Mid-auction analysis - OMGs!, LOLs!, WTFs!, whatev....

[Mirosae]

Good on you Bruce cause that looks like that cleared that up

Ok time for a Rosa roast toast... Cheers the auctions look great and I'll bid on it

Right... Mr Steve.... you wanna fight over this?

[50s]

Right... Mr Steve.... you wanna fight over this?

How sweet, however... your dukes are no match for my nukes


Oh, its a lobby card?, nah, that's right I don't collect them, I'm focusing on Australian daybills, looking for the needle in the haystack where a drawn face resembles a credited actor

[Mirosae]

How sweet, however... your dukes are no match for my nukes


Oh, its a lobby card?, nah, that's right I don't collect them, I'm focusing on Australian daybills, looking for the needle in the haystack where a drawn face resembles a credited actor

..QUITE! I am still recovering from shock, whoever was the artist for The Long Hot Summer daybill... mama.... mama...

[Bruce]

I'm focusing on Australian daybills, looking for the needle in the haystack where a drawn face resembles a credited actor

Low blow!

[erik1925]

How sweet, however... your dukes are no match for my nukes


Oh, its a lobby card?, nah, that's right I don't collect them, I'm focusing on Australian daybills, looking for the needle in the haystack where a drawn face resembles a credited actor

Steve..

guess who?

[Matt]

Blimey! 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MARILYN-MONROE-RARE-ORIGINAL-VINTAGE-1953-ALFRED-EISENSTAEDT-LIFE-MAGAZINE-PHOTO-/390594860943?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5af144978f&_uhb=1

[erik1925]

Blimey! 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MARILYN-MONROE-RARE-ORIGINAL-VINTAGE-1953-ALFRED-EISENSTAEDT-LIFE-MAGAZINE-PHOTO-/390594860943?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5af144978f&_uhb=1

What a great and beautiful shot!!   

[brude]

Worth every penny to the right collector.
It is beautiful.

[Mirosae]

CHRISTIE'S...STORY OF A DISSAPOINTMENT

I went to the viewing of the posters for auction this Friday. Not my first time at Christie's, but it could be the last time. Here are some pics and some thoughts. Interested to know what others think


CHRISTIE'S PART I: GENERAL VIEW

I thought the posters were badly displayed and it felt like they were un-loved. The last pic is the best example of how little care they took to display them- They managed to obstruct the viewing of THREE posters. Am I being unfair here? What do you think?

[Silhouette]

I went to the viewing of the posters for auction this Friday. Not my first time at Christie's, but it could be the last time. Here are some pics and some thoughts. Interested to know what others think

You should feel privileged that they let you in the storage area for a sneak preview 

[Mirosae]

CHRISTIE'S PART II: KILLING ME SOFTLY

OK. This is the thing. Would you be happy if this was your poster? Would you thank Christie's for this display and LTC? Well. I don't think so. All the posters are squeezed and crammed together bending the paper.

For the record, the waves are NOT because the poster was rolled but because it has been pinned to the wall with very little regard for the poster IMO.


OFFENDING POSTER 1- BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM






OFFENDING POSTER 2- BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM II




OFFENDING POSTER 3 - OUPS GOOSE ON THE LOOSE..

[Mirosae]

CHRISTIE'S PART III: HOW DARE YOU..THIS IS CASABLANCA, SHOW SOME RESPECT

I was green, blue, red, yellow. This poster was a mess. And I saw how they handled it...I could NOT believe it. It was difficult to appreciate this poster, it was too wavy, as it was not pinned properly against the wall.
And there wasn't a single straight wall in any of the rooms.

CURVY CASSABLANCA..




UPPER SIDE





LOWER END




Well. I don't know. Maybe I am a bit unffair. I just didn't enjoy seeing this posters like this. It felt like ...bad.

[Mirosae]

You should feel privileged that they let you in the storage area for a sneak preview 

David, quite right! That's how it felt...

[erik1925]

It looks like a bunch of monkeys hung those posters.. especially the Casino Royale, made to "fit" the gently curving wall/corner....  

But on the flip side.. GREAT pics, Rosa. Thanks for snapping and posting them!!

 

[brude]

I'm with you Rosa.
I would think a place like Christie's would've done a finer job of displaying these beauties.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

If you go back, how 'bout nicking that Outlaw six sheet and sending it this way?  Much obliged

[Neo]

I agree, Rosa.  Sloppy displays, and I'm sure that most consignors would expect better, but those are great pieces, that even when displayed not perfectly still look awesome.  Must've been cool to see them in person.  Thanks for posting the pics. 

[CSM]

You definitely should have absconded with the Casablanca purely out of moral obligation! 

That said, some of those are cardboard posters and may already have a curve in them...

BUT if they were from my collection I would not be too pleased.

[50s]

Hey Rosa, nice photos thanks for posting. Would you mind going back to rephotograph the Grace Kelly poster?

[Charlie]

Hey Rosa, nice photos thanks for posting. Would you mind going back to rephotograph the Grace Kelly poster?

+1

[Mirosae]

Thanks for your comments. I am glad I am not the only one who thought the display was rubbish...

Grace Kelly poster..Steeeve....

[paul waines]

Yes, it seems Christies gets worse for Film posters every year, same titles, nothing different, and the estimates keep going up...

Mind, if thats the To catch a Thief that was sold at Mallams last year, it certainly cleaned up nice.. Think I could pick it up for £200..  

[Tang Lung in Rome]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-s-Bruce-Lee-Way-Of-The-Dragon-RARE-LP-/290918817026?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43bc1cdd02

There are 3 versions of this LP.......mine does not fold out and has a picture of a moustached man on the back (prolly the band leader) , there's also a version with a dragon on the back cover. These do not surface a lot , came out around '75 or so.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

EMP's linens are up:

http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/15.html

I like:

Really captures the emotion of the scene:



Needs some touch-up on the forehead but still a stunner:



Can't call it a poster unless it has a man holding a woman who has fainted from terror

[Mirosae]

Can't call it a poster unless it has a man holding a woman who has fainted from terror

can't call it a poster unless it has a man OR A MONSTER, OR AN ANIMAL holding a woman who has fainted from terror.. or a woman who is DEAD OR NEARLY DEAD...