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Title: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on May 25, 2012, 09:12:22 PM: Only 18 originals of these are floating around (nine theaters, two each). One of them is coming up for sale - I ain't saying where/when - so I went ahead and created a basic authentication for it on MPC. (http://moviepostercollectors.com/MPC_Authentication_Star_Wars_Triple_Bill.html)

Remember Animal Farm - "four legs good, two legs bad"?

For the Triple Bill, remember, "three lines good, two lines bad."

And remember the fake is from the "Plitt Carnegie."

(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/StarWars.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 01, 2012, 05:21:46 PM: This "Pitt Carnegie" bootleg just popped up on Ebay, from Rokmodataol (Rick Toler), who does disclose it may be a bootleg:

THIS IS AN INFAMOUS "BOOTLEG" POSTER. THERE ARE A LOT OF FALSE URBAN MYTHS ON THE INTERNET BY SELLERS AND COLLECTORS WHO JUST REPEAT WHAT THEY HEARD AND IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE EVOLUTIONS AND RELEVATIONS IN THEORY DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE SELLING OR BOUGHT.

THIS POSTER SUPPOSEDLY WAS MADE FROM A NEWSPAPER PRINT, IF THAT WAS TRUE THEY DID A BANG UP JOB OF MAKING IT LOOK LIKE IT DOES. ONE STORY ON THIS POSTER HAS IT AS VERY THIN PAPER, IT IN FACT IS AS THICK AS THE THICKER 1 SHEETS FROM THIS TIME PERIOD.

I PERSONALLY NEVER WAS OFFERED A QUANTITY OF THEM AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THE PERSON I GOT IT FROM BOUGHT IT AT THE COMIC-CON THAT THEY SHOWED UP BEING SOLD BACK IN ABOUT 1985-86, THAT PERSON IS WELL KNOWN IN THE BUSINESS AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO DOUBT A BOOTLEG. THAT PERSON AND ASSOCIATES WERE MAD ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A BOOTLEG, THIS IS BEFORE THE WIDESPREAD URBAN MYTHS STARTED ABOUT LOTS OF MOVIE POSTERS. WHAT STUMPED THEM THE MOST WAS THAT THEY KNEW THE 41" PRINTERS AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WERE PRINTED. THE WRENCH I WILL THROW IN THE WORKS IS THAT A LOT OF MISPRINTS, TEST POSTERS AND REJECTED POSTERS ETC WERE TAKEN BY EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE PRINTERS AND WERE TRADED AND SOLD DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S. A LOT OF THE TEST PROOFS HAVE SHOWED UP LATELY, WE CUT THE COLOR BARS OFF OF THOSE SAME POSTERS IN THE 80'S LOL. THESE POSTERS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASILY BEEN A TEST POSTER THAT WAS REJECTED BUT NOT THROWN AWAY. I HAVE ALSO SEEN POSTERS THAT WERE MADE TO BE SOLD IN FAN CLUBS AND THEN NEVER SENT TO THE CLUB.

NO MATTER WHAT IT REALLY IS, IT IS RARE NOW DAYS

(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/Bootleg.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 01, 2012, 05:23:35 PM: Completely unrelated to the prior post, I did speak by phone with a guy who has a positive original (and who knows of two others) who is looking to sell it. Unfortunately, his is dry-mounted. He thinks he's going to get $10,000+ for it but I'm thinking more like $1,500 since it is mounted.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 02, 2012, 12:11:59 AM: Quote from: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 01, 2012, 05:23:35 PM
Completely unrelated to the prior post, I did speak by phone with a guy who has a positive original (and who knows of two others) who is looking to sell it. Unfortunately, his is dry-mounted. He thinks he's going to get $10,000+ for it but I'm thinking more like $1,500 since it is mounted.

Is that your $1,500 being offered?
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 02, 2012, 05:47:50 AM: Quote from: CSM on June 02, 2012, 12:11:59 AM
Is that your $1,500 being offered?

