05
  BEAST MUST DIE 1974 HS .. Peter Cushing, 
Calvin Lockhart, Anton Diffring$0.99
  BEN 1972 HS .. Montgomery, Campanella, 
O'Connell *GIANT RAT IMAGE*$10.00
  BEWARE MY BRETHREN 1972 HS .. Ann Todd, 
Patrick Magee, Tony Beckley$0.99
  BLACK SLEEP + VOODOO ISLAND 1963R HS .. 
Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney, Rathbone$15.55

  BLACK TORMENT 1964 HS .. Heather Sears, John Turner, John Turner$0.99
  BLACK ZOO 1963 HS .. Michael Gough, Jeanne 
Cooper *Dir. by Robert Gordon$6.00

  BLOOD and LACE 1971 HS .. Gloria Grahame, Len Lesser, Vic Tayback$0.99
  BLOOD MANIA 1970 HS .. Peter Carpenter, Maria 
De Aragon, Vicki Peters$0.99
  BLOOD of DRACULA'S CASTLE 1969 HS .. John 
Carradine, Paula Raymond$0.99
  BLOODLUST 1961 HS .. Wilton Graff, June Kenny 
*MOST DANGEROUS GAME*$0.99
  BODY STEALERS 1970 HS .. George Sanders, 
Maurice Evans *WOMEN ALIENS*$8.00
  BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND 1949 HS .. Johnny 
Sheffield, Allene Roberts$8.00
  BRIDE and the BEAST 1958 HS .. Great Gorilla 
carrying woman image ED WOOD$62.00
  BUTCHER, the 1972 HS .. Stéphane Audran 
directed by Claude Chabrol$0.99

  CENTURION, the 1962 HS .. John Drew Barrymore, Jacques Sernas$6.00
  CHALLENGE, the 1982 HS .. Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune$0.99
  CHANGE of MIND 1969 HS .. Raymond St. Jacques, Susan Oliver$0.99
  CHINESE HERCULES 1972 HS .. Bolo Yeung, Fan Chiang, Yeh Fang$0.99
  CHINESE PROFESSIONALS 1973 HS .. Wang Yu *KUNG-FU CLASSIC*$0.99
  CRY of the WEREWOLF 1944 HS .. Nina Foch, 
Stephen Crane, Osa Massen$16.55

  DARK PLACES 1974 HS .. Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom$0.99
  DAY of the DOLPHIN 1973 Style-C HS .. George 
C. Scott, Trish Van Devere$2.00

  DEATHSHIP 1980 HS .. George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso$3.00
  DOLL SQUAD 1973 HS .. Michael Ansara, directed by TED V. MIKELS$3.00
  ENTITY 1983 HS .. Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa$0.99
  EXECUTIONERS 1959 HS .. Weird art of men with gas-masks and riots$0.99
  EXORCIST 1974 HS .. Ellen Burtsyn, Max Von Sydow, Linda Blair$16.55
  FEAR NO EVIL 1981 HS .. Stefan Arngrim, 
Elizabeth Hoffman, Frank Birney$0.99

  FOUR FOR the MORGUE 1962 HS .. Stacy Harris, Jessie Davis$0.99
  FRIGHT 1972 HS .. Honor Blackman, Susan 
George, John Gregson, Ian Bannen$1.99
  GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNT DRACULA 1970 HS 
.. In Giant Terrorama!$0.99
  HANDS of a STRANGER 1962 HS .. Paul Lukather, 
Irish "Sheena" McCalla$0.99
  HEARSE, the 1980 HS .. Trish Van Devere, 
Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux$2.00
  HONEYMOON KILLERS 1970 HS .. Tony Lo Bianco, 
Shirley Stoler *CULT CLASSIC$21.00

  HORROR HIGH 1974 HS .. Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik$0.99
  HUNS, the 1962 HS .. Jacques Sernas, Chelo Alonzo *COOL ART*$0.99
  INVASION of the ANIMAL PEOPLE 1962 HS .. John 
Carradine *STRANGE HORROR*$31.00

  LADY KUNG FU 1973 HS .. Angelo Mao is Kicking Kung-Fu Butt !!$0.99
  LAST of the VIKINGS 1962 HS .. Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom$3.00
  LATTITUDE ZERO 1970 HS .. Jospeh Cotton, Cesar 
Romero *MITCH HOOKS ART*$7.01
  LIFE LOVE DEATH 1969 HS .. Amidou, Caroline 
Cellier *CLAUDE LELOUCH*$0.99
  LIGHT at the EDGE of the WORLD 1971 HS .. Kirk 
Douglas, Yul Brynner$0.99
  LORD of the JUNGLE 1955 Style-B HS .. Johnny 
Shefflied, Wayne Morris$5.00
  LORD of the JUNGLE 1955 Style-A HS .. Johnny 
Shefflied, Wayne Morris$0.99
  MAGIC VOYAGE of SINBAD 1962 HS .. Sergei 
Stolyarov, Alla Larionova$19.01

