Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!

[Glenn Taranto]

Greg and Toochis -

Great story Greg!  The fact that you still enjoy your poster every day is
very cool. I wish I had more wall space but I swap my posters out pretty
regularly. Sometimes I still can't believe these 80, 90 and 100 year old
posters still exist and are on display in my home.

And Toochis... When you least expect it one of your wishes will become a
reality. I hope it's soon. I look forward to hearing your story!

Best -

Glenn



On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:18 PM Toochis r  wrote:

> I wish I had a similar tale to tell, Glenn.  Hope I will someday.  My wish
> list becomes ever more elusive.
>
> Happy collecting everyone!
>
> Toochis
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 9:05 AM Greg Douglass  wrote:
>
>> Replying late as usual..but on topic.
>> First of all, congratulations Glenn. This particular poster ain't exactly
>> easy to find but I do find it chock full of emotional warmth.
>> My "second chance" came with the one sheet from "The Devil Commands".
>> Back when the bottom fell out of my musical career for reasons I won't get
>> into here, I sold almost everything in my collection in the very late
>> 1980s, before the big auctions came along and prices exploded. I kept one
>> poster until the very last moment; the Karloff image next to a wonderful
>> rendering of Satan. Finally, the poster I had purchased from Malcolm
>> Willits back in 1966 for 5 bucks sold for a whopping $100.00 in 1988.
>> I thought I was so slick...100 bucks? Woo hoo!
>> I moved to San Diego. My life became one of sanity & sustainability and I
>> started making excellent money...but that one sheet never seemed to come up
>> for auction. Finally, a couple of years ago, I found an excellent copy of
>> the title with the director's name signed at the bottom. The price was
>> pretty steep but I had the money and grabbed it.
>> I'm sitting in my living room. 4 titles are displayed in front of me: a
>> Carter magic window card, an "Invisible Ghost" one sheet with what I think
>> is the absolute best image oof Lugosi ever, an S2 stone litho recreation of
>> "The Mummy" (I compared it to an original; well done, S2!) and...Boris &
>> the Devil. Not once have I considered that I paid too much. It brightens up
>> my day every morning and makes me realize how far I've come in life.
>> My wife tolerates my hobby because it makes me happy. Most of my friends
>> don't get it.  But, as John Sebastian said many years ago, collecting
>> expensive old paper is "..like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock & roll."
>> Greg Douglass
>>
>>
>> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:46 AM
>> *From:* "David Kusumoto" 
>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!
>> That's a great story insofar it is different than when you get a second
>> chance at a specific title you missed out on before.  What you describe is
>> winning the exact same item - down to its unique paper fibers - that you
>> missed out on - that you never forgot about - more than two decades later.
>>
>> I think we all have some version of this story in our heads, something we
>> regret bidding, chasing - or even selling - that we wish we could have
>> another crack at - and I mean not just a different copy of a specific
>> poster - but the EXACT same poster we missed or let go that we thought
>> would "turn up again" in the future - but never has.
>>
>> I know there are times when I think about specific titles that were in my
>> collection and I remember them like a forensic person remembers a
>> fingerprint.  I was so dedicated to not only to collecting top titles - but
>> they were in the best condition possible short of being restored.
>>
>> There is one particular title in my head that if it ever comes up again -
>> I will chase it even though I have so few years ahead of me vs. behind me.
>> The title and format are not rare at all - it's not even worth .  But
>> it was written upon in a specific way - that's special only to me - hence I
>> only want the EXACT poster I used to own - back in my house!  I don't even
>> know who the buyer is or if it's changed hands or has a new owner in the US
>> or overseas!  Is this crazy / irrational or what?
>>
>> The collecting impulse still lives - even though I consider myself
>> "mostly retired" from collecting!  Being superstitious until, as they say,
>> the pink slip of ownership is in hand - that I won't reveal it here just in
>> case it EVER turns up again in a sale.  It's still desirable but can never
>> be as special to someone else as it was to me.  I sold it in a weak moment
>> and if it turns up again, it's understandable that I don't want ANY
>> competition! - d.
>>
>>
>> --
>> *From:* MoPo List  on behalf of Glenn
>> Taranto 
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:07 PM
>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
>> *Subject:* Poster Story 21 years in the making!
>>
>> Hello Folks!
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar story...
>>
>> Just 

Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!