I wouldn't pay more than $200 for a re-release text-only poster, even if only 18 were printed.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 09, 2012, 09:44:08 AM: The seller referenced in the previous post has put up his mounted copy for sale on Ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/150831995123?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_987wt_1006). He's playing the "reserve" game. He thinks he's going to get $15,000 for it. Supposedly a few of these were sold in the late 1990s for $5000+.

(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/TripleBill.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 09, 2012, 10:04:40 AM: I highly doubt anyone is going to pay $15k+, or even more then a a few thousand if he's lucky.

While it's definitely a rare poster, possibly the rarest - 18 of the style and 2 of the specific theater are the only ones ever made - it's still a re-release. And a text only one at that. The only people I think would be interested in it are the Star Wars completists. It's also dry mounted, which hurts the value. And the seller listed it as local pickup only, with no shipping option. Maybe he assumes that the only people who can afford his reserve can just jump on their private Gulfstream and fly on up to where he is to pick it up? He listed it on eBay, which probably wasn't the smartest move - assuming he actually does want to sell it. Lastly, there are a few other uber rare SW posters coming up for auction soon. Ones that are almost as rare, but much more desirable.

Personally, I have my doubts whether the seller actually wants to sell it. His listing details/description and unknown "VERY high" reserve almost seems like a ploy to use eBay as a valuation tool, rather then a selling one.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Bruce on June 09, 2012, 10:11:28 AM: You nailed it, Enki. But there is always the tiny chance of a Hail Mary bidder (which 99.9999% or eBay sellers with sky high prices hope for, but never find.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: archie leach on June 09, 2012, 01:59:20 PM: I seem to remember a sale in the mid '00s that went for somewere around $5600 to $6000... There was an MPT or NSFGE thread about it...
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 23, 2012, 11:07:04 PM: Now he's asking $20,000, 15 times the high bid the last time he tried to sell it. :P

(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/TripleBill-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 23, 2012, 11:22:24 PM: Obviously he is not serious about actually selling it.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Bruce on June 23, 2012, 11:52:03 PM: Cheap at twice the price! Obviously, another person looking for a Hail Mary buyer, like Mrs Miniver.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: brude on June 24, 2012, 04:48:15 AM: Maybe he thinks Lucas is looking for one?
Or that dweeb Hamill...

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Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 24, 2012, 11:50:29 AM: Quote from: brude on June 24, 2012, 04:48:15 AM
Maybe he thinks Lucas is looking for one?
Or that dweeb Hamill...

(http://www.gifshare.com/uploads/images/20071024/full_size/7899_tropperhump.gif)

Nah I think he's looking for a Corvette Summer one sheeter ;)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 24, 2012, 12:34:16 PM: Quote from: CSM on June 23, 2012, 11:22:24 PM
Obviously he is not serious about actually selling it.

No, he really thinks he will get that much. He's not a collector and really doesn't understand that this is a text-only, re-release poster and MUCH better rare Star Wars posters (the concert poster, the ESB "international, etc.) sell for much less than he's asking.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 24, 2012, 01:00:19 PM: Quote from: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 24, 2012, 12:34:16 PM
No, he really thinks he will get that much. He's not a collector and really doesn't understand that this is a text-only, re-release poster and MUCH better rare Star Wars posters (the concert poster, the ESB "international, etc.) sell for much less than he's asking.

Well the hard reality will hit when it's been listed for 3 years without a nibble
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: erik1925 on June 24, 2012, 01:08:41 PM: I would say this seller is more like mrs miniver. Wanting to use ebay to simply "show" what he has, without ever really wanting to sell. As we all know, his listed prices are a testament to that. :o
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 24, 2012, 01:15:00 PM: Quote from: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 23, 2012, 11:07:04 PM
Now he's asking $20,000, 15 times the high bid the last time he tried to sell it. :P