  MAN WITHOUT A BODY 1957 HS .. Robert Hutton + head of Nostradamus$0.99
  MANIA 1961 HS .. Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasance, June Laverick$3.00
  MANITOU 1978 HS .. Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg$0.99
  MARCO POLO 1962 HS .. Rory Calhoun, Yoko Tani, Franco Ammirata$0.99
  MARK of the WITCH 1970 HS .. Marie Santell, Robert Elston$0.99
  MIND SNATCHERS 1972 HS .. Christopher Walken, Ralph Meeker$0.99
  MONGOLS 1962 HS .. Jack Palance romances Anita Ekbe

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Todd Feiertag]

Yes Rich, this BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN piece was added to the Forry Ackerman 
auction.  

Will try to write more on this later tonight.

 

Todd
 


Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:34:39 -0700
From: sa...@comic-art.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

wasn't it at the Forry Ackerman sale Todd??

same sale that Arlen Ettinger (the boss & auctioneer) screwed me on a few bids

what a cheating auction house those folks are



At 04:21 PM 7/26/2010, Todd Feiertag wrote:

Rick,
 
It was Guernsey's and it was 1989.  I was there.  Will try to elaborate on this 
later tonight.
 
Best,
Todd
 


Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:49:13 -0400
From: rixpost...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Hey, it might have been Guernsey's 1986.  I'm 99.9% sure it was Guernsey's. 
Never saw their catalogue for the auction, but I remember reading about it is 
some antique magazine.  I'm really surprised that apparently no MoPo members 
remember that thing.
   Rick
 
 
In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:41:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
poverty...@pacbell.net writes:


Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have been listed in one of 
these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has copies of these 
maybe they could see if its there.:


Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby Cards, Illustration, Cartoons 
& Animation.

Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly movie 
posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.

USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070


The Poster At Auction

NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large 
auction catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink & movies. 
100's of b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps.

USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558


BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA underwater one-sheet 
and saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby.


--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard  wrote:



From: James Richard 

Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"

To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM


Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so far. At 
least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed treasure... but, on 
the other hand, who knows how many super-great posters were among the 
"thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two 
days?


These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to know 
about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)


Call me a masochist.


-- JR


rixpost...@aol.com wrote: 


  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The 
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as soon as it 
arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the internet and announcements 
in movie theaters before the film starts stating things like "original 1932 
movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking 
$459,000!!"yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't aware 
of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great 
deal...quite a few times, in fact..).

   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a Thursday 
afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every other Thursday 
afternoon.  The only thing different about this particular Thursday is that 
there was an add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something 
like:  "7 Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first mistake 
was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue and 
subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.  Something distracted me 
and I became involved in a project around the house...I can't remember what.  
The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 pm thinking about that 
ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of 
garbage I assumed it to be.  I told myself I'd call the number first thing the 
next morning and barely slept a wink all night.

  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older gentleman 
answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his driveway at that 
very moment!  He didn't know much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he 
had...only that it was very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was 
original.  Of course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer 
didn't purchase it.  He never called me back.  I called him an hour later and 
he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.

  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby card through 
The Recycler an

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Richard Halegua Comic Art]

wasn't it at the Forry Ackerman sale Todd??

same sale that Arlen Ettinger (the boss & auctioneer) screwed me on a few bids

what a cheating auction house those folks are



At 04:21 PM 7/26/2010, Todd Feiertag wrote:

Rick,

It was Guernsey's and it was 1989.  I was 
there.  Will try to elaborate on this later tonight.


Best,
Todd


--
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:49:13 -0400
From: rixpost...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Hey, it might have been Guernsey's 1986.  I'm 
99.9% sure it was Guernsey's. Never saw their 
catalogue for the auction, but I remember 
reading about it is some antique magazine.  I'm 
really surprised that apparently no MoPo members remember that thing.

   Rick


In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:41:24 P.M. 
Pacific Daylight Time, poverty...@pacbell.net writes:
Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it 
MAY have been listed in one of these two books I 
pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has 
copies of these maybe they could see if its there.:


Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & 
Lobby Cards, Illustration, Cartoons & Animation.
Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. 
auction catalog of mostly movie posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.

USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070

The Poster At Auction
NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. 
crease to frnt. wrap. large auction catalog of 
1700 vintage posters incld. war, 
circus,food,drink & movies. 100's of b&w repros. 
+ 36 in color. Binding is wraps.

USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558

BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF 
THE OPERA underwater one-sheet and saw it went 
in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby.


--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard  wrote:

From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM

Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for 
the top horror story so far. At least we can put 
some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed 
treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows 
how many super-great posters were among the 
"thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out 
theater that Ron missed by only two days?


These stories are almost to painful to read... 
but still, I'd like to know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)


Call me a masochist.

-- JR

rixpost...@aol.com wrote:
  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type 
publication called The Recycler.,About 20, 
maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday 
as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back 
then, prior to the internet and announcements 
in movie theaters before the film starts 
stating things like "original 1932 movie poster 
on The Mummy sells for a staggering, 
record-breaking $459,000!!"yeah, back then 
the majority of the American public wasn't 
aware of the value of movie posters---so, I'd 
occasionally stumble into a great deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that 
got away" began on a Thursday afternoon when I 
bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every 
other Thursday afternoon.  The only thing 
different about this particular Thursday is 
that there was an add in the "Collectibles & 
Old Things" section saying something like:  "7 
Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it 
said.  My first mistake was assuming it was 
some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue 
and subsequently not calling the phone number 
IMMEDIATELY.  Something distracted me and I 
became involved in a project around the 
house...I can't remember what.  The one thing I 
DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 pm 
thinking about that ad and kicking myself for 
NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the 
piece of garbage I assumed it to be.  I told 
myself I'd call the number first thing the next 
morning and barely slept a wink all night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the 
number.  An older gentleman answered and said 
the prospective buyer was walking up his 
driveway at that very moment!  He didn't know 
much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he 
had...only that it was very heavy, made of 
wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of 
course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the 
prospective buyer didn't purchase it.  He never 
called me back.  I called him an hour later and 
he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a 
poster or lobby card through The Recycler and 
received a call from a collector---a 
conversation ensued as it often did (does) when 
one movie poster collector talks to 
another.  As it turned out, I was talking to 
THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut 
a year previous.   He told me it was used as a 
stand-in for Boris Karloff during the 
p

[MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Todd Feiertag]

Rick,

 

It was Guernsey's and it was 1989.  I was there.  Will try to elaborate on this 
later tonight.

 

Best,

Todd
 


Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:49:13 -0400
From: rixpost...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU


Hey, it might have been Guernsey's 1986.  I'm 99.9% sure it was Guernsey's. 
Never saw their catalogue for the auction, but I remember reading about it is 
some antique magazine.  I'm really surprised that apparently no MoPo members 
remember that thing.
   Rick
 
 

In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:41:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
poverty...@pacbell.net writes:




Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have been listed in one of 
these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has copies of these 
maybe they could see if its there.:

Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby Cards, Illustration, Cartoons 
& Animation.
Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly movie 
posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070

The Poster At Auction
NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large 
auction catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink & movies. 
100's of b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558

BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA underwater one-sheet 
and saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby.

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard  wrote:


From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM


Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so far. At 
least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed treasure... but, on 
the other hand, who knows how many super-great posters were among the 
"thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two 
days?

These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to know 
about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)

Call me a masochist.

-- JR

rixpost...@aol.com wrote: 

  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The 
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as soon as it 
arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the internet and announcements 
in movie theaters before the film starts stating things like "original 1932 
movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking 
$459,000!!"yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't aware 
of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great 
deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a Thursday 
afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every other Thursday 
afternoon.  The only thing different about this particular Thursday is that 
there was an add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something 
like:  "7 Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first mistake 
was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue and 
subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.  Something distracted me 
and I became involved in a project around the house...I can't remember what.  
The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 pm thinking about that 
ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of 
garbage I assumed it to be.  I told myself I'd call the number first thing the 
next morning and barely slept a wink all night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older gentleman 
answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his driveway at that 
very moment!  He didn't know much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he 
had...only that it was very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was 
original.  Of course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer 
didn't purchase it.  He never called me back.  I called him an hour later and 
he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby card through 
The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a conversation ensued as it 
often did (does) when one movie poster collector talks to another.  As it 
turned out, I was talking to THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a 
year previous.   He told me it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during 
the production of The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue including 
Karloff's original wardrobe and a life-mask of the monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of restoration (which 
he'd had done) and he was plann

Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS

[Steven Yafet]

Thanks, Michael.

