: [MOPO] The One That Got Away
Good topic! I have tens of thousands of pressbooks in my collection, and I have
a firm rule to never sell any I don't have a dupe of. I have turned down some
incredible offers for ones from "specialists" (a Chaplin collector want's this
one
by I don't have a poster related regret however
I still kick myself for the 12-16 Gretzky rookie cards I sold for basically
peanuts many many years ago.
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Yes, the Gilda might give me a pang or two to be honest.
Simon
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* We've sold off the bulk of our collection - and as people have seen from
pictures I'
d sell the rest.
Since I'm fairly new to the hobby I don't have a poster related regret however
I still kick myself for the 12-16 Gretzky rookie cards I sold for basically
peanuts many many years ago.
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> basically peanuts many many years ago.
>
> From: "Walton, Jeffrey"
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> I don’t think I truly ever regretted selling a poster- maybe I have a li
or the 12-16 Gretzky rookie cards I sold for basically
peanuts many many years ago.
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I don’t think I truly eve
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> I don’t think I truly ever regretted selling a poster- maybe I have a
> little dealer in me. Most of the times I sell posters to trade up to
>
/rare Saul Bass material for sale or trade,
please let me know.
Neil
From: "Walton, Jeffrey"
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I don’t think I truly ever regretted s
ime around.
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Hershenson
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Good topic! I have tens of thousands of pressbooks in my collection, and I have
a firm rul
Good topic! I have tens of thousands of pressbooks in my collection, and I
have a firm rule to never sell any I don't have a dupe of. I have turned
down some incredible offers for ones from "specialists" (a Chaplin
collector want's this one, a Harlow collector wants that one, etc).
My logic is tha
About 25 years ago, I sold a "Return Of Dr. X" 1/2 Sheet (Bogart, 1939)
because I needed the money to pay bills, I've sold many better posters since
then, but at that time I was really, really into collecting,,,this was way
before I started selling in MCW, on eBay or otherwise. For some rea
Of all the movie posters I've had in my life, the ones I miss the most are some
Japanese fabric banners used to line buildings and streets advertising a film.
I got these in the early 70's. 3 were of no-name B movies, but the 4th was for
Akira Kurasawa's Dodeskaden
It wasn't their value s
Something we've all know for a long time -
Freeman rocks!
What if all the world were Free Men?
Glenn T.
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From: Patrick Michael Tupy
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Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!
HERES ONE THAT HAUNTS ME TO THIS DAYMY SON CAME HOME FROM
MANHATTAN ONE DAY AFTER SPENDING A DAY IN CENTRAL PARK WITH MY MOTHER.
HE HAD A FAVORITE BOOK WITH HIM THAT HE TOOK WHEREVER HE WENT...THE
FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS...A FEW DAY LATER I WAS THUMBING THROUGH THE BOOK
AND FOUND A YELLOW PIECE O
OMG, Rick, you win...I don't know if there is a prize for the biggest
'one that got away', but if there is, it's yours!
So, for me, it was around 2000 when I was a neophyte Movie Poster
admirer/collector and so I was just learning
the ropes and into trying to win items on Ebay. I'd sit nervo
Wow!
That is an amazing and exciting story, Rick! I was going to write
about the mistake I made about my credit card which made me lower my
bid and lose a 'White Pongo' 3 sheet but now that you've unleashed
this great tale, my big monkeys seem so small. But I still regret
that. And I h
long story... but its back at the academy safe and sound jeff...
no worries..
and how I got it??? I just wandered upon it..
as to who it was...? have no idea...
Jeff Potokar wrote:
how did you acquire a random Oscar that you would have later been able
to offer on Ebay? and for what film
how did you acquire a random Oscar that you would have later been
able to offer on Ebay? and for what film or actor was it for?
jeff
On May 11, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Tom Martin wrote:
and I tried to sell a Oscar® on ebay only to have the academy
almost lynch me...:)
Visit the Mo
wow Rick that made my heart cringe...:) gsh.. great story.
I have so damn many that Got away its hard to think of ones that I
actually got to keep. and sell . :)
heres a few of my classics one day the phone rings and it was Dick
Smith's son ( Dick Smith did exorsist special effect
Rick -
That's one helluva story!
Glenn
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About 25 years ago, there was an ad in a Pennysaver-type weekly
About 25 years ago, there was an ad in a Pennysaver-type weekly paper here
in L.A. for a "Frankenstein 7 Foot Statue" being sold for $75. I would check
the paper every week religiously when it came out on Thursdays and
immediately call if anything sounded promising. On this particular T
s been all this time.
Glenn
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From: Alan Adler
To: Glenn Taranto
Cc: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The one that got away -
Once when I first came to Hollywood in the late 1970's...
I was b
The night is bitter
The stars have lost their glitter
etc
K.
On May 11, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Alan Adler wrote:
Once when I first came to Hollywood in the late 1970's...
I was broke, of course, and living off burritos -
(Paid for with movie posters - I might add.)
I went to a Sotheby's auction,
Once when I first came to Hollywood in the late 1970's...
I was broke, of course, and living off burritos -
(Paid for with movie posters - I might add.)
I went to a Sotheby's auction, I think -
Long before movie posters really showed their face at such events -
There was this German 24 sheet fo
Mope friends -
I just lost out on a lobby card that would have filled a gap in my collection.
Not a drastic loss but it would have been nice to have.
It got me wondering about stories on the one that got away.
Anyone care to share?
Glenn T.
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