Actually, the high bid was $760, so it's actually over 26 times the high bid.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 24, 2012, 01:15:14 PM: Quote from: erik1925 on June 24, 2012, 01:08:41 PM
I would say this seller is more like mrs miniver. Wanting to use ebay to simply "show" what he has, without ever really wanting to sell. As we all know, his listed prices are a testament to that. :o

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Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 24, 2012, 01:20:14 PM: I think he really does want to sell it too, but his expectations are just way overboard. Before listing it, he (according to him) spoke to many people who told him how rare it was (which is true) and how they are very valuable and never come up for auction (also true). I assume some of these people gave him ridiculous estimates on the value, so now he is confident that someone is going to pay him $20,000+ for a text only re-release poster. He doesn't seem desperate for the money, so I imagine it will either sit on eBay until he gets tired of relisting it, and then he'll either come to his senses or it will disappear back into this closet for a rainy day.

On the bright side, maybe some of the other examples of this poster will begin to surface and maybe those owners will decide to let the market decide the value.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: erik1925 on June 24, 2012, 01:28:13 PM: And for only $300K, you can pick up this gargantuan SW collection. The list is LONG.. but just to show what mrs.miniver is offering here. Have to say, this is a wildly impressive collection being offered, regardless:

STAR WARS

Special Advance "Odyssey" style 7-sheet 91x84 inches

Special May 25th release date second advance 7-sheet 91x84 inches

Style A Tom Jung Art 7-sheet 91x84 inches

Style D Charlie White & Drew Struzan art 7-sheet 91x84 inches

24-sheet Tom Jung Art Approx 9x20 feet (see photo #2)

Silk Banner 1977 26 inches x 104 inches, silkscreen (see photo below)

The Howard Chaykin Poster AKA Star Wars Poster Number 1 1976 29 inches x 20 inches ROLLED

Advance Star Wars Corp Flyer 1976 8-1/2 inches x 11 inches Given out at 1976 Sci-Fi Conventions offering the Chaykin Poster

Advance Teaser "Mylar" One-Sheet 1976 27x41 inches ROLLED

Advance Teaser "Silver and Black" One-Sheet 1976 27x41 inches ROLLED

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (NSS # 77/21-0) Considered 1st printing - But not proven (as)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (NSS # 77/21 with STAR WARS written underneath #)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (NSS # 77/21 with NO STAR WARS underneath #)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches FOLDED (NSS # 77/21 with NO Style "A" written on border)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (FOX RECORDS VERSION - Enlarged soundtrack area at bottom)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED (VIDEO - NSS # 77/21 HARDSTOCK PAPER - LUCASFILM)

Style "A" One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED International (No PG Box) test Print (NSS # 77/21-0)

Hildebrandt Bilingual US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Hildebrandt Bilingual US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1977 27x40 inches FOLDED - As above but 1-inch shorter (different printing)

Style "B" Teaser One -Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (NSS - GAU)

Teaser "Spanish" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches TRI-FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Style "C" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED (No PG Box) For overseas distribution

Style "C" Spanish Language US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1977 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Style "C" PG One-Sheet 1977 1977 27x41 inches ROLLED - RARE PG BOX VERSION For US domestic market

Style "D" One-Sheet 1978 27x41 inches ROLLED - RARE NSS 770021 ROLLED VERSION (Only 4 collectors known to have this)

Style "D" One-Sheet 1978 27x41 inches ROLLED - FOX VERSION

Style "D" One-Sheet 1978 27x41 inches ROLLED - FOX RECORDS VERSION (Soundtrack Oval)

Star Wars Happy Birthday One-Sheet 1978 27x41 inches ROLLED - Issued May 25 1978 - Displayed for one day!