Mentioning THE MUMMY

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Michael Spampinato
wrote:

> Some first class choices there, Nathalie. The old horror films so often
> relied on pathos and heartbreak.
>
> Look at THE MUMMY! Poor guy pining after thousands of years for his love.
> Now granted, he did take a less than romantic approach, but still. Had to
> relate to his heartache, if not his method!
>
> Pov
>
> May the holes in your collection be filled..
>
>
>
> --- On *Sun, 7/25/10, Steven Yafet * wrote:
>
>
> From: Steven Yafet 
>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 3:48 PM
>
>
> Both mentioned already, but they're some of the first ones that came to my
> mind.
>
> Frankenstein
> The Bride of Frankenstein
>
> The Wolfman
> The Walking Dead  - Lots of choked up moments in this beautiful film:
> "He'll believe me," moments before John Ellman is executed for something he
> did not do.  The end makes you gasp.  You know that he won't be able to tell
> us what the afterlife was like, but you hope, anyway.
> The Black Cat - Poor Vitus Werdegast - a heartbreaking Bela - telling Peter
> and Joan Alison to, "Go," before the red switch blows up the "masterpiece of
> construction."
> Cat People - Poor Irena.
> A Tale of Two Cities
> The Strange Door - Boris' dying Voltan saving Blanche and Denis.
> The Raven - Boris again as the tragic Bateman saving Jean and Jerry.
>
> Nathalie
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Michael B 
> http://mc/compose?to=dialmbb...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
>
>>  Titanic, dicaprio
>> Tomorrow Is Forever
>> Back Street
>> Imitation of Life
>> Madame X
>>
>>
>>
>>  .they all end with a death
>>
>>
>>
>> michael
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Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Rixposterz]

Hey, it might have been Guernsey's 1986.  I'm 99.9% sure it was  
Guernsey's. Never saw their catalogue for the auction, but I remember reading  
about 
it is some antique magazine.  I'm really surprised that apparently no  MoPo 
members remember that thing.
Rick
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/26/2010 1:41:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
poverty...@pacbell.net writes:

Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have  been listed in one 
of these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If  anyone has copies of 
these maybe they could see if its  there.:

Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby  Cards, Illustration, 
Cartoons & Animation.
Guernsey's. NY. 1987.  Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly 
movie posters.  Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 |  JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070

The Poster At Auction
NY Guernsey's  Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large 
auction  catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink &  
movies. 100's of b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps.
USD  20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number:  000558

BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA  underwater 
one-sheet and saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for  $135,000. Not too shabby.

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard   wrote:


From:  James Richard 
Subject: Re:  [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To:  MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33  AM

Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind  of tied for the top horror story so 
far. At least we can put some kind  of dollar value on Rick's missed 
treasure... but, on the other hand,  who knows how many super-great posters 
were 
among the "thousands" in  the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed 
by 
only two  days?

These stories are almost to painful to read... but still,  I'd like to know 
about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert...  :)

Call me a masochist.

-- JR

_rixpost...@aol.com_ (mip://086b4720/mc/compose?to=rixpost...@aol.com)  
wrote:  
Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication  called The 
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it  every Thursday as soon as 
it 
arrived at my local 7-11...(back then,  prior to the internet and announcements 
in movie theaters before the  film starts stating things like "original 
1932 movie poster on The  Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking 
$459,000!!"yeah,  back then the majority of the American public wasn't 
aware of 
the  value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great  
deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got  away" began on a 
Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The  Recycler...just like every 
other 
Thursday afternoon.  The only  thing different about this particular Thursday 
is that there was an  add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section saying 
something  like:  "7 Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it  said.  
My first mistake was assuming it was some semi-worthless  inflatable 
Halloween statue and subsequently not calling the phone  number IMMEDIATELY.  
Something distracted me and I became  involved in a project around the 
house...I 
can't remember  what.  The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at about 
11  pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to  
confirm that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to be.  I  told myself 
I'd call the number first thing the next morning and  barely slept a wink all 
night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.   An older gentleman 
answered and said the prospective buyer was  walking up his driveway at that 
very moment!  He didn't know  much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he 
had...only that it was  very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was 
original.  Of  course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer 
didn't  purchase it.  He never called me back.  I called him an  hour later 
and he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was  gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a  poster or lobby card 
through The Recycler and received a  call from a collector---a conversation 
ensued as it often did (does)  when one movie poster collector talks to 
another.  
As it turned  out, I was talking to THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN 
STATUE  abut a year previous.   He told me it was used as a  stand-in for Boris 
Karloff during the production of The Bride Of  Frankenstein--- a huge 
wooden statue including Karloff's original  wardrobe and a life-mask of the 
monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of  restoration 
(which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it  up for sale in one 
Auction house or another
   Flash forward another year somehow I learned  that Guernsey's 
Auction was offering the Frankens

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Michael Spampinato]

Regarding that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN prop, it MAY have been listed in 
one of these two books I pulled from Cinemage's site. If anyone has 
copies of these maybe they could see if its there.:



Comprehensive Collections Of Film Posters & Lobby Cards, Illustration, Cartoons 
& Animation.