[Toochis r]

I wish I had a similar tale to tell, Glenn.  Hope I will someday.  My wish
list becomes ever more elusive.

Happy collecting everyone!

Toochis

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 9:05 AM Greg Douglass  wrote:

> Replying late as usual..but on topic.
> First of all, congratulations Glenn. This particular poster ain't exactly
> easy to find but I do find it chock full of emotional warmth.
> My "second chance" came with the one sheet from "The Devil Commands". Back
> when the bottom fell out of my musical career for reasons I won't get into
> here, I sold almost everything in my collection in the very late 1980s,
> before the big auctions came along and prices exploded. I kept one poster
> until the very last moment; the Karloff image next to a wonderful rendering
> of Satan. Finally, the poster I had purchased from Malcolm Willits back in
> 1966 for 5 bucks sold for a whopping $100.00 in 1988.
> I thought I was so slick...100 bucks? Woo hoo!
> I moved to San Diego. My life became one of sanity & sustainability and I
> started making excellent money...but that one sheet never seemed to come up
> for auction. Finally, a couple of years ago, I found an excellent copy of
> the title with the director's name signed at the bottom. The price was
> pretty steep but I had the money and grabbed it.
> I'm sitting in my living room. 4 titles are displayed in front of me: a
> Carter magic window card, an "Invisible Ghost" one sheet with what I think
> is the absolute best image oof Lugosi ever, an S2 stone litho recreation of
> "The Mummy" (I compared it to an original; well done, S2!) and...Boris &
> the Devil. Not once have I considered that I paid too much. It brightens up
> my day every morning and makes me realize how far I've come in life.
> My wife tolerates my hobby because it makes me happy. Most of my friends
> don't get it.  But, as John Sebastian said many years ago, collecting
> expensive old paper is "..like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock & roll."
> Greg Douglass
>
>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:46 AM
> *From:* "David Kusumoto" 
> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!
> That's a great story insofar it is different than when you get a second
> chance at a specific title you missed out on before.  What you describe is
> winning the exact same item - down to its unique paper fibers - that you
> missed out on - that you never forgot about - more than two decades later.
>
> I think we all have some version of this story in our heads, something we
> regret bidding, chasing - or even selling - that we wish we could have
> another crack at - and I mean not just a different copy of a specific
> poster - but the EXACT same poster we missed or let go that we thought
> would "turn up again" in the future - but never has.
>
> I know there are times when I think about specific titles that were in my
> collection and I remember them like a forensic person remembers a
> fingerprint.  I was so dedicated to not only to collecting top titles - but
> they were in the best condition possible short of being restored.
>
> There is one particular title in my head that if it ever comes up again -
> I will chase it even though I have so few years ahead of me vs. behind me.
> The title and format are not rare at all - it's not even worth .  But
> it was written upon in a specific way - that's special only to me - hence I
> only want the EXACT poster I used to own - back in my house!  I don't even
> know who the buyer is or if it's changed hands or has a new owner in the US
> or overseas!  Is this crazy / irrational or what?
>
> The collecting impulse still lives - even though I consider myself "mostly
> retired" from collecting!  Being superstitious until, as they say, the pink
> slip of ownership is in hand - that I won't reveal it here just in case it
> EVER turns up again in a sale.  It's still desirable but can never be as
> special to someone else as it was to me.  I sold it in a weak moment and if
> it turns up again, it's understandable that I don't want ANY competition! -
> d.
>
>
> --
> *From:* MoPo List  on behalf of Glenn
> Taranto 
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:07 PM
> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
> *Subject:* Poster Story 21 years in the making!
>
> Hello Folks!
>
> I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar story...
>
> Just about 21 years ago a Richard Dix half-sheet appeared on eBay that can
> only be described as "really adorable". It's from a 1921Goldwyn picture
> called DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD. It features a couple, Helene Chadwick and
> Richard Dix, smiling at each other as they huddle over a baby in a
> bassinet. As Goldwyn did in those days, the poster is entitled, The First
> Baby. The one sheet has a similar image but the half sheet, in my
> humble opinion captures the moment better.
>
> Naturally when I saw that poster on eBay I wanted very much to add it to
> my burgeoning Richard Dix collection. 