Star Wars Concert Poster 1978 37 x 24 1/2 inches ROLLED - Artwork by John Alvin - never released - Symphonic suite by John Williams

Six-Sheet Style "A" 1977 77x79 inches FOLDED (printed in two sections)

Three-Sheet Style "A" 1977 41x77 inches FOLDED

Portrait Lobby poster (Bleed - No white border) 37 1/2 x 34 inches 1977 ROLLED FOX ISSUE - FOX Stamp & 1977 date on back

Set of 2 - 20 x 30 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1977 FOX ISSUE - FOX ISSUE - FOX Stamp & 1977 date on back

Set of 4 - 16 x 20 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1977 - FOX ISSUE - FOX Stamp & 1977 date on back

Set of 8 11 x 14 lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1977 - FOX ISSUE - FOX Stamp & 1977 date on back

Set of 8 - 8 x 10 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1977 - FOX ISSUE - FOX Stamp & 1977 date on back

Insert Display 1977 14 x 36 inches ROLLED NSS

Half Sheet Display 1977 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS

30 x 40 inch Display Style "A" 1977 ROLLED NSS

30 x 40 inch Display Style "D" 1978 ROLLED NSS

40 x 60 inch Premium Deluxe Display Style A 1977 ROLLED NSS

40 x 60 inch Premium Deluxe Display Style D 1978 ROLLED NSS

Lobby card set of 8 1977 11 x 14 inches NSS 77/21-0 (1st NSS printing)

Lobby card set of 8 1977 8 x 10 inches NSS 77/21-0 (1st NSS printing)

Advance Mini Window poster 1977 - 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches ROLLED

Advance Mini Window poster 1977 - 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches ROLLED

Mini window poster 1977 - 10 x 8 inches ROLLED

Original Pressbook 1977 (dated 1976) 8-1/2 x 11

Original Press Kit 1977 Folder of info & bios & 8x10 stills given to press & industry

FOX - FOR SEVENTY SEVEN BOOK - FILM INDUSTRY ONLY 1976 10x14 inches

Exhibitor's Book (with original box) 1977 11x14 inches 26 pages - Deluxe program sent to press and industry only

Theater Program Book 1977 9 x 11 3/4 inches

Counter Top Display 1977 9 x 6 inches Hildebrandt artwork - Used to advertise the program and merchandise at theaters

Star Wars VADER Mylar Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1977 Approx. 33 x 22 inches ROLLED

Star Wars BERKEY Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1977 Approx. 33 x 22 inches ROLLED (folded version given W/Soundtrack)

The Story of Star Wars Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1977 Approx. 33 x 22 inches ROLLED

R2D2 Record Mobile 1977 22 inches high For advertising use ONLY in stores - NOT sold

R2D2 45rpm Record Countertop Display 1977 For advertising ONLY in stores - NOT sold

It's Back One-Sheet, with Kenner Toy discount book 1979 27x41 inches ROLLED - FOX VERSION (Bleed - No white border)

It's Back One-Sheet It's Back One-Sheet 1979 27x41 inches FOLDED - NSS VERSION (Bleed - No white border)

It's Back One-Sheet 1981 27x41 inches ROLLED - FOX VERSION

It's Back One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED - FOX VERSION

It's Back One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED - NSS VERSION

It's Back Insert Display 1981 14 x 36 inches ROLLED NSS

It's Back Half Sheet Display 1981 22 x 28 ROLLED NSS

It's Back Insert Display 1982 14 x 36 inches ROLLED NSS

It's Back Half Sheet Display 1982 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS

It's Back 30 x 40 inch Display 1982 ROLLED NSS

It's Back 40 x 60 inch Premium Deluxe Display 1982 ROLLED NSS

Star Wars 10th Anniversary GOLD Mylar One Sheet 1987 27x41 inches ROLLED

THERMOS - LUNCH-KIT Advertising Poster 1977 20 x 28 inches FOLDED

Don Post Star Wars Masks Advertising Poster 1977 18x 25 inches ROLLED

Toyota Celica - Star Wars Car Contest Advertising Poster 1977 11 x 14 inches (with Wonder Bread Card offer mentioned)

