That ONE Poster, if you could, you would trade your collection for

[paul waines]

Maybe so and I love the little devil but it's not my holy grail (and I lean heavy toward the Unis). Don't have much in that way but my collection is my holy grail.  So adding posters is like adding jewels to the crown. The grail just keeps getting fuller and more satisfying all the time. 

   Well said Lyn.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Maybe so and I love the little devil but it's not my holy grail (and I lean heavy toward the Unis). Don't have much in that way but my collection is my holy grail.  So adding posters is like adding jewels to the crown. The grail just keeps getting fuller and more satisfying all the time. 

exactly

however, I understand that people like Lynn, Paul and myself are advanced collectors who have been doing this for a very long time and people with less experience or smaller resources (at their point in life yet) may see some rare or expensive poster as a grail to them, and it is. Collecting is a growth experience. As the years go by and you see more stuff or own more stuff, emotional values of some item you couldn't afford or find before might diminish. Would it be nice to have a Metropolis 1sh or a Mummy poster on your wall? Yeah! But does it mean more than the hundreds or thousands of items you already own?? Not for most people.

[50s]

I wouldn't trade for one poster, even if a million dollar piece. I know I would get bored of looking at it after a while - maybe a year or three. Then what... Id rather rotate having something up the wall that looks fresh, makes me want to look at it

Lynn, Paul and myself are advanced collectors

Oh no... here is another 5 years of fodder...

[Zorba]

I wouldn't trade for one poster, even if a million dollar piece. I know I would get bored of looking at it after a while - maybe a year or three. Then what... Id rather rotate having something up the wall that looks fresh, makes me want to look at it

I wouldnt trade for one either unless it was a million dollar piece. 

I would for maybe for 10 posters.

I wouldn't be able to choose one anyway. There are so manyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

[Charlie]

I already have it on my wall... 

and Uni Horror blows. 

[50s]

I wouldnt trade for one either unless it was a million dollar piece. 

 

[Tang Lung in Rome]

Well , I'd love to own a US King Kong '33 but that's just not gonna happen and I'd rather keep the ones I've got.

Horror of Dracula locandina or 2sh is awesome......but I'd never trade my whole collection for it , as beautiful as it may be

[paul waines]

and Uni Horror blows. 

 

[CSM]

Maybe one of these?

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

I would trade my entire collection for the Mummy 3S or Metropolis 3S or a combination of some of the other three sheets here:

[brude]

If this lumbered into the room, all you noble collectors would be tossing your collections to the wind.
THIS is the grandaddy of them ALL.



Sure, I love Metropolis, but this poster beats it hands down.
Not only is it an UNBELIEVABLE piece of art, but it is from one of the BEST movies ever made.
I could write a book about this poster.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

If this lumbered into the room, all you noble collectors would be tossing your collections to the wind.
THIS is the grandaddy of them ALL.

Sure, I love Metropolis, but this poster beats it hands down.
Not only is it an UNBELIEVABLE piece of art, but it is from one of the BEST movies ever made.
I could write a book about this poster.

The Frankenstein 6S is a typical movie poster.  The Metropolis posters are fine art, so I'd take them.

[brude]

A 'typical' movie poster?
You are nukking futz.

I don't think either of those Metropois images do any justice to Lang's masterpiece.
On the other hand, FRANKY does it for Whale.

In fact, I wouldn't trade a BRIDE teaser for both of those Metropoliseseses...



FRANKENSTEIN is THE most iconic movie character of all time, rivaled only by Dracula, Kong and (I hate to say it) Vader.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

John Lennon once dissed Ringo by saying "he's not even the best drummer in the group."

If you asked 100 people walking down the street which of the following is the best poster, not that many would pick the 6S.  I do agree the BOF teaser is the best of the lot.

[CSM]

It would only be a fair comparison if those people walking down the street could see each poster/image at
its relative size. 

The appeal of the 6 sheet is at least partially because of its size and of course rarity (only one in existence)

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Judge not, lest ye be judged...



All posters from 1931 original release, except 1938 re-release three sheet.  From my needs-to-be-updated "Sizes" page on MPC:

http://moviepostercollectors.com/Sizes.html

[Bruce]

Judge not, lest ye be judged...



All posters from 1931 original release, except 1938 re-release three sheet.  From my needs-to-be-updated "Sizes" page on MPC:

http://moviepostercollectors.com/Sizes.html

The title card is WAY out of proportion.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

The title card is WAY out of proportion.

That's no moon title card.

http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=17259

[Bruce]

Correction please. That is a "portion" of a half-sheet: "The original portion of the poster includes the image of the monster, the 'FR' in Frankenstein and the portrait of Dwight Frye"

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Correction please. That is a "portion" of a half-sheet: "The original portion of the poster includes the image of the monster, the 'FR' in Frankenstein and the portrait of Dwight Frye"

On the Internetz it's all 1s and 0s. 10101001010101010010101001010101010101010100 00001001010100100101000100010011111001001010 10010100101010101010101010101010101010101010 10101000000001010100100101001010100101010101 01010010101010101010010101010

[lynaron]

Well, i would trade Mel's collection for the Frankie 6 sht 

[Bruce]

One thing I don't get about this. Since almost everyone's collection is worth a fraction of the Metropolis three-sheet, why not trade your collection for it, then sell it to Ralph DeLuca for $700,000 or so, and then use a portion of that money to buy back the parts of your collection you like (and you DON'T have to buy all the many "mistakes" you surely accumulated along the way)?

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

One thing I don't get about this. Since almost everyone's collection is worth a fraction of the Metropolis three-sheet, why not trade your collection for it, then sell it to Ralph DeLuca for $700,000 or so, and then use a portion of that money to buy back the parts of your collection you like (and you DON'T have to buy all the many "mistakes" you surely accumulated along the way)?

Whut? I looked on the Internetz the other day and found this site called "Cinemasterpieces" and I now KNOW my collection is worth at least $700,000.  Don't try to fool me!

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Whut? I looked on the Internetz the other day and found this site called "Cinemasterpieces" and I now KNOW my collection is worth at least $700,000.  Don't try to fool me!

^^^ funny post.

[AdamCarterJones]

Whut? I looked on the Internetz the other day and found this site called "Cinemasterpieces" and I now KNOW my collection is worth at least $700,000.  Don't try to fool me!

So we now know Mel has overpaid for his collection