Re: [MOPO] Disney ca 1937

2006-08-14 Thread Michael Wong
Hi all, Does anyone know where I might find pictures of Disney's animation staff ca 1937? I just bought a photo of them standing before a wall of storyboard sheets from the Oscar nominated Donald Duck cartoon Good Scouts. I suspect that they may include writer Carl Barks and voice over guy Cl

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Toochis Morin
I'm with Shelly.  Good-night all,ToochisTom Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whitworth is the voice of reason I agree with Shelly,- TOMShelly Whitworth-King wrote:> I'm going over the 2 post limit here but .. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, can we > just chill a wee bit.>> It seems to be that anything gets

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF HANDS -- bogus list STAR WARS Orig 1977 One Sheet Style A...

2006-08-14 Thread OneSheet
In a message dated 8/14/2006 5:06:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everything JR said is true and logical and why I am the only one defending him is beyond my comprehension.  I do not care for the inflammatory tone of this thread, but I do support the criticisms proffe

Re: [MOPO] French Double Panel

2006-08-14 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
Tom,   That's because Dads are great and love their kids, no matter how the media might try to portray them.  Let's hear it for DADS!  WHOO-AAH!   SHC - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Monday, A

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
Gotcha! May I then have some feck, please? Saul - Original Message - From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short... Saul, It's what some people like at the end of a long hard d

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
Saul, It's what some people like at the end of a long hard day, or sometimes first thing in the morning, or on a lazy Sunday afternoon. I think it's Irish. Phil Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D wrote: What the hell is a "feck"? SHC - Original Message - From: "Vesna B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [MOPO] what we have here is a failure to communicate- strothers martin.:)

2006-08-14 Thread Joseph Bonelli
Wise words from one of MOPO's undisputed nice guys.   And he is kind with the compliments, too!  Thanks, Tom. I like you because you are-- a nice guy!!    Joe B in New Orleans   PS-- Perhaps we should pass on another great Strother Martin line-- this one from the John Ford classic, THE MAN

Re: [MOPO] French Double Panel

2006-08-14 Thread Tom A. Pennock
Thank's Saul for your word's of encouragment. I hope it is finally done by Christmas. It would be a great Christmas if it was.  I have had this back from Poster Restoration Studio in LA since 2002 waiting to do something with it.   I have to give a lot of thank's and credit to my Dad for put

Re: [MOPO] Scott & The Titanic

2006-08-14 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
Tom,   I admire your persistence and do hope it gets done.  It will be magnificent!  Too bad we're not in the same neck of the woods.  We could have done this together.  By the way, I wouldn't have your Dad do anything but nurse a Shirley Temple and supervise (somewhere in the shade).  Come

Re: [MOPO] what we have here is a failure to communicate- strothers martin.:)

2006-08-14 Thread Tom Martin
Folks... I may be not able to  spell or use gtammer well... But I can feel emotion like a  bloodhound can smell a scent Take note.. that if you look back,, most outbursts on Mopo can be directly linked to world unrest and calamitys... see people get testy when they are told a Popo bottle

Re: [MOPO] Scott & The Titanic

2006-08-14 Thread Tom A. Pennock
Hi Saul:    My framer is a major procrastinator. She has delayed the "double panel" until this fall. She want's $1,700.00+ tax to frame it and I am trying to get her to include the moving of the poster. Her brother in law is a professional mover and she wanted $150.00 to move it. It will be

Re: [MOPO] Scott & The Titanic

2006-08-14 Thread Joseph Bonelli
<"If Scott is the captainhe should be having a Shirley Temple ">   Or perhaps a very large extra dry martini straight up with a twist "no olive.  Auntie Mame says they take up too much room in such a small glass."   Joe B in New Orleans--   PS-- All this MOPO-lian controversy is

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
What the hell is a "feck"? SHC - Original Message - From: "Vesna B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short... For feck's sake...are you people serious? When did this go from a poster forum frequented by adults

