I thought you may like to know that on the Conway's Vintage Treasures U.S.A. website they state that U.S. lobby cards were first introduced around 1913.
If they mean 8x10 lobby cards, they are right. If they mean 11x14, I would love to see an example!
www.walterfilm.com/lobby.cards/ website is certainly worth while checking out lobby card history ae well.
My admiration for Walter Reuben is second to none, and he is one of the few full-time good dealers who has been active longer than I have, but he does not provide an example, and he says "somewhere around 1913", which COULD be late 1915.
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Some people ask me "Bruce, why do you act like $29 minimum buyers premiums are a big deal? After all, the auction house clearly tells you about it, so if you don't like it, don't bid."
Two reasons: 1) It is not that the bidders don't know about them, it is that the consignors often don't know about them! If you consign 100 $30 posters to that auction, and they sell for $30 each, the auction hourse receives $2,925, and you receive $75! How awful is that?
2) When you have $29 minimum buyers premiums it means NO item ever auctions for under $30. By contrast, LOTS of the items we at eMoviePoster.com auction sell for under $30, quite a few for just a few dollars each.
Why not bid in auctions where you can get incredible bargains, thanks to NO buyers premiums at all, and honest no reserve auctions?
And why not consign to the ONLY auction that gives consignors a FAR larger percentage of what their items sell for? Go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign for our simple "no fine print" consignment policy, including exactly what we charge.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
1: Are their any restorers whose work you hold in high regard in Europe? If yes would you share them with me )
2: What are a few of your favorite poster artists of the ages?
3: With your wealth of knowledge on film posters across decades (centuries!) in both the history, manufacture, printing, art, how to spot fakes, good and bad resto work, etc... Would you ever consider compiling such knowledge in book form?
The problem with restorers from countries other than your own is that it costs so much to get the backed posters back that it just doesn't make sense if you have ones that you use in your own country. I have NEVER dealt with even ONE European restorer, and don't know which ones there are.
My favorite poster artists are sadly unknown! One is the artist who did the best Warner Bros posters around 1935 and a few years before and after. The other is the artist who did the best Paramount posters in the very early 1930s. It is amazing to me that no one knows either artists' name!
I would not do a book about the subjects you mention, but if I had more time, I would love to create a site devoted to those suibjects. But you CAN find a wealth of information in my email club archives on my site at https://www.emovieposter.com/club/archive.php
Sadly, the weather today in West Plains is DREADFUL, and there is a thin sheet of ice over EVERYTHING, making travel impossible.
This comes at a very unfortunate time for eMoviePoster.com, because last week we had 3,585 auctions close, and today we WOULD have begun packing all the items and start to send shipping quotes to some the roughly 1,000 buyers of those items.
But of course we HAVE to put the safety of our employees first, and so we are COMPLETELY closed today (and no one will answer the phone).
We hope to re-open first thing Tuesday morning and get hard to work, and as of right now that is looking likely, but we will post updates as we learn more.
Thanks to everyone for being understanding of this situation, and please, everyone in an area with inclement weather, stay safe!
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HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
The artist who did the 30's Warner Brothers posters that Bruce is referring to may well have been Tony Gablik, who did a lot of stylized art with art deco elements. My favourite U.S artists would be Fred Kulz (Universal and Republic) and Glenn Cravath (RKO and especially Columbia). They both specialised in action and dramatic art, especially westerns and serials. Though Kulz also did some posