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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #125 on: January 19, 2012, 09:36:40 PM »
I don't think that 'before' Millie is the one they restored BTW...

Yeah, you're right about the Millie. I added Heritage's descriptions of the restorations to the pics.  The others match up with the description.
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #126 on: January 19, 2012, 09:43:29 PM »
I added Heritage's descriptions of the restorations to the pics.

Wow, talk about being generous with their descriptions!

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #127 on: January 19, 2012, 09:57:32 PM »
Wow, talk about being generous with their descriptions!

Yep.  And as we've noted - the photos they post are highly unrealistic.

Talk about photoshop!
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #128 on: January 19, 2012, 10:24:58 PM »
who cares about posters.. my recent biggest find was dropped off at the warehouse today

2 more flat files with 29x43 inch drawers for $50 each

I love Craigslist

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #129 on: January 19, 2012, 10:29:08 PM »
who cares about posters.. my recent biggest find was dropped off at the warehouse today

2 more flat files with 29x43 inch drawers for $50 each

I love Craigslist

Nice score Rich.

Seems big enough to store some tears in?
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #130 on: January 19, 2012, 10:31:41 PM »
I've found a bunch of flats files on Craigslist

the cheapest buy was a 25x37 in nearly new condition for a mere $15

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #131 on: January 19, 2012, 11:09:08 PM »
who cares about posters.. my recent biggest find was dropped off at the warehouse today

2 more flat files with 29x43 inch drawers for $50 each

I love Craigslist

So $50 is a good price for a set of five drawers? I guess I wasn't getting screwed...

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #132 on: January 19, 2012, 11:17:48 PM »
So $50 is a good price for a set of five drawers? I guess I wasn't getting screwed...

I'd say so!
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #133 on: January 19, 2012, 11:19:46 PM »
So $50 is a good price for a set of five drawers? I guess I wasn't getting screwed...

$50 is a great price for flat files of any size

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #134 on: January 19, 2012, 11:38:10 PM »
$50 is a great price for flat files of any size

Damn, I could have gotten 12 of them at $50 each...  Problem is I kind of killed the deal and have to keep my pride now... Maybe he'll come back at $40...   ;D

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #135 on: January 19, 2012, 11:45:46 PM »
Damn, I could have gotten 12 of them at $50 each...  Problem is I kind of killed the deal and have to keep my pride now... Maybe he'll come back at $40...   ;D

I'd buy them and sell the overflow on Craigslist at $75-$150 each Charlie (depending on size)

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #136 on: January 20, 2012, 12:27:57 AM »
I'd buy them and sell the overflow on Craigslist at $75-$150 each Charlie (depending on size)

Shit.  So the whole story...

They were from my firm and there was a lot of miscommunication and it was just a mess.  I dropped it all because I didn't want any conflicts of interest to develop...  Originally he was going to scrap them.  So I figured up scrap value and made and offer.  Now I was buying flat files from the owner of the firm; he then is trying to figure out what to sell them to me for as flat files; he puts an ad on craigslist to solicit offers (didn't tell me this; I found the ad); his assistant was telling me he agreed to one price ($25 each); I got all excited lined up some help for 8 sets and then the next day he comes in and doubles it - again through the assistant.  I was in meetings all day and never talked to him face to face and was like WTF, nickel and dime me over stuff you were going to originally scrap... I see that depreciated office equipment is just so hard to part with; guess employee retention is not a goal.  I mean he could have sold them to me for the first price and then every time I walked into my poster lair I would think "how cool is the owner of my firm".  He even made me explain what I wanted them for... Acted like he thought I wanted to make money off of them...

I probably would have thought the same thing; what the hell are you going to do with 40 drawers of flat files?  He was cool about it and was giving me a break on what he was offered, but it just kept getting fuzzy.  Like a methodical process for getting rid of depreciated office equipment to a decent employee.  I've made that man hundreds of thousands of dollars and he wants to make sure he's getting his $600...

Now I just figure, no matter if I bought them or not, every time I looked at them I would get pissed.  So I said the hell with it.  Still pissed though...w/o flat files.  But since I told him it was best to stop negotiations, I can't go back now...

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #137 on: January 20, 2012, 12:38:14 AM »
So I figured up scrap value and made and offer. 