Guernsey's. NY. 1987. Large paper. Large 112pg. auction catalog of mostly movie 
posters. Illus. in b&w only. Vg+.

USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 872] Book number: 4070



The Poster At Auction

NY Guernsey's Nov. 1987.. fine-/1 tiny corn. crease to frnt. wrap. large
 auction catalog of 1700 vintage posters incld. war, circus,food,drink 
& movies. 100's of b&w repros. + 36 in color. Binding is wraps.

USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 1744] Book number: 000558



BTW - I recently looked up my lost PHANTOM OF THE OPERA underwater one-sheet 
and saw it went in Nov 2008 at Heritage for $135,000. Not too shabby.

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, James Richard  wrote:

From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:33 AM




  
Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top
horror story so far. At least we can put some kind of dollar value on
Rick's missed treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows how many
super-great posters were among the "thousands" in the cellar of the
burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two days?



These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to
know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)



Call me a masochist.



-- JR



rixpost...@aol.com wrote:

  
  
  
    Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called
The Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday
as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the
internet and announcements in movie theaters before the film starts
stating things like "original 1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells for
a staggering, record-breaking $459,000!!"yeah, back then the
majority of the American public wasn't aware of the value of movie
posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great deal...quite a few
times, in fact..).
     My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on
a Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like
every other Thursday afternoon.  The only thing different about this
particular Thursday is that there was an add in the "Collectibles &
Old Things" section saying something like:  "7 Foot Tall
Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first mistake was
assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue and
subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.  Something
distracted me and I became involved in a project around the house...I
can't remember what.  The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at
about 11 pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN
CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to
be.  I told myself I'd call the number first thing the next morning and
barely slept a wink all night.
    The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older
gentleman answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his
driveway at that very moment!  He didn't know much about the
Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only that it was very heavy, made
of wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of course, I told him to
PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase it.  He never
called me back.  I called him an hour later and he told me he was sorry
but the "statue" was gone.
    Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby
card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a
conversation ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster
collector talks to another.  As it turned out, I was talking to THE GUY
WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous.   He told me
it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during the production of
The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue including Karloff's
original wardrobe and a life-mask of the monster.
  He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of
restoration (which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it up
for sale in one Auction house or another
     Flash forward another year somehow I learned that
Guernsey's Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue with
an opening bid of $50,000 (which seems like a truly measly  amount by
today's standards).   Over the past 30 years, I've had many, many "ones
that got away"but no other poster, lobby card, collection of
posters, collection of lobby cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to the
Frankenstein stand-in "statue" that I could have had FOR SEVENTY FIVE
BUCKS!
     Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living
room out there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably
worth $500.000 or more by now.  I'm sure there 

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Richard Evans]

Apologies, got my Rons wrong and I've wronged you Ron.
Seriously though, with the Ron righted, any further tales of the ones  
that got away, (and better still, those that didn't) that you care to  
share, will be much appreciated.

Moore, Moore!


On 26 Jul 2010, at 19:24, Ron Moore wrote:


Hi Richard!

Actually, you mentioned the wrong Ron. Ron Borst wasn't involved in  
the New Zealand find. That was me. And yes, I've made lots of great  
finds over the years.


Ron Moore
Cinema Icons

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, Richard Evans  wrote:

From: Richard Evans 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT  
AWAY"

To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:01 PM

Love reading these stories.
Even if it's difficult to tell it apart from the MOST TEARFUL  
ENDINGS topic.


There was a great account a while back, (successful in that  
instance) of Bruce and others chasing down a hoard.
Would love to see them preserved in a book with a chapter for each  
of leading old school dealers/collectors' stories.


Like Ron Borst's experiences, including the story of New Zealand  
treasure trove.


And Todd, while he can't recall something like The Invisible Man  
cards, one can only wonder what he's experienced that he finds more  
memorable.


It's great reading them on Mopo, but it's even more ephemeral here  
than paper.



On 26 Jul 2010, at 11:33, James Richard wrote:

Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror  
story so far. At least we can put some kind of dollar value on  
Rick's missed treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows how  
many super-great posters were among the "thousands" in the cellar  
of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two days?


These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like  
to know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)


Call me a masochist.

