Scott,
Oh, this is such a cop out. Including a reference to *both* Susan and myself
as equal partners in crime in "this weekend's flame-a-thon"?
I said ONE thing Scott... count it... ONE thing:
1) "...you're still willing to fire off an emotional blast without considering
ALL the aspects of
To those who care to read it, I'm sorry for the
length of this post, but I need to set the record straight before
departing:
Recently, in a 24-hour period, Susan Olson
sent 5 separate public messages to this list in which she violated the
long-standing rule of no personal attacks. In each
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Anyone else notice that unless you have previous
contact info(email address) for another Ebay member, it is now impossible to
contact that person if they are not currently listing any items? If you go
back to their past items, there's no link anymore to ask the seller a
question.
Unless I
I don't blame you, J.R. When reading your
post and re-reading hers, it's clear you were not to blame.
Susan is the reason I left style-b. Actually,
I just stopped the emails like you're doing here. She recently
booted me off. I received two emails the same day, one right after
the o
You can go to their feedback page and click-on "contact member",
however it is not "item-specific"
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We would like to acquire a Columbia cartoon short one sheet from the LIL ABNER series. The episodeI specifically want is KICKAPOO JUICE. The date is 1944. Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List W
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Great subject. I started with Bogie because I've adored him since I was a child. My grandfather looked and sounded like him. Needless to say, Bogie paper runs high so I can't get as much as I like. I then started buying silent movie posters. I pretty much stay with stone lithos and try not
Andrea,
Thanks, I really appreciate your stepping up in public to say something
against Susan's unwarranted and vicious 24-hour long attack. Yeah, it's obvious
to some people (who have not spoken publicly) that Scott should never have
let her back in in the first place and should have taken
I think it took longer for my computer to
download all the type in JR’s
previous message than it does to download the photo’s from Richie’s
messages.
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Hello Andrea and all
I'd prefer not to speak about another group here and I'm sure this will
force a groan from many, but all those B-Style members who hadn't posted /
contributed to B-Style in the last few months were removed as members. They
were given the chance to renew membership, if they
My pleasure, J.R.
You know, I believe in taking it outside, as a
rule. But her speech was unjustified, undignified, and ludicrous to the
point where I felt someone had to speak up.
Done is done.
I'll be back again the next time she goes
off. Until then, I really must get back to lurki
This is Bruce Hershenson. I am sending this quick e-mail to MoPo to make sure
something about the 995 lots of vintage stills I have on eBay ending tonight
(the 19th) is clear to all of you. Here is what it is:
Because I am selling so MANY stills at once (over 5,700 in all) I had to make a
decis
JR,
Would you please, could you please, kindly drop it? It would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Gordon
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> Andrea,
>
> Thanks, I really appreciate your stepping up in public to say something
> against Susan's unwarranted and vicious 24-hour long attack. Yeah
Shelly,
I couldn't agree with you more.
I know that for many of you this is a "business", either because you are
sellers, restorers, or because you collect as investors. However, collecting
movie memorabilia or simply having an interest in it is still essentially a
hobby, something meant fo
Gordon
you really hit the nail on the head and it is
pretty much what I said 2 weeks ago. MoPo is
supposed to be (in my opinion) a place for fans
to meet, greet, play & have fun as well as be
educated. Yes I am in business selling posters &
other collectibles, but I am also a collector for
Greetings, Mopo members
I currently have listed on Ebay, a selection of about 40 posters and lobby cards.
All of the listings have the option to submit your best offer.
There are original posters from the 40's and 50's and lobby cards from the 1930's.
I hope you find the time to browse through
Dear MOPO's,
I asked Dan Zimmer, the publisher of Illustration Magazine http://www.illustration-magazine.com/ of the status of the 2003 or aound 2004 announced "Reynold Brown" book. Please see Dan's reply below. Maybe MOPO can send some requests to Dan to get this project moving forward. May
Make an offer on any combination of items... shipping only 5.00 priority no
matter how many items you buy...
thanks,
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Devil Bats Daughter pressbook... Bela Lugosi Night Monster pressbook...
Face of fire pressbook Dead Ringer pressbook bette davis The
Amityville Horror pressbook Ki
Very nice MCW cover picture and look inside the House of Poe.
You certainly deserve all sorts of credit for entertaining and
informing MCW readers for all these years. Those articles take a lot
of time to research and write. Thank you! I've learned a lot and I'm
certain others have as well.
Hi,
We are looking for an original SPELLBOUND 1 sheet.
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Wanted to Buy any publicity material depicting Patrick McGoohan's
character in, "All Night Long" (1961)
Please contact me off list.
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I enjoy many intelligent postings from this Forum, and have learned an
awful lot about the movie poster collecting hobby as a result.
The last few days of diatribes going back and forth is not enhancing the
list.