Hardware Wars Advertising Poster 1977 11x17 inches Short film spoof on Star Wars

Topps Star Wars Trading Cards Advertising Poster Sheet 1977 (1st series) ROLLED

Frozen Coke Star Wars Cups Advertising Poster 1977 24 x 36 inches

Frozen Coke Star Wars Cups Advertising Poster 1977 24 x 36 inches

Frozen Coke Star Wars Cups (Hildebrandt) Advertising Mobile 1977

Frozen Coke Star Wars Window Decal Poster 1977 5 x 5 inches

Star Wars Coke Glasses Advertising Mobile 1978

Star Wars (set of 3) Coke Poster Advertising Mobiles 1978

Star Wars Coke Glasses Translight Advertising Poster 1978 24-3/4 x 27-5/16 inches

US Department of Heath Advertising Poster 1979 14 x 22 inches ROLLED

Star Wars Exclusively On National Public Radio Advertising Poster 1981 29 x 17 inches ROLLED

CENSORED Alien Cantina Poster - RARE 1978 20 x 28 inches ROLLED

Hildebrandt British Quad - RARE 1977 30 x 40 inches ROLLED

STYLE "C" British Quad (NO AA) 1977 30 x 40 inches

STYLE "C" British Quad (AA version) 1978 30 x 40 inches FOLDED

ITALIAN 1977 39 x 55 inches FOLDED

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Eight-Sheet Style "A" made for L.A. PREMIER (Only 2 known to exist!) RECALLED 1980 5 feet x 11 feet

Advance VADER Teaser One-Sheet 1979 27x41 inches ROLLED

Advance VADER Teaser "Spanish" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Style "A" One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches ROLLED

Style "A" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches FOLDED (No PG Box) For overseas distribution

Noriyoshi Ohrai "Spanish" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches FOLDED - (ONLY US POSTER W/Ohrai ART)

Style "B" One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches ROLLED FOX

Style "B" One-Sheet 1980 27x41 inches ROLLED NSS

SUMMER One-Sheet 1981 27x41 inches ROLLED

REISSUE One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED

Two-Sheet Style "A" ADVANCE (with coming date) made for NYC Transit Systems 1980 45 x 58 inches ROLLED

Two-Sheet VADER Style ADVANCE (with coming date) made for NYC Transit Systems 1980 45 x 58 inches ROLLED

Three-Sheet VADER ADVANCE 1980 41x77 inches FOLDED

Six-Sheet VADER ADVANCE 1980 77x79 inches FOLDED (printed in two sections)

40 x 60 inch Style "A" Premium Deluxe Display 1980 ROLLED NSS - RECALLED

40 x 60 inch Style "B" Premium Deluxe Display 1980 ROLLED NSS

30 x 40 inch Style "B" Display 1980 ROLLED NSS

ADVANCE VADER EMBOSSED BLACK BOX With 2 Ralph McQuarrie prints 1979 22 inches x 9-1/2 inches

Original Pressbook 1980 8-1/2 x 11

Original Press Kit 1980 Folder of info & bios & 8x10 stills given to press & industry

Portrait Lobby poster (Bleed - No white border) 37 1/2 x 34 inches 1980 ROLLED

Set of 3 - 20 x 30 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1980

Set of 4 - 16 x 20 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1980

Set of 8 11 x 14 lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1980

Insert Display Style "A" 1980 14 x 36 inches NSS RECALLED

Insert Display Style "B" 1980 14 x 36 inches NSS

Half Sheet Display Refreshment Stand Style (Only 2 known to exist!) 1980 22 x 28 inches FOX Issue for Chinese Theater

Half Sheet Display Style "A" 1980 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS RECALLED

Half Sheet Display Style "B" 1980 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS

Set of 8 11 x 14 lobby cards 1980 - NSS

Set of 8 8 x 10 lobby cards 1980 - NSS

John Williams Soundtrack Advertising ONLY Mobile 8-TRACK! 1980 18 inches x 28-1/2

John Williams Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1980 36x36 ROLLED VADER

John Williams Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1980 24x36 ROLLED VADER

John Williams Soundtrack Advertising ONLY Display 1980 24x36 STORMTROOPER (RED)