-- JR

rixpost...@aol.com wrote:


  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called  
The Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every  
Thursday as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then,  
prior to the internet and announcements in movie theaters before  
the film starts stating things like "original 1932 movie poster on  
The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking $459,000!!" 
yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't aware  
of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into  
a great deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a  
Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just  
like every other Thursday afternoon.  The only thing different  
about this particular Thursday is that there was an add in the  
"Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something like:  "7  
Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first  
mistake was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable  
Halloween statue and subsequently not calling the phone number  
IMMEDIATELY.  Something distracted me and I became involved in a  
project around the house...I can't remember what.  The one thing I  
DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 pm thinking about that ad  
and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the  
piece of garbage I assumed it to be.  I told myself I'd call the  
number first thing the next morning and barely slept a wink all  
night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older  
gentleman answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up  
his driveway at that very moment!  He didn't know much about the  
Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only that it was very heavy,  
made of wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of course, I told  
him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase  
it.  He never called me back.  I called him an hour later and he  
told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby  
card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a  
conversation ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster  
collector talks to another.  As it turned out, I was talking to  
THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous.
He told me it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during the  
production of The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue  
including Karloff's original wardrobe and a life-mask of the  
monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of  
restoration (which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting  
it up for sale in one Auction house or another
   Flash forward another year somehow I learned that  
Guernsey's Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue  
with an opening bid of $50,000 (which seems like a truly measly   
amount by today's standards).   Over the past 30 years, I've had  
many, many "ones that got away"but no other poster, lob

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Ron Moore]

Hi Richard!
Actually, you mentioned the wrong Ron. Ron Borst wasn't involved in the New 
Zealand find. That was me. And yes, I've made lots of great finds over the 
years.
Ron MooreCinema Icons

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, Richard Evans  wrote:

From: Richard Evans 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:01 PM

Love reading these stories.Even if it's difficult to tell it apart from the 
MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS topic.
There was a great account a while back, (successful in that instance) of Bruce 
and others chasing down a hoard.
Would love to see them preserved in a book with a chapter for each of leading 
old school dealers/collectors' stories.
Like Ron Borst's experiences, including the story of New Zealand treasure trove.
And Todd, while he can't recall something like The Invisible Man cards, one can 
only wonder what he's experienced that he finds more memorable.
It's great reading them on Mopo, but it's even more ephemeral here than paper. 

On 26 Jul 2010, at 11:33, James Richard wrote:
  Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so far. 
At least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed treasure... but, 
on the other hand, who knows how many super-great posters were among the 
"thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out theater that Ron missed by only two 
days?
 
 These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to know 
about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)
 
 Call me a masochist.
 
 -- JR
 
 rixpost...@aol.com wrote:   Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type 
publication called The Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every 
Thursday as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the 
internet and announcements in movie theaters before the film starts stating 
things like "original 1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, 
record-breaking $459,000!!"yeah, back then the majority of the American 
public wasn't aware of the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally 
stumble into a great deal...quite a few times, in fact..).     My most 
memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a Thursday afternoon when 
I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every other Thursday afternoon.  
The only thing different about this particular Thursday is that there was an 
add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something like:  "7 Foot 
Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it
 said.  My first mistake was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable 
Halloween statue and subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.  
Something distracted me and I became involved in a project around the house...I 
can't remember what.  The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at about 11 
pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm 
that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to be.  I told myself I'd call 
the number first thing the next morning and barely slept a wink all night.    
The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older gentleman answered 
and said the prospective buyer was walking up his driveway at that very 
moment!  He didn't know much about the Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only 
that it was very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of 
course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase 
it.  He never called me
 back.  I called him an hour later and he told me he was sorry but the "statue" 
was gone.    Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby 
card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a conversation 
ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster collector talks to 
another.  As it turned out, I was talking to THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE 
FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous.   He told me it was used as a 
stand-in for Boris Karloff during the production of The Bride Of 
Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue including Karloff's original wardrobe and 
a life-mask of the monster.  He told me the life mask required a few hundred 
dollars of restoration (which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it 
up for sale in one Auction house or another     Flash forward another 
year somehow I learned that Guernsey's Auction was offering the 
Frankenstein stand-in statue with an opening bid of $50,000 (which
 seems like a truly measly  amount by today's standards).   Over the past 30 
years, I've had many, many "ones that got away"but no other poster, lobby 
card, collection of posters, collection of lobby cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to 
the Frankenstein stand-in "statue" that I could have had FOR SEVENTY FIVE 
BUCKS!     Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living room out 
there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably worth $500.000 or 
more by now.  I'm sure there are som

Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Richard Evans]

Love reading these stories.
Even if it's difficult to tell it apart from the MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS  
topic.


There was a great account a while back, (successful in that instance)  
of Bruce and others chasing down a hoard.
Would love to see them preserved in a book with a chapter for each of  
leading old school dealers/collectors' stories.


Like Ron Borst's experiences, including the story of New Zealand  
treasure trove.


And Todd, while he can't recall something like The Invisible Man  
cards, one can only wonder what he's experienced that he finds more  
memorable.


It's great reading them on Mopo, but it's even more ephemeral here  
than paper.