[MOPO] words of irish wisdom

2006-08-14 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
Well put Ms Whitworth-King. If this were a newspaper and not an online forum that exists forever, most of this would be wrapping today's and tomorrow's fish and chips (possibly too British a term). And this reminds me - where the hell is Frederic March when we really need him? Phil

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Tom Martin
Whitworth is the voice of reason I agree with Shelly, - TOM Shelly Whitworth-King wrote: I'm going over the 2 post limit here but .. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, can we just chill a wee bit. It seems to be that anything gets our goat. Could we just take a few deep breaths and stop acting like ...

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Vesna B
For feck's sake...are you people serious? When did this go from a poster forum frequented by adults, to a kid's playground? And you wonder why the group has the reputation it does... Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

[MOPO] Negative feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Steven Yafet
Sorry to hear about what happened to you, Michael. I would hate that, too. Some sellers just seem to have really short fuses and/or to be predisposed to doling out negatives for nothing at all. I've developed a habit of looking closely at a seller's feedback comments before I bid. If they s

Re: [MOPO] Scott & The Titanic

2006-08-14 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
Hey screw you Tom.  Did you eve get that French Grande framed or what?  You were supposed to show us the final product.   Saul - Original Message - From: Tom A. Pennock To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:48 PM Subject: [MOPO] Scott

[MOPO] Scott & The Titanic

2006-08-14 Thread Tom A. Pennock
If Scott is the captain of this MOPO ship and it's the "Titanic" he should be having a Shirley Temple instead of a Mae West. :)   --Tom Pennock Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
I'm going over the 2 post limit here but .. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, can we just chill a wee bit. It seems to be that anything gets our goat. Could we just take a few deep breaths and stop acting like ... well, big angry idiots. We're supposed to be able to take criticism without getting all het

Re: [MOPO] ARGH!!!!

2006-08-14 Thread jbirddouglass
Hey Scotthell, this last thread wasn't even a large sized iceberg. No religion, no politics, we didn't even get started, Burns You know, it occurs to me that I can't remember what ANY of the flame wars on MOPO have ever been about. I can remember the information I glean from the list, an

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF HANDS -- bogus list STAR WARS Orig 1977 One Sheet Style A...

2006-08-14 Thread Natalie Elliott
Compared to some of you, I've been collecting for about 20 minutes, but even I can spot a Rixposterz listing from the title. I just wish he'd buy a better camera, he's one step up from the quality of bradburied and Tom Loce's photos, and we all know why they upload such poor quality images. Nata

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
Hey Michael I feel for you. The only negative feedback my partner ever had was over postage costs and he managed to have it removed by eBay, as the buyer called him a CROOK / THIEF or somesuch highly volatile word in the feedback. The piece in question was a large banner - as we know, these

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
The Hildebrandt artwork was used on the quad, which was withdrawn once Lucas saw and approved the character driven Chantrell art. Most were trashed, but some got out into the maketplace and now commands serious consideration.   The art was also used on the commercially licensed 1977 Factors

Re: [MOPO] ARGH!!!!

2006-08-14 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
Hey Kapitan, if you want a MAE WEST, I can oblige. Shelly PS: Well, though not really kitted out that well , you hopefully, you get my drift. Original Message Follows From: Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOP

[MOPO] ARGH!!!!

2006-08-14 Thread Scott Burns
Title: ARGH Now I know how the captain of the Titanic felt as his ship sank beneath him. Scott MoPo List Owner Jeopardy answer: "no-win situation" … The Question: What is running a listserv? Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com _

Re: [MOPO] Stacks of hideous 3-sheets

2006-08-14 Thread Evan Zweifel
This question is really much more interesting than the current thread. I offer this feeble explanation for my own collection habits. And, I should add, I am one of the very very few people in the state of Colorado who actually has a three sheet on the wall -- so that makes me an expert! Fir

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Brek Anderson
Hi JR, Wasn’t me, it was Michael B. I just gave him some advice on how to get rid of the negative. Knock on wood I am still at 100% on approaching 2000 total feedback. I did get my first and only negative retracted with some work about a year ago.  eBay has some ways now to get rid of nega

[MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] JR eats humble pie -- Film at Eleven!