Could someone start a good new thread.here's one...what is the best
poster find
Original Spellbound one sheet for $6.00. Now, of course, it was 1974,
but I also bought Funny Lady with Barbra Streisand at the same time for $6.00
(still worth $6.00). The killer is, the guy had three copies of Spellbound
in the folder, but I was a poor college student and only bought one
I found two folded copies (unused) of the one-sheet advance for ET
(space ship coming through clouds) in the old Cinema Shop in San
Francisco. Bought them for about $30. each. I don't know what they
sell for now but even then (around 1990), that was a good price!
Channing Thomson in San Fran
My best was a I walked with a Zombie RR one sheet for 100 dollars
1952... but it's not like any of the other RR's I've ever seen as it has the
exact same art as the original release poster worth thousands...
Ethan
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I can't believe I'm posting again BUT...OK.
I found a
Mad Magician, stamped insert for $1.99,
Barnum & Bailey OS WITH their portraits for $75 (worth, my husband says,
around 5000) (I know, it's a circus poster, but still a find!) and a
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 3 sheet for $308 in g
I picked up a Diamonds Are Forever 1 sheet and a Man With the Golden Gun 1 sheet around 1978 from a second hand book seller for only 2 or 3 bucks each. He had a box of one sheets and I wish I knew what posters I passed over back then that I would have grabbed up now. Rick
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My best find is the original Austrian poster of Casablanca for $30 back in 1974. I still have it...purchased it from a dealer in Vienna. The worst regret was to sell the British Quad "War of the Worlds" five years ago but it was a package trade/cash deal for mint folded one sheet copies of Attack
I Agree 100%. Dr Vollin's ARCHIVE site -- The Big Town Years -- can be found at http://www.houseofpoe.bigtownfilmposters.us/ pj Steven Yafet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Very nice MCW cover picture and look inside the House of Poe.You certainly deserve all sorts of credit for enterta
Best poster find? Easy. WRITTEN ON THE WIND, Universal-International, one sheet for $10. When? Would you believe last month? http://www.bigtownfilmposters.us/id821.htm Okay, not in the best shape, I know, but come on! 10 bucks? Dario does his magic and turns this ugly duckling
and a great poster it is, tooKirbyOn Sep 19, 2006, at 6:49 PM, pj angel wrote:Best poster find? Easy. WRITTEN ON THE WIND, Universal-International, one sheet for $10. When? Would you believe last month? http://www.bigtownfilmposters.us/id821.htm Okay, not in the best shape, I know, but come on! 10
San Diego Comic-Con, 1975 and 1976 -- when it was held at the old El Cortez
Hotel (vs. the cavernous convention center today) -- bought two regular
one-sheets -- "Jaws" and the pre-Oscar "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" --
for $5 each. In 1979, picked up the bridge-version of "Manhattan" for $
Best poster find eh?...
Well, I've made more money on other finds, but my
personal favorite was finding my special one sheet (red
artwork) from The Exorcist. I forget the exact price, but since no
one had ever seen one before, it was probably around the price of a regular
Exorcist one she
WOW..THAT WAS A GREAT BUY...AND A GREAT PLUG FOR DARIO. NOW I'M READY TO
GIVE HIM A TRY!
RICHARD
PS: i got a great buy on the Spanish one-sheet for WRITTEN ON THE WIND. it
seems that Spanish posters don't command the big bucks even when they're
perfect, but this poster is as nice as the US ver
Fearless Vampire Killers Australian Daybill
found in my Pobox
wrapped
birthday gift grom Vesna, Phil and Mila
Susan
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One of my best finds was a silent one sheet for EVANGELINE (1919), an
early film of Raoul Walsh, based on the Longfellow poem. This was in
an obscure auction up north somewhere about seven or eight years
ago. It wasn't that it was such an immediately appreciable bargain,
but it was fantas
LADY EVE 1 sheet for $50 from Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee (when
Mike Hawks worked there) in the late 70's! Still one of my faves.
#2 is BRINGING UP BABY mint TC from Maury Everett for $150 in early
80's. last lc i'd sell
sam
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So, is best poster find buying something 30 years ago for retail which
continues to gain in value to this day, or is it purchasing a poster at well
below retail regardless of the value at the time - or even just your favorite
purchase?
I was able to purchase some original Japanese lobby cards fo
> From: Bob Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> And, judging by what I've been offered for it, it's by far the most valuable
> movie poster of the 1970's! Which brings to mind another question... What
> do you think are the most valuable movie posters from other decades
> I'll start you off with the
The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm roadshow Cinerama version poster. Sorry Kirby - it's not for sale! The only Cinerama version poster I have seen for this movie. I guess all the collectors are holding on to them. Roland LatailleCinerama web site:http://www.cinerama.topcities.com
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I went to antique store in a very small town in Ohio asking for movie
posters. They did not have any but directed to a car body/repair shop down the
road. They heard that the owners found some posters during remodeling. It turns
out that building used to be a movie theater. So I went there
Sometimes the "best" poster find doesn't relate to
dollar value at all. Finding a bargain (i.e. a valuable poster at a cheap price)
has never compared - for me at least - finding something of rarity and interest,
or a piece that has some sort of particular personal appeal. Sometimes the two
For me I would have to say "Grand Hotel."
Cheers,
Brek
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Kirby
On Sep 19, 2006, at 6:49 PM, pj angel wrote:
Best poster find?
Easy. WRITTEN ON THE WIND, Universal-Internatio
So true...mine would probably be (thanks to a great MOPO member) an aussie
daybill for The Way Of All Flesh, a gorgeous Richardson Studio piece. I
didn't even know it existed, until I was offered the poster, and now it's
one of my favourite posters.
Vesna
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Ugliest poster for the best price!!!KirbyOn Sep 19, 2006, at 8:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me I would have to say "Grand Hotel." Cheers, Brek -- Original message -- From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and a great poster it is, too KirbyOn Sep 19, 2006, at
who will fess up???
what is the most overpriced poster you bought that you will never get
your money out of ???
-who's brave enough to answer this one ?
mbb
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Mine is kinda boring. $150 from a well-known seller for what has turned out to be worth maybe 5 times less. Purchased it 1998 off his web site. Back then, maybe is was worth it. http://www.bigtownfilmposters.us/id433.htm It's still a nice Glenn Ford Universal-International, though.
I've had a few back when it seemed so easy:
Breakfast At Tiffany's 1-sheet on Ebay Buy it Now for
$300.
1932 Mickey Mouse 1-sheet for Whoopee Party for $1500
Bride of Frankenstein window card for $5,000
Spartacus set of 10 22x28 posters in Big Reel for $30,
sold for $3500.
And a few others
G
Tell you what, Michael. Why don't you go first? Then I'll follow.
In my case, I bought two titles at auction that many collectors and dealers
said I overpaid. With one of 'em, it took almost 10 years to be vindicated,
(which BTW, is never the intent of a true collector like me). My defense
Casablanca three sheet, bought for 1 dollar in a large theater find in South
America, and sold two weeks later for 13,500 dollars, but that was back
sixteen years ago...
Walter
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Dennis/Susan
this is going to be a short letter.
First of all, I want to thank both of you for complimenting what
progress I have made with MoviePosterBid during the past few months.
It has been a lot of work and it's always nice to have your work
recognized by your peers.
however
while
I've been collecting RCMP posters, one of which is
Saskatchewan and that's a great find for me. It's in poor condition. Based on
what Dario's done to restore other old posters for me, I've given it to him. The
pix shown of Written on the Wind are representative of what Dario can do.
Craig
Small comic store in Houston, 1985. Forbidden Planet one sheet $300, Invaders
from Mars one sheet $50, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman $50. Flash Gordon's
Trip to Mars Chapter 14, one of the best chapter sheets for $400. All in great
condition. I passed on the $500 Day the Earth Stood Still!
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There was a collectibles show in San Mateo, CA around 1987. At the
show, there was a style B half-sheet (spotlight dance style) for
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" for $150. I thought about it but
didn't buy it! Ughh! Also, there was an insert for "Oceans 11" (with
image of Rat Pack in fro
My best poster find was an original Abbott & Costello
meets Frankenstein un-restored INSERT for $600 when
the asking price was $1500. It took me six months to
pay it off working as a movie projectionist at the
base movie theater in Sasebo, Japan.
Found a one sheet for Universal 47 Dracula, Creature, Day and a hundred
others in trash being thrown out at an old skin flick house in the mid
1970's. Found a dozen Forbidden Planet inserts and halfs, half a dozen
Days, WOW B and (4) IBS spotlights and hundreds more inserts and halves
behind a
Howdy y'all,
Dario has done some work for me also.
Communication, price, delivery are excellent.
I recommend.
allenday
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susan
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Found a one sheet for Universal 47 Dracula, Creature, Day and a
hundred others in trash be
An exquisite Snow White quad a few years back on ebay.
Cost me a decent amount of money, but not a lot. Think
I even got up in the middle of the night to snipe it
too.
Might be a 70s or 80s RR, but it is very beautiful.
Where do I have it? Sitting in a box somewhere.
Couldn't tell you where that b
How do you go to a poster show and not have $35 in cash on you?
I hope you take at least a couple of twenties with you now when you go.
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Also, there was an insert for "Oceans 11" (with
image of Ra
ok - some people are nuts for bad 50s sci-fi flix posters,
strange but true. But where are the people declaiming that their best find is
Cool Hand Luke? It is regularly the subject of intense bidding and goes for
several hundreds of dollars. Why? Virtually no other Newman than Butch/Kid sells
Hello,I have posted few originals USA lobby cards and now is 24 hours before end. All LC's are originals - notreprints. You can look these auctions on URL:Jennifer Aniston BREAK UP Vince Vaughn - US LC set 8xhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300027817258Joaquin Phoenix SIGNS Mel Gi
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