On 26 Jul 2010, at 11:33, James Richard wrote:

Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story  
so far. At least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's  
missed treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows how many super- 
great posters were among the "thousands" in the cellar of the burnt- 
out theater that Ron missed by only two days?


These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like  
to know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)


Call me a masochist.

-- JR

rixpost...@aol.com wrote:


  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The  
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday  
as soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the  
internet and announcements in movie theaters before the film starts  
stating things like "original 1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells  
for a staggering, record-breaking $459,000!!"yeah, back then  
the majority of the American public wasn't aware of the value of  
movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great  
deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a  
Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like  
every other Thursday afternoon.  The only thing different about  
this particular Thursday is that there was an add in the  
"Collectibles & Old Things" section saying something like:  "7 Foot  
Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first mistake  
was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue  
and subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.   
Something distracted me and I became involved in a project around  
the house...I can't remember what.  The one thing I DO remember is  
lying in bed at about 11 pm thinking about that ad and kicking  
myself for NOT EVEN CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of  
garbage I assumed it to be.  I told myself I'd call the number  
first thing the next morning and barely slept a wink all night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older  
gentleman answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up  
his driveway at that very moment!  He didn't know much about the  
Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only that it was very heavy,  
made of wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of course, I told  
him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase it.   
He never called me back.  I called him an hour later and he told me  
he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby  
card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a  
conversation ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster  
collector talks to another.  As it turned out, I was talking to THE  
GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous.   He  
told me it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during the  
production of The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue  
including Karloff's original wardrobe and a life-mask of the monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of  
restoration (which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it  
up for sale in one Auction house or another
   Flash forward another year somehow I learned that Guernsey's  
Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue with an  
opening bid of $50,000 (which seems like a truly measly  amount by  
today's standards).   Over the past 30 years, I've had many, many  
"ones that got away"but no other poster, lobby card, collection  
of posters, collection of lobby cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to the  
Frankenstein stand-in "statue" that I could have had FOR SEVENTY  
FIVE BUCKS!
   Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living room  
out there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably  
worth $500.000 or more by now.  I'm sure there are some old-timers   
who remember this thing being auctioned ay Guernsey's back in 1987  
(I think that was the year). As far as I know, it's never appeared  
on the market since.  Maybe it will someday.
   Anyway, it's all truea really interesting story from Movie  
Poster Land. Even after all these years, the whole thing makes me  
feel kind of queas

[MOPO] REMINDER- F/A on EBAY -- ending tomorrow -- Laura Title Card and Jungle Woman Realart one-sheet

[channinglylethomson]

7/26/2010

I currently have two very rare pieces up for auction on EBAY ending  
tomorrow.  They are the following:


Jungle Woman (R-1953) Acquanetta, this is the Realart re-release one- 
sheet

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110562554001

Laura (1944) Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Judith Anderson, VIncent  
Price, Clifton Webb,

Otto Preminger
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110562553630

Thanks, Channing Thomson, San Francisco, CA



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[MOPO] FA: Heritage has Forbidden Planet, Quiet Man, The Ape, Butterfield 8, Flash Gordon, Dr. No, Reform School Girl, Dog's Life, more!

[Carteron, Bruce - 1551]

Heritage is auctioning  an especially spectacular collection of rare and 
vintage movie posters, lobby cards and photos this week - and at the best 
values too! Bid with confidence on some of the greatest deals in vintage movie 
material. The 511 lots in this week's auction will end Sunday, August 1st at 
10PM CT.
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/search_results.php?N=54+793+794+791+792+4294955818

Some of our highlights for this week include:

Forbidden Planet (MGM, 1956) Title Lobby Card (11" X 14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51173

The Quiet Man (Republic, 1952) John Wayne Six Sheet (81" X 81")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51348

The Ape (Monogram, 1940) Boris Karloff One Sheet (27" X 41")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51048

Butterfield 8 (MGM, 1960) Elizabeth Taylor Posters (40" X 60") Style Y and Z
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51093
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51094

How to Make a Monster (American International, 1958) Horror One Sheet (27" X 
41").
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51242

You Only Live Twice (United Artists, 1967) James Bond Lobby Card Set of 8 (11" 
X 14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51509

Live Fast, Die Young (Universal International, 1958) Bad Girl One Sheet (27" X 
41")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51271

Flash Gordon (Filmcraft, R-1950) Buster Crabbe One Sheet (27" X 41") & Lobby 
Card Set of 8 (Reissued as Rocketship)
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51171
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51170

The Man Who Lived Again (Gaumont, 1936) Karloff One Sheet (27" X 41")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51286