2006-08-14 Thread dsonesheets
Can we just please get over this and start talking about posters again?  This thread is just about as annoying as getting the link to the foreign "rare style" poster in the first place! On 8/14/06, JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So... now I've inadvertently blackened the fair reputation of MOPO

[MOPO] JR eats humble pie -- Film at Eleven!

2006-08-14 Thread JR
So... now I've inadvertently blackened the fair reputation of MOPO over on NSFGE, have I? I'm so sorry... How could I have been so callous and unthinking? To have been so vulgar as to use such an unspeakable epithet like the "J" word in polite company to describe a business practice whereby lot

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Michael B
ebay is no innocent bystander to a lot of the bad feedback...    but, i just filed an ebay complaint since i belive that this person bid on this horrible, cheap item solely to cause me bad feedback.  he joined ebay, a day or so earlier..and hasnt bid since.   i just dont know

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread JR
Brek,   *sigh*... condolences and welcome to the club. I remember how betrayed and hurt I felt the day I got my first (and only) negative... from a guy who had actually bought from me before and left positive feedback. But then he won a $200 pulp in a hot bidding war and apparently he had got

[MOPO] FA: Relistings for For a Few $ More & Pulp Fiction AGAIN, sorry!

2006-08-14 Thread dsonesheets
Well, eBay screwed me again, right after I got the auction for the Good, Bad, and Ugly fixed.  They pulled my two new auctions for For A Few Dollars More and Pulp Fiction that I had just listed.   Well, after an hour on the phone with their support, I got them to put them back in my unsold folder s

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread P Molitor
O Heaven for just 7.75 shipping!   I just paid 52 Euros(!) to ship a poster from Germany (rolled).  All I can say is it better be hand delivered by a golden-haired fraulein in cutoff lederhosen for that price.   Sadly, I'm guessing I'll have to schlep to the PO to pick it up myself in about 6 w

Re: [MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Brek Anderson
If a new ebayer has less than 10 feedback you are supposed to be able to get it removed if you request (if ebay implemented what they said they would at ebay live). If that id becomes restricted or unregistered then the negative will be automatically removed because their feedback is less t

[MOPO] FA: CLOSING! ALL PRICES SLASHED! Plus Orig 1945 MILDRED PIERCE US TITLE CARD!!!!

2006-08-14 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Everyone,     I have over 20 auctions closing within 5 TO 7 HOURS, some really desireable prices with opening bids that have been DRAMATICALLY REDUCED.  If you have an extra minute please take a look: Link to All of my auctions plus special link to Original MILDRED PIERCE US title card ar

[MOPO] my first bad feedback

2006-08-14 Thread Michael B
most of you have been there..   my first neg feedback.   i was the seller.  buyer had joined ebay 2 days earlier, hence, ZERO feedback.   i truly suspect this was retaliation by someone...  why would anyone join ebay just to buy a cheap insert of STOP YOU'RE KILLING ME that

[MOPO] FA: For A Few $ More / Pulp Fiction Lucky Strikes Japanese B2s

2006-08-14 Thread dsonesheets
Well, I'm getting the listings going, and just added another two:   Pulp Fiction - Lucky Strikes advance B2 - can't say whether this style was recalled in Japan, but after comparing it to an original U.S . OS, this appears to be the genuine article.  Eight pinholes, two on sides, three on top and b

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF HANDS -- bogus list STAR WARS Orig 1977 One Sheet Style A...