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Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!

[Greg Douglass]

Replying late as usual..but on topic.

First of all, congratulations Glenn. This particular poster ain't exactly easy to find but I do find it chock full of emotional warmth.

My "second chance" came with the one sheet from "The Devil Commands". Back when the bottom fell out of my musical career for reasons I won't get into here, I sold almost everything in my collection in the very late 1980s, before the big auctions came along and prices exploded. I kept one poster until the very last moment; the Karloff image next to a wonderful rendering of Satan. Finally, the poster I had purchased from Malcolm Willits back in 1966 for 5 bucks sold for a whopping $100.00 in 1988.

I thought I was so slick...100 bucks? Woo hoo!

I moved to San Diego. My life became one of sanity & sustainability and I started making excellent money...but that one sheet never seemed to come up for auction. Finally, a couple of years ago, I found an excellent copy of the title with the director's name signed at the bottom. The price was pretty steep but I had the money and grabbed it.

I'm sitting in my living room. 4 titles are displayed in front of me: a Carter magic window card, an "Invisible Ghost" one sheet with what I think is the absolute best image oof Lugosi ever, an S2 stone litho recreation of "The Mummy" (I compared it to an original; well done, S2!) and...Boris & the Devil. Not once have I considered that I paid too much. It brightens up my day every morning and makes me realize how far I've come in life.

My wife tolerates my hobby because it makes me happy. Most of my friends don't get it.  But, as John Sebastian said many years ago, collecting expensive old paper is "..like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock & roll."

Greg Douglass

 
 

Sent: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:46 AM
From: "David Kusumoto" 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster Story 21 years in the making!



That's a great story insofar it is different than when you get a second chance at a specific title you missed out on before.  What you describe is winning the exact same item - down to its unique paper fibers - that you missed out on - that you never forgot about - more than two decades later. 

 

I think we all have some version of this story in our heads, something we regret bidding, chasing - or even selling - that we wish we could have another crack at - and I mean not just a different copy of a specific poster - but the EXACT same poster we missed or let go that we thought would "turn up again" in the future - but never has. 

 

I know there are times when I think about specific titles that were in my collection and I remember them like a forensic person remembers a fingerprint.  I was so dedicated to not only to collecting top titles - but they were in the best condition possible short of being restored. 

 

There is one particular title in my head that if it ever comes up again - I will chase it even though I have so few years ahead of me vs. behind me.  The title and format are not rare at all - it's not even worth .  But it was written upon in a specific way - that's special only to me - hence I only want the EXACT poster I used to own - back in my house!  I don't even know who the buyer is or if it's changed hands or has a new owner in the US or overseas!  Is this crazy / irrational or what? 

 

The collecting impulse still lives - even though I consider myself "mostly retired" from collecting!  Being superstitious until, as they say, the pink slip of ownership is in hand - that I won't reveal it here just in case it EVER turns up again in a sale.  It's still desirable but can never be as special to someone else as it was to me.  I sold it in a weak moment and if it turns up again, it's understandable that I don't want ANY competition! - d.

 

 


From: MoPo List  on behalf of Glenn Taranto 
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:07 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
Subject: Poster Story 21 years in the making!

 




Hello Folks!

 

I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar story...

 

Just about 21 years ago a Richard Dix half-sheet appeared on eBay that can only be described as "really adorable". It's from a 1921Goldwyn picture called DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD. It features a couple, Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix, smiling at each other as they huddle over a baby in a bassinet. As Goldwyn did in those days, the poster is entitled, The First Baby. The one sheet has a similar image but the half sheet, in my humble opinion captures the moment better.

 

Naturally when I saw that poster on eBay I wanted very much to add it to my burgeoning Richard Dix collection. Sadly I lost out to one of our esteemed colleagues! Naturally I was tremendously disappointed but you all know the feeling. When are you ever going to see a then 80 year-old poster like that ever again? It's just never gonna happen.

 

If you can believe it, about a month ago while enjoying my poster collection I thought back to that auction as if it 

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