John Williams Soundtrack Advertising ONLY poster 1980 24x36 ROLLED FOUR-ALBUMS

Empire Strikes Back - YODA National Public Radio Advertising Poster 1982 28 x 17 inches ROLLED (Ralph McQuarrie art)

STYLE "B" British Quad 1980 30 x 40 inches FOLDED

Original British Pressbook 1980 VADER COVER

Dixie Cup Advertising Only Poster 1980 15 x 21 inches ROLLED

Vymura CLOUD CITY SPECIAL One Sheet 1980 31-1/4 x 42 inches ROLLED

REVENGE OF THE JEDI

Advance Teaser One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED (NO-DATE)

Advance Teaser One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches ROLLED (With May 25 Coming Date)

Advance Teaser "Spanish" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1982 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Exhibitor's Book 1982 - Deluxe spiral bound program sent to press and industry only WITH REVENGE TITLE

RETURN OF THE JEDI

Style "A" One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches ROLLED NSS

Style "A" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches TRI-FOLDED (No PG Box) For overseas distribution

Style "A" Spanish Language US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

Style "B" Test Proof One-Sheet 1983 (dated 1982) 28x41 inches ROLLED FOX

Style "B" One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches ROLLED NSS

Style "B" One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches ROLLED FOX

Style "B" US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches TRI-FOLDED (No PG Box) For overseas distribution

Style "B" Spanish Language US/INTERNATIONAL One-Sheet 1983 27x41 inches FOLDED - US Printed for Spanish speaking markets

40 x 60 inch Style "A" Premium Deluxe Display 1980 ROLLED NSS

ADVANCE Out-Of-Home Three-Sheet Style "B" 1983 42x84 inches
Original Pressbook 1983 8-1/2 x 11

Original Press Kit 1983 Folder of info & bios & 8x10 stills given to press & industry

Set of - 20 x 30 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1983

Set of 11 - 16 x 20 inch lobby cards (Bleed - No white border) 1983

Set of 8 11 x 14 lobby cards 1980 - NSS

Set of 8 8 x 10 lobby cards 1980 - NSS

May 25th COMING ADVANCE 1983 21-1/2" x 29-1/2"

Half Sheet Display Style "A" 1983 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS RECALLED

Half Sheet Display Style "B" 1983 22 x 28 inches ROLLED NSS

The Jedi Adventure Center Half Sheet Display 1983 22 x 28

Return of the Jedi Soundtrack Advertising Only Poster - With Star Wars & Empire (1st US Trilogy Poster) 1983 ROLLED

YODA READ Library Advertising Only Poster 1983 22x34 inches ROLLED

Re-Issue One -Sheet 1985 27x41 inches ROLLED

Jedi Arena Atari Advertising Only Poster 1983 23x36 inches ROLLED

Burger King Jedi Glasses - VADER Standee 1983 Life Size

Jedi ADVANCE British Quad (Similar to REVENGE art) 1983 30x40 ROLLED
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: erik1925 on June 24, 2012, 01:33:58 PM: Or the ESB 8 sheet for the 1980 LA premiere, for $51K:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-1-RAREST-Star-Wars-THE-EMPIRE-STRIKES-BACK-POSTER-1980-LA-Premiere-8-SHEET-/390426055173?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae734d205

(http://i14.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/24/c0/703f_12.JPG)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: CSM on June 24, 2012, 03:59:41 PM: Yep - for some people eBay is just a slightly costly way of showing off their collections
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 07:49:27 PM: I could see some property developer or other mogul going for that $300K lot. It would take years to collect all those, if you had the time and patience to seek them all out.
$300K is spare change to some people.
$3 is spare change to me ... :'(
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 24, 2012, 08:39:01 PM: Quote from: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 07:49:27 PM
I could see some property developer or other mogul going for that $300K lot. It would take years to collect all those, if you had the time and patience to seek them all out.
$300K is spare change to some people.
$3 is spare change to me ... :'(

True, but doesn't that take some of the fun out of it?

