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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #175 on: January 27, 2012, 06:30:44 AM »
Wrong style there Brude - you posted the style A.
F is the one with Dracula in the boat.

Damn...what was I thinking?
Thanks for the reality check, Sean.
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #176 on: January 27, 2012, 09:32:11 AM »
Fucking hell I just saw this. 


La la la laaaaaa... Find your happy place Matt... Find your happy place....

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #177 on: January 27, 2012, 09:59:28 AM »
Fucking hell I just saw this. 


La la la laaaaaa... Find your happy place Matt... Find your happy place....

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It is still very cool how you did find this. Far ahead of the curve.

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #178 on: January 27, 2012, 10:31:51 AM »
laugh1

It is still very cool how you did find this. Far ahead of the curve.

And for that, we applause you  clap clap clap clap clap
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #179 on: January 27, 2012, 11:26:31 AM »
I know just how you feel Matt, I had a very similar deal I missed out on many years back. I still kick myself for not getting a bank loan out.... :-\

And don't worry the Pain never goes, even 15 years later...... ;) 
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #180 on: January 27, 2012, 11:29:21 AM »
I know just how you feel Matt, I had a very similar deal I missed out on many years back. I still kick myself for not getting a bank loan out.... :-\

And don't worry the Pain never goes, even 15 years later...... ;) 

I guess he'll need a stronger favourite drink!
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #181 on: January 27, 2012, 01:00:46 PM »
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And don't worry the Pain never goes, even 15 years later...

Ain't that the truth.  There are still a couple of single posters (not stashes) that got away that bring physical pain every time I remember them.  Stoopidstoopidstoopid!
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #182 on: January 27, 2012, 01:41:00 PM »
My spider sense proved right!


I also included this possibility in my very first post...


Anyway, so there you have it.  I'm sure after a restoration delay, 30-50 newly discovered one sheets from early 1931 will be probably be coming to auction soon.  Only about a dozen of which do we know the titles for.  And for those of you keeping track of dates, Dracula was released dead in the middle of the range covered by these posters, in February 1931  ;D  If a previously unknown one-sheet turns up at auction soon, you'll know where it came from!

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« Reply #183 on: January 27, 2012, 03:11:51 PM »

I also included this possibility in my very first post...



No reason why there can't be two incredibly intelligent and perceptive Spidermen ;)
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #184 on: January 27, 2012, 04:47:05 PM »
this deal is a perfect example of why when there is something special that could be very worthwhile, but beyond your financial reach or geographical location, that you should seek out a dealer who you can share & partner with.

amazingly, it is obvious that this one deal could make potential profits up to $300-500K for the buyers

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #185 on: January 27, 2012, 04:54:20 PM »
this deal is a perfect example of why when there is something special that could be very worthwhile, but beyond your financial reach or geographical location, that you should seek out a dealer who you can share & partner with.

amazingly, it is obvious that this one deal could make potential profits up to $300-500K for the buyers
You have an amazingly quick take on Biz Rich..I`m glad I could read it here first  8)

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #186 on: January 27, 2012, 05:35:31 PM »
Well, Sean said as much a few pages back in this thread.  The thing is, I was prepared to bid competitively on what was visible... but I wasn't prepared to gamble on what might or might not be underneath. 

Hindsight is 20-20 for all you backseat buyers...  but you have to remember that even Bruce was on the phone and he bowed out before I did.  It was gambling pure and simple, and HA (presumably they were bidding directly) won big because I couldn't keep my mouth shut.  I'm mostly pissed because I more or less invited the competition.  Had I not asked so many questions to the seller I would have probably been bidding against only locals in the room -- which I'm assuming I would have won at that point.

But who knows...

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #187 on: January 27, 2012, 05:40:02 PM »
Harry, in a world when a simple web search helps you find the major sellers of anything, I wouldn't think that you asking question made them go look for other dealers. But I would say if you were willing to bid competitively, you should have gone to the posters to examine them and then realized what the true course of action should have been. Or at least that's what I would have done

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #188 on: January 27, 2012, 09:47:30 PM »
Harry, in a world when a simple web search helps you find the major sellers of anything, I wouldn't think that you asking question made them go look for other dealers. But I would say if you were willing to bid competitively, you should have gone to the posters to examine them and then realized what the true course of action should have been. Or at least that's what I would have done

Good points here. All hindsight. Kinda wish Matt got this haul, would have been so pumped to see an APFer hit the jackpot like this.

That said, this thread is an agonizing read. I try to stay away as much as possible, can't imagine how Matt Caul must be feeling. Hang in there, buddy.
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #189 on: January 27, 2012, 10:08:57 PM »
Good points here. All hindsight. Kinda wish Matt got this haul, would have been so pumped to see an APFer hit the jackpot like this.

That said, this thread is an agonizing read. I try to stay away as much as possible, can't imagine how Matt Caul must be feeling. Hang in there, buddy.

if he's feeling bad, the only advice is to let it go.
I've been working on a very sweet deal that essentially fell apart this week because of issues I won't discuss here.
cie la vie
on to the next one
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #190 on: January 27, 2012, 10:09:33 PM »
would have been so pumped to see an APFer hit the jackpot like this.

me too.. why couldn't it have been me??

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #191 on: January 27, 2012, 10:48:52 PM »
me too.. why couldn't it have been me??

wynk

Maybe because you have a goddamn complete warehouse?  ;)
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #192 on: January 27, 2012, 11:35:18 PM »
Maybe because you have a goddamn complete warehouse?  ;)

it's not complete.. I needed that deal to make it "almost" complete

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #193 on: January 27, 2012, 11:54:15 PM »
If there's another find like this in the near future, I'm sure Harry will be in on it.
Keep at it, Matt!

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #194 on: January 28, 2012, 12:02:44 AM »
it's not complete.. I needed that deal to make it "almost" complete

i thought you had it complete with all those Chandlers and gambling ones...
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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #195 on: January 28, 2012, 12:53:51 AM »
i thought you had it complete with all those Chandlers and gambling ones...


never complete.. always just close

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #196 on: January 28, 2012, 12:20:05 PM »
I'd say both Nostradumus and Bruce predicted this:

Nostradumus, Century IX, Quatrain 108:

When the moon completes her great cycle,
The lost thing is discovered,
Divine splendor hidden for many decades,
The accumulators shall give great opposition to possess it....


A History of Movie Posters

Other than the huge finds (which probably account for 90% of the pre-1938 posters known), posters also are sometimes found in one other main way. In the 1910s and 1920s (and to a lesser extent in the 1930s), builders would often look for material to put within the walls of buildings (or under the floors) to serve as insulation. Some enterprising builders hooked up with poster exchanges to take large amounts of outdated posters and put them in the walls of their new homes. I know of at least ten occasions where someone has been remodeling their house in the 1990s and discovered posters in the walls or under the floor. Sometimes they are moldy and mildewed and require large amounts of restoration, but sometimes they are so tightly pressed together that they survive in relatively excellent condition.
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« Reply #197 on: January 28, 2012, 01:17:18 PM »
"sometimes they are so tightly pressed together that they survive in relatively excellent condition"

This referred to window cards or kraftbacked posters. I have NEVER seen posters glued one on top of each other that survive in relatively excellent condition, and I greatly doubt I ever will.

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #198 on: January 28, 2012, 07:24:04 PM »
So Bruce... do you mind confirming whether or not the auctioneers called you directly to alert you to the sale?  If so, how long before the sale did they call?  A week?  Two weeks?

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Re: The biggest find of early movie posters in recent history was sold today...
« Reply #199 on: February 03, 2012, 11:52:17 PM »
So it's up!  Heritage just posted a pic of the new Dracula Style F.  No condition info posted.  Here's the new one (left) vs. the one sold previously (right).  Appears to be more colorful - restoration effect or what?