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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #200 on: March 09, 2012, 02:27:45 PM »
I think this one would have been pretty tremendous had it survived:

F**ck yeah, Louie! Is that a 24 sheet?
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« Reply #201 on: March 09, 2012, 02:31:25 PM »
Looking good Ted!
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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #202 on: March 09, 2012, 02:32:44 PM »
F**ck yeah, Louie! Is that a 24 sheet?

Yes, I think so.  I have vintage B&W images from just about every poster on this film except the 6 sheet.

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #203 on: March 09, 2012, 02:36:14 PM »
Amazing! That skyscraper landscape must have been awesome in color and size...
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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #204 on: March 09, 2012, 02:37:26 PM »
Looks more like offset, but I know Matias and others will like this, too.  sm1






OOH, Yes....House of Frankenstein. Come on Matias, if they were both for sale and you could only buy the one. As nice as the Muni is, you'd be going home with Dr Niemann...  ;)


A quick question about that Frankenstein teaser.... Whale didn't want the audience to know what the Monster looked like. He even delayed it in the film, with Karloff coming into the room backwards.   So why would they put that image on a teaser....?
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« Reply #205 on: March 09, 2012, 02:47:24 PM »
A quick question about that Frankenstein teaser.... Whale didn't want the audience to know what the Monster looked like. He even delayed it in the film, with Karloff coming into the room backwards.   So why would they put that image on a teaser....?

Good question.  I've also heard that Whale had Karloff back into the room to underscore the monster's adaptation to his new found life...like taking baby steps.  He walked through the doorway because he was still getting acclimated to life and his surroundings?
Here is what I have heard was the teaser...a similar approach was used two years later for THE INVISIBLE MAN.


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« Reply #207 on: March 09, 2012, 02:52:55 PM »
That's the teaser Ted, And That 1sht features the classic "rejected" test Make-up..... Most odd I say.
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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #210 on: March 09, 2012, 05:45:52 PM »
RODOLPH Valentino?  eyeroll



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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #211 on: March 09, 2012, 06:28:12 PM »
I will never forget the day I bought that teaser 1-sheet! It came with the set of lobby cards, too.

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« Reply #212 on: March 09, 2012, 06:36:41 PM »
I will never forget the day I bought that teaser 1-sheet! It came with the set of lobby cards, too.

Bruce

And you paid exactly...?
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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #213 on: March 09, 2012, 06:40:24 PM »

OOH, Yes....House of Frankenstein. Come on Matias, if they were both for sale and you could only buy the one. As nice as the Muni is, you'd be going home with Dr Niemann...  ;)


That`s the most probable scenario Paul... You know me well  ;)

The fact is they're both for sale, and I can't afford neither. These come from the same guy I bought my Wolf Man from, and he's selling this two even pricier...
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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #214 on: March 09, 2012, 09:34:51 PM »
I will never forget the day I bought that teaser 1-sheet! It came with the set of lobby cards, too.

Bruce

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Whatever possessed you to get rid of it (besides money, of course...)  jawdrop

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
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« Reply #216 on: March 09, 2012, 10:49:43 PM »
I bought the Frank teaser and set of lobby cards intending it to be the centerpiece of my third Christie's auction.

A fanatical collector came to me and told me he would offer me a bunch of great posters in trade for it, and I could auction those instead.

He put together the package and I agreed, and we did the trade, which I feel confident is the largest poster trade ever and I auctioned what I got.

When we exchanged the items. I offered to flip a coin for a second trade we were making for two $1,500 posters, and I won, so I got to keep both.

I offered to flip on the posters in the Frankenstein teaser trade (and I absolutely would have done it!), but he could not bring himself to do it.

Nowadays, I would not flip for $100.

Years later, I offered the teaser in one of my Christie's auctions, and it did not meet the reserve.

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #217 on: March 09, 2012, 11:19:14 PM »
I bought the Frank teaser and set of lobby cards intending it to be the centerpiece of my third Christie's auction.

A fanatical collector came to me and told me he would offer me a bunch of great posters in trade for it, and I could auction those instead.

He put together the package and I agreed, and we did the trade, which I feel confident is the largest poster trade ever and I auctioned what I got.

When we exchanged the items. I offered to flip a coin for a second trade we were making for two $1,500 posters, and I won, so I got to keep both.

I offered to flip on the posters in the Frankenstein teaser trade (and I absolutely would have done it!), but he could not bring himself to do it.

Nowadays, I would not flip for $100.

Years later, I offered the teaser in one of my Christie's auctions, and it did not meet the reserve.

Bruce

Jeezum crow....
How many of these teasers are known to exist?

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #218 on: March 10, 2012, 06:06:31 AM »
Just the one, since 1990. so there has been a long time for a second to show up, but so far, it hasn't.

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« Reply #219 on: March 10, 2012, 07:55:34 AM »
Thanks for that info, Bruce.
I have a few more questions that maybe others here would like to know also...

Do you have any pictures?
What kind of condition was it in in 1990?
How much did it sell for?
What might it be worth today?  More than METROPOLIS?
Is the current owner a celebrity or a private collector?

and the answer to this last one, you can PM me:  What is the new owner's address and when does he/she leave for work?  wynk

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« Reply #220 on: March 10, 2012, 10:50:37 AM »
I have some pre-restoration photos somewhere, but I don't know where.

It was in "very good" condition, folded with wear on the foldlines and some minor other wear, but nothing much.

It was paperbacked by an incredible restorer who does items for museums (very few movie posters) and they do what every restorer should do, only touching up the exact defects and not touching the rest at all.

I traded it, so there was no sale price. It did later end up changing hands, in a very complicated transaction. I don't know if the current owner wants it publicized that he owns it.

As to its current "worth" it is absolutely "worth" what someone would pay for it. It may well not change hands for decades.

I am sorry for the secrecy, but whenever I am told something in confidence, I honor that, as long as those involved are still alive. In a similar vein, I know so much about the cheating that went on in Las Vegas in the 1970s. When the last principal player passes on, I would like to write a book about what went on.

Bruce

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« Reply #221 on: March 10, 2012, 11:12:21 AM »
I know so much about the cheating that went on in Las Vegas in the 1970s. When the last principal player passes on, I would like to write a book about what went on.

You should write a book now, change the names and slightly modify/combine/blend the events/facts/persons so that the individuals can't be identified.   

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #222 on: March 10, 2012, 11:17:14 AM »
Thanks for that info, Bruce.
If you come across those pre-restoration pics, I for one would really like to see 'em.

While the METROPOLIS poster currently holds the record, I would think that the FRANKENSTEIN teaser (or the 6 sheet) would be the new champ if/when they ever come to auction.

A few international lithos (?) of FRANKY....





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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #223 on: March 10, 2012, 01:08:50 PM »
In a similar vein, I know so much about the cheating that went on in Las Vegas in the 1970s. When the last principal player passes on, I would like to write a book about what went on.

Bruce

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Re: Eye Popping Stone Lithos
« Reply #224 on: March 10, 2012, 01:18:59 PM »
A couple more internationals:





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