I mean, part of collecting (IMHO) is the fun in trying to actually find the items and score a good deal. If some die hard Star Wars poster collector had the money to just buy one lot with every single poster in it, then what? Great, they have them all and their 'quest' is over, but it took zero effort (outside of actually getting the money to pay for them) and I imagine the 'thrill' of having them all will be over pretty quick. On the other hand, if someone spends years and years (or decades) building up that collection, the effort will make them appreciate it more. I think this applies to all collectibles.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 08:45:24 PM: I'm not talking about a collector. Just someone who wants the bragging rights, or nostalgic experience, of owning such a vast collection.
One click and you own it, could be tempting to the right person. I think that's what Miniver is looking for.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on June 24, 2012, 08:59:45 PM: $300,000 is nothing for plenty of people.

Here's a USAToday article about $100,000 monthly rentals for swanky homes. (http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/story/2012-06-24/cnbc-high-priced-rentals/55764944/1)
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 09:04:31 PM: Heaps of people with cash to blow.
Star Wars especially is a great draw card.
We had one guy in Aus blow $27 mill at casino in 1 night. Walked away and laughed about it!!
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 24, 2012, 10:30:30 PM: I just don't see someone buying that entire collection just because they have the money and want bragging rights. I could see that scenario on a single poster (or maybe a small handful) that are very, very, very valuable. But having a ton of posters that range from common to rare just doesn't seem (to me) that interesting of a purchase for someone to blow their disposable money on. Sure there are a few very rare posters in that collection, but they could be obtained individually for far less.

People with that type of money, who want to show off their stuff, want individual items that are easily displayed to impress their friends and colleagues. No one is going to fill an entire room in their mansion with random Star Wars posters for that purpose. Trying to display such a collection would really be inconvenient. For that amount of money, that could buy something much more impressive in the Star Wars collectible arena (like an original screen used Yoda puppet, or something else that was actually in or part of the movie itself).

Just like rich people who collect cars. Someone might not blink an eye dropping $1,000,000 on some super rare antique car, but I don't see them spending that amount just to have one of every single model that Ford ever made.

I think the only hope of that lot ever selling as a complete unit is for some die-hard Star Wars poster collector to win the lottery and be just completely reckless with the proceeds.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 10:46:21 PM: If you had $50 mill in the bank, would you buy them?
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Charlie on June 24, 2012, 10:55:57 PM: Quote from: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 10:46:21 PM
If you had $50 mill in the bank, would you buy them?

Nah, I'd buy Natalie Portman...
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 11:02:34 PM: Because you can't get Liz?
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: enki on June 24, 2012, 11:05:33 PM: Quote from: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 10:46:21 PM
If you had $50 mill in the bank, would you buy them?

Me personally? No. I could think of better things to do with $300,000, regardless of how much I had to spend. And if you only have $50mil, and you would be willing to spend $300k on something like an overpriced set of posters, you won't have $50mil for very long.

I would definitely be more willing to buy some expensive posters, but I would still rather put together my own collection than by one already assembled.

Outside of the idiot "nouveau riche" people who win/inhereit/etc. their money and lose it all in a matter of months or years, the people who do spend crazy money on stupid crap (like the earlier example of the one who lost $27mil at a casino and laughed) do it because they have a steady stream of more money coming in. Just like the Saudi princes whose families get billions a year on oil revenues. They make more money then they could possibly spend, so they have no cares in the world.
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: Charlie on June 24, 2012, 11:06:02 PM: Quote from: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 11:02:34 PM
Because you can't get Liz?

Or Grace... Or Audrey....
Title: Re: Star Wars Triple Bill
Post by: ozcinemagic on June 24, 2012, 11:41:47 PM: Quote from: Charlie on June 24, 2012, 11:06:02 PM
Or Grace... Or Audrey....

You could get a "foxy" Esther Williams for $300 obo!