Charlie, you know you're my pal, so I want you to take this correctly:

that is donkulous idiocy

just give the guy his $600
if the cabinets are in nice condition, what's the beef?
so what he wants $50 each.. do you realize how much these damn things cost at retail??
if I was offered 12 cabinets at $50 each, I'd be on them like white on rice
maybe he'll take a round $500.
what you have made for him in the past you were paid for, right??
this is now, not yesterday

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #138 on: January 20, 2012, 12:46:36 AM »
Charlie, you know you're my pal, so I want you to take this correctly:

that is donkulous idiocy

just give the guy his $600
if the cabinets are in nice condition, what's the beef?
so what he wants $50 each.. do you realize how much these damn things cost at retail??
if I was offered 12 cabinets at $50 each, I'd be on them like white on rice
maybe he'll take a round $500.
what you have made for him in the past you were paid for, right??
this is now, not yesterday

You may be on to something. He sold two.  I'll make him an offer of $400 for the rest (10) take the other two I don't need sell them for $100 each and I'll be at my $200 original offer...  What will he know...  Now I will just have to get past my wife and her pride...

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #139 on: January 20, 2012, 12:48:19 AM »
I can't believe you would offer him $200 for 12 cabinets.. are you cheap or something??  woohoo

BTW.. what size are they??

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #140 on: January 20, 2012, 12:59:02 AM »
I can't believe you would offer him $200 for 12 cabinets.. are you cheap or something??  woohoo

BTW.. what size are they??

There are were 8 sets of 43 inch and 4 sets of ~42 inch drawers.  Not cheap; the original story was he was going to throw them out.  So I figured if he was going to scrap them, why not give him what he would get for scrap. 800 lbs at $.149/lb is $120 each.  I think the assistant was the one that fucked it all up.  It's not the money part that bothers me.  It's the stuff in between in my over analysis of the meanings behind the methodical way he went about it...  I am a pretty complex guy I guess...and young.
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« Reply #141 on: January 20, 2012, 01:00:59 AM »
are you cheap or something??  woohoo

You know you are a poster junkie when?  Rich? 

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #142 on: January 20, 2012, 01:04:46 AM »
So now I need a way back in.  I think I should go directly through him, forget the assistant.  Maybe the old everything was cloudy so I wanted to step back and reassess...  Or just go in and say I reconsidered and I'll take them?

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #143 on: January 20, 2012, 01:20:51 AM »
You know you are a poster junkie when?  Rich? 

LOL..

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #144 on: January 26, 2012, 07:35:41 PM »
Looks like a Dracula was in the mix...

"One of the most popular genres in the poster collecting world is the field of Universal horror," Smith said, "and I'm pleased to say that the Berwick discovery includes a stunning example of one of the most desirable posters in that category. It's the Style F one sheet for Dracula, the film that launched the Universal horror boom in 1931, and set Bela Lugosi on a path to film immortality. One of only a small handful known to exist, we sold another copy of this style in March, 2009. That poster realized more than $310,000, making it one of the most valuable posters we've sold in a decade of operation. Who knows what this copy will bring?"

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #145 on: January 26, 2012, 08:14:14 PM »
Well, Matt's gonna die now...  :(

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #146 on: January 26, 2012, 08:23:19 PM »
Well, Matt's gonna die now...  :(

Was good to know you man!

It's a fugly poster anyway...


No???  Yeah, didn't think anyone would buy it...sorry Matt.
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #147 on: January 26, 2012, 08:29:37 PM »
Man, my heart is in my stomach for you Matt, after reading that.  But we could be sitting here talking about how the adhesive was destructive to the posters and none could be salvaged.

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #148 on: January 26, 2012, 08:38:47 PM »
DRACULA?  Style F?  Sheeeeet, I got one of those...well, a full-size Universal reprint, anyhows....
Actually my favorite design for the film...



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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #149 on: January 26, 2012, 09:18:17 PM »
Looks like a Dracula was in the mix...

"One of the most popular genres in the poster collecting world is the field of Universal horror," Smith said, "and I'm pleased to say that the Berwick discovery includes a stunning example of one of the most desirable posters in that category. It's the Style F one sheet for Dracula, the film that launched the Universal horror boom in 1931, and set Bela Lugosi on a path to film immortality. One of only a small handful known to exist, we sold another copy of this style in March, 2009. That poster realized more than $310,000, making it one of the most valuable posters we've sold in a decade of operation. Who knows what this copy will bring?"

Forgot to post the full link to the newsletter...

http://movieposters.ha.com/common/newsletter.php?id=3640&type=posternews-tem012612

My spider sense proved right!

Now when will there be disclosure that a Frankenstein poster was in the lot too?

Man - to whoever gambled on this ---->  >:(
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