Are you referring to early 70s material in general being plentiful? Or early 70s Hong Kong material being plentiful? IMO any early 70s HK material is rare. In fact, I would extend that to almost all HK material -- even more modern stuff like Wong Kar Wai and pre-Hollywood John Woo. It exists, it's just rare. So I'm sure there are 1st release HK BL posters floating around, but do to a combination of overall scarcity and the few that exist being locked up in collections they just don't seem to turn up for sale. I've actually found more HK posters being sold out of places like Australia, Thailand, Germany and Canada than out of Hong Kong proper. So again, if you know any Aussie sellers with HK posters, please ping me
I thought there would be more!!
Lobby cards time!T
Here's a CU.I picked that set by accident. The rest are all Biebers.T
AssI had no idea you had so many lobbies. Completist syndrome?
I'd take ass over imbecile any time of the day.60% of them are 80s and 90s crap though. But always complete sets. I don't collect incomplete ones. LCs are a side collection. I don't have the will, time or patience to go after missing parts.T
I prefer complete sets, but for me it depends on the title. Some titles, a couple of cards may be my only hope of collecting. For example, I have several Singin' in the Rain cards. Jumbo, delux, first release and a complete 62 RR. I'd love to have a complete 53 LCS, but I've never run across one, and if I did, I expect it would be beyond my budget since the TC seems to go for $1200-2000 these days.
The problem is that I'm a completist, and if I bought a couple cards here or there, I'd go insane trying to get the rest. I'd always be looking, and that's not something I need in my life right now. For example, I own a few Hitchcock LCs that I bought a long time ago, and since I like my stuff in mint or close to mint condition, I haven't been able to buy the rest. It's always with tears, fading or missing corners, which I absolutely hate. So I said fuck it, I'll buy a set when I see one and be done with it.T
It's good that he doesn't collect Universal Horror (or early Japanese lobbies, or Marx Bros. or something). Can you imagine trying to buy those a set at a time?LOLThat's why the majority is newer junk.
I understand, but there are several types of completist. I want material from the classic musicals of the 40s and 50s. Rich wants Chandler and gambling stuff. Ideally, you get complete sets, but to me it is more important to have something from each title than to have everything from 1 title. YMMV (and does)
What's the difference between the MGM sets and the ones you listed at the top? 80s Re-releases?T
I have a number of Gene Tierney lobby cards. I have the title card for Laura and the full sets of Belle Starr/Dragonwyck with their original envelopes. More of a poster man myself though.