2006-08-14 Thread jbirddouglass
I started deleting most of the SHOW OF HANDS emails yesterday when all the usual kvetching began (although I did glean some good advice on blocking sellers, so the glass is still half-full.) Now if only they could invent a delete button for the fat, drunk bible salesman who sits next to you on

[MOPO] It Must Be the Heat (in North America Anyway)

2006-08-14 Thread Scott Burns
MoPo'ers: There has been an interesting thread over on the always stimulating discussion site "Not Suitable For General Exhibition" with the topic title "Why are some at MoPo A-Holes?" In light of the current uproar over Rick's less-than-complete description of his Star Wars poster, I can now see

[MOPO] FA: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Japanese B2 C10 Mint relisted

2006-08-14 Thread dsonesheets
Ok, everyone can find the relisted auction here, eBay admitted their error and helped me expedite the relisting.  Took about 10 minutes.   Enjoy and thanks!-- Steve Zammar[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.dsonesheets.com303/478-3973 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com _

Re: [MOPO] Blocking Sellers?

2006-08-14 Thread Old Time Cinema
Claude - I know you were talking about two different things - but, I thought when you block a seller at eBay it filters out their stuff in the searches?  Unless, can you only block bidders at eBay, or sellers too? On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:36:20 EDT, Claude Litton wrote > > The emails are bloc

Re: [MOPO] Blocking Sellers?

2006-08-14 Thread Randall Petersen
It's easy to block any ebay seller, if you used the Advanced Search feature. Under Advanced Search, go to 'From Sellers', click the button for 'From specific sellers', pull down the menu to 'Exclude', and enter the sellers name or names. Save the search, and from then on you will never see those

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF HANDS -- bogus list STAR WARS Orig 1977 One Sheet Style A...

2006-08-14 Thread Brek Anderson
I think the problem is Bruce, none of us have had any time to look. I spend too much time deleting email about SHOW OF HANDS. I have read part of just a couple of the emails and think I GOT THE DRIFT. Can't imagine how much time it would take to read and write all of these. I could have looked at a

Re: [MOPO] Blocking Sellers?

2006-08-14 Thread Claude Litton
The emails are blocked at mopo   The listings are on ebay.  the two are not related. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PRO

[MOPO] Blocking Sellers?

2006-08-14 Thread Old Time Cinema
Claude wrote: "I have blocked his emails but his listings in ebay are still there and I cannot block them because you do not know who the seller is until you click on the item." I thought if you blocked an eBay seller this would filter their listings out in any search you do? No? --

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread JR
Steve,   Actually, the Hildebrant artwork also appeared on the original 1977 British Quad style A... also on some "15th anniversary" 27x41 posters released in 1992 (but I am confused as to whether or not the 1992 posters were ever used for theatrical display... one of them even has "A NEW HOP

[MOPO] Snow White image needed

2006-08-14 Thread Doug Ball
Mopo,   Does anyone have an image for a Snow White 58r 40x60 that they can help me out with?   Thank you, Doug Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a messag

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread dsonesheets
Since I was the one who bought it, can I confirm that this is the only original poster that had the Hildebrandt artwork on it?  I really enjoy the artwork on this poster vs. the Jung artwork.  Although the Jung is fairly classic, the Hildebrandt has something about it that I really like.  Can't wai

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF HANDS -- bogus list STAR WARS Orig 1977 One Sheet Style A...

2006-08-14 Thread Claude Litton
Kirby   First of all I did not call anyone a jerk.  I have no clue as to where you read that I did.   As to not wanting to read a seller's listings?  What are you talking about?  I scan the "Originals-US" ebay listings daily and I look at the posters "Ending Today" in the first 4 categories f

Re: [MOPO] SHOW OF FEET -- Life is short...

2006-08-14 Thread JR
Ari,   I agree that "life is short..."  too short for me to have my time unecessarily wasted by being tricked into looking at versions of posters I am never going to buy. If I were French, I would collect French-langue posters, but I'm American and so I collect English-language versions. Is t