War of the Colossal Beast (American International, 1958) Sci-Fi One Sheet (27" 
X 41")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51487

Loving You (Paramount, 1957) Elvis Presley One Sheet (27" X 41")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51276

Reform School Girl (American International, 1957) Bad Girl Half Sheet (22" X 
28")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51356

When Worlds Collide (Paramount, 1951) Classic Sci-Fi Window Card (14" X 22")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51498

A Dog's Life (First National, 1918) Charlie Chaplin Title Lobby Card (8" X 10")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51145

Dr. No (United Artists, 1962) James Bond Lobby Cards (7) (11" X 14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51160#photo

Sands of Iwo Jima (Republic, 1950) John Wayne Title Lobby Card & Lobby Card 
(11" X 14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51384

Revenge of the Creature (Universal International, 1955) Closeup of Creature 
Lobby Card (11" X 14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51359

Custer's Last Fight (Quality Amusement, R-1925) Great Stone Litho Three Sheet 
(41" X 81")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51125

Target Earth (Allied Artists, 1954) Classic Sci-Fi Lobby Card Set of 8 (11" X 
14")
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51426

The Rains Came (20th Century Fox, 1939) Myrna Loy & Tyrone Power One Sheet (27" 
X 41") Style B
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=510081&Lot_No=51351

And many, many more!
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Re: [MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[James Richard]

Hmmm... seems Rick and Ron are kind of tied for the top horror story so 
far. At least we can put some kind of dollar value on Rick's missed 
treasure... but, on the other hand, who knows how many super-great 
posters were among the "thousands" in the cellar of the burnt-out 
theater that Ron missed by only two days?


These stories are almost to painful to read... but still, I'd like to 
know about Phil's rolled up KING KONG insert... :)


Call me a masochist.

-- JR

rixpost...@aol.com wrote:
  Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The 
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as 
soon as it arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the 
internet and announcements in movie theaters before the film starts 
stating things like "original 1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells for 
a staggering, record-breaking $459,000!!"yeah, back then the 
majority of the American public wasn't aware of the value of movie 
posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great deal...quite a few 
times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on a 
Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like 
every other Thursday afternoon.  The only thing different about this 
particular Thursday is that there was an add in the "Collectibles & 
Old Things" section saying something like:  "7 Foot Tall 
Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it said.  My first mistake was 
assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable Halloween statue and 
subsequently not calling the phone number IMMEDIATELY.  Something 
distracted me and I became involved in a project around the house...I 
can't remember what.  The one thing I DO remember is lying in bed at 
about 11 pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT EVEN 
CALLING to confirm that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to 
be.  I told myself I'd call the number first thing the next morning 
and barely slept a wink all night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older 
gentleman answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his 
driveway at that very moment!  He didn't know much about the 
Frankenstein "statue" that he had...only that it was very heavy, made 
of wood...and he insisted it was original.  Of course, I told him to 
PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer didn't purchase it.  He never 
called me back.  I called him an hour later and he told me he was 
sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or lobby 
card through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a 
conversation ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster 
collector talks to another.  As it turned out, I was talking to THE 
GUY WHO BOUGHT THE FRANKENSTEIN STATUE abut a year previous.   He told 
me it was used as a stand-in for Boris Karloff during the production 
of The Bride Of Frankenstein--- a huge wooden statue including 
Karloff's original wardrobe and a life-mask of the monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of restoration 
(which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it up for sale in 
one Auction house or another
   Flash forward another year somehow I learned that Guernsey's 
Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue with an opening 
bid of $50,000 (which seems like a truly measly  amount by today's 
standards).   Over the past 30 years, I've had many, many "ones that 
got away"but no other poster, lobby card, collection of posters, 
collection of lobby cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to the Frankenstein 
stand-in "statue" that I could have had FOR SEVENTY FIVE BUCKS!
   Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living room 
out there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably worth 
$500.000 or more by now.  I'm sure there are some old-timers  who 
remember this thing being auctioned ay Guernsey's back in 1987 (I 
think that was the year). As far as I know, it's never appeared on the 
market since.  Maybe it will someday. 
   Anyway, it's all truea really interesting story from Movie 
Poster Land. Even after all these years, the whole thing makes me feel 
kind of queasy.  Hey, I bet it would make you feel queasy,too...

 Rick
 
   



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Re: [MOPO] Todd Spoor Inv Man set

[James Richard]

So would the rest of us... at least the "missing card" -- if it *is* 
missing. Is it possible they only put out a 7-card set?


-- JR

James Gresham wrote:
Hey Todd, I do still need to figure out the complete set.  so, if you 
do have the images I would love to see them!  Jim


--
Jim Gresham
18501 Henry Ct
Ray, MI  48096

586-677-7669
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