[MOPO] FA: An incredible selection of 999 French, Italian, window cards much more close in hours; HALF at $4 or under, 40% at $1!

2014-03-11 Thread Bruce Hershenson
*I JUST LOOKED OVER THE** 999* WINDOW CARDS, FRENCH AND ITALIAN POSTERS MORE *ENDING TONIGHT, AND I SAW LOTS AN**D LOTS OF REALLY WILDLY UNDER-PRICED ITEMS (there are perhaps 10% that are fairly priced, if that, but the other 90% are filled with super-low prices!). THE ONLY THING I CAN FIGURE IS

[MOPO] For Sale on EBAY: One Week Only-Considering Best Offers in CHANNINGPOSTERS EBAY Store

2014-03-11 Thread Channing Thomson
3/11/14 Dear MOPO Members: For the next week, I have set most of my listing to allow me to consider best offers from potential buyers (probably about 95% of the listings). If you have a moment, please take a look. Items on which I am considering reasonable best offers are marked Buy it Now

[MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread Tommy Barr
I am using Heritage as an example, but I hope nobody uses that as an excuse for sniping, as I think we all suffer from a mote in the eye here. In a recent auction HA had this poster - http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161410lotNo=52344. I noticed it was the same poster as previously

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread Bruce Hershenson
What a brilliant post, completely on topic and of vital interest to everyone who collects movie posters, asking insightful questions that have never really been answered. Therefore, I expect zero replies to the group (but likely a flurry of off-group personal comments). On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at

[MOPO] Milton Glaser designs poster for Mad Men Season 7

2014-03-11 Thread Posteropolis
http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/a-coup-worthy-of-mad-men/ Weird that they don't mention the Dylan poster Glaser is best known for: http://www.posteropolis.com/products/dylan-1967 Dave Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters http://www.posteropolis.com/ Visit the MoPo

[MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread Channing Thomson
Thanks Jay -- anyone else have any ideas on my question? I think Jay's theory sounds probable but I don't think I've ever seen it happen before. Thanks, Channing Begin forwarded message: From: Jay Pea spitfire3...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat Date:

[MOPO] Movie Poster Forum

2014-03-11 Thread Channing Thomson
Anyone else having trouble getting onto Movie Poster Forum? Thanks, Channing Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] Movie Poster Forum

2014-03-11 Thread Matt Johnston
I was getting fatal database errors a few days ago… is it STILL down? On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Channing Thomson channinglylethom...@att.net wrote: Anyone else having trouble getting onto Movie Poster Forum? Thanks, Channing Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at

Re: [MOPO] Movie Poster Forum

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Andy said they're having tech difficulties and will be back as soon as the techs get it back online I also was looking at another forum run with the same software and it is also down, so presumably a software module was uploaded and had an incompatibility At 12:14 PM 3/11/2014, Channing

Re: [MOPO] Movie Poster Forum

2014-03-11 Thread David
I am a little knowledgeable in these areas, so I am just going to throw this out there for general discussion, but, by analysing the the code that one gets when one tries to access the site I think it is obvious that once they open up the server they will find a hamster dead on the wheel...

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Evans
A unified system wouldn't harm, but think it would still be compromised to some degree by subjectivity. For instance, I'd assume Emovieposter would continue to provide unflattering grades, because the approach appears to be to exceed expectations, have pleasantly surprised, returning

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread walter reuben
Channing: it has happened before in movie poster history, sometimes like with HOT BLOOD becoming THE WILD ONE, and the posters being redone, so that we are not just talking about a title change. SUSPICION (with a few lobby cards initially created titled AFTER THE FACT) is another example, as is

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread Posteropolis
Another notable one is DEADLY IS THE FEMALE, which of course became GUN CRAZY. Dave _ From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of walter reuben Sent: March-11-14 4:02 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs.

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Tommy while an interesting question, the question is how do you get all dealers to use the same grading methods and the answer is you can't Jon Warren tried that 15 years ago or maybe 20 and dealers are resistant to working with others frequently. One auction you cited only uses a

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread walter reuben
absolutely, Dave, and DEADLY IS THE FEMALE is an interesting example---because that is a case where it wasn't just the title that was changed, but the entire artwork campaign and the poster designs, all of which were radically changed as well. Walter On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Posteropolis

[MOPO] Does any one have an e-mail address for. . .

2014-03-11 Thread Channing Thomson
Adreas Fuhr in Germany? I've misplaced it. He goes by JohnRobieKaplan, I think, on EBAY. Thanks, Channing Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo

[MOPO] CITY OF POSTERS movie poster tumblr

2014-03-11 Thread Posteropolis
Today marks the first anniversary of my blog, CITY OF POSTERS, a random selection of movie poster images from my archives, past and present: http://posteropolis.tumblr.com/ Thought some here might be interested. Cheers, Dave Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread Channing Thomson
I've heard of the other cases, of course, but with Deadly is the Female/Gun Happy, there were two separate releases and two separate posters. In the case of Danger is my Beat, there is no reference to it ever being called that in the usual places one goes on the internet. The iMDB mentions an

[MOPO] FA: Hitchcock Anyone? Ending Very Soon!

2014-03-11 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
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Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
it's entirely possible there was a copyrights issue regarding the title At 03:30 PM 3/11/2014, Channing Thomson wrote: I've heard of the other cases, of course, but with Deadly is the Female/Gun Happy, there were two separate releases and two separate posters. In the case of Danger is my

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread allen day
Poor / fair (depending on amount of missing paper) ad From: Bruce Hershenson brucehershen...@gmail.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster grading Here's my opinion. The problem doesn't seem to

Re: [MOPO] FA: An incredible selection of 999 French, Italian, window cards much more close in hours; HALF at $4 or under, 40% at $1!

2014-03-11 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Just minutes to go until these start closing, and *STILL *157 items at $1 or with no bids, and one third of the items are $5 or under. Just imagine what these would be listed at in *ANY *dealer's catalog or on any website! *Please go right now to going to

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-11 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Here's my opinion. The problem doesn't seem to be the rating system, but rather those who abuse their own grading system and are inconsistent,, especially those who overlook flaws, or any who use stock images, enhanced images, or the wrong image.. I have fewer than one in 1,000 posters returned