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Hi, my name is Erik and I just joined. I am a huge James Bond fan. I have a collection of James Bond items I have collected over time to include some posters. I am looking for help deciphering what my posters are specifically my From Russia with Love poster. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Erik
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Erik
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It looks like a One Sheet from the US.
What are the dimensions? 27 x 41 inches?
The NSS number on the bottom right indicates it is the 39th film submitted for 1964 for example.
I think you are ok. Who did you buy it from?
I am super excited about this poster as I am a big James Bond fan and From Russia with Love is my favorite in the Bond series.
The poster seemed genuine for what I paid for it and the weathering/age to it and it being linen backed and all. I mean people that want to make fake items will go to great lengths and make them so nothing is fool proof.
Thank you again!
Erik
BTW if you want to make sure what you buy is original Bruce's place: www.emovieposter.com is a great place for beginners that need a safe space. He has a major auction going right now...
A buddy of mine has helped me with some poster knowledge (he has an extensive collection himself) and also helped me find a company that I got a frame for it.
He led me to that website and wow!!! It's amazing! I just registered on the site as well.
Thanks for the help and info again! BTW here is my poster up on the wall...
Here is my other wall of James Bond items. The posters are both 27x41. The Skyfall one is double sided and all the autographs are certified thru JSA and/or Beckett.
I have to make one slight correction to someone Charlie said, in his otherwise fine information. He wrote:
"The NSS number on the bottom right indicates it is the 39th film submitted for 1964 for example."
I used to think that too, and Charlie may have even gotten that idea from me, and if so, I apologize to him!
Some people have made the huge mistake of thinking the NSS number is like a "limited edition" number, especially when the second number is higher than the first. So if they see "52/89" for example, they think it means it is the 52nd out of 89 made, and this is not at all the case, since EVERY example of that poster would have 52/89 on it.
But back to what Charlie said. I used to say that "64/39" meant it was the 39th film submitted for 1964. But over 30 years of auctioning I have kept track of the NSS numbers (and litho numbers) for every poster I auctioned, and I discovered that the above was not true.
At the start of each year, NSS assigned each studio a block of numbers for the coming year, based on how many films they had scheduled for the year. And each studio WOULD use those numbers in order. But if say, MGM got a low set of numbers, and say United Artists got a high set of numbers, then every United Artist release that year would have a higher number than any MGM release, regardless of release date.
Not a giant deal, but I wanted to correct it!
And welcome to the forum, Erik!
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And thank you for welcoming me in to this group! Very excited! And thank you Charlie as well!
I am SUPER excited about this recent purchase of the From Russia with Love poster I got! I can't stop looking at it! LOL! I hope to acquire some more James Bond posters down the road.
Goldfinger is one of the very first one-sheets to be done in both a "flat" and "glossy" finish.
The reason for the changeover from flat to glossy on one-sheets in general (early 1960s are all flat, and late 1960s are all glossy) is obvious to anyone like me who handles thousands of them a month!),
The old flat one-sheets pick up tons of smudges from your fingers. The newer glossy ones don't. Since posters back then were passed from theater to theater for quite some time, the glossy ones lasted far longer in better condition.
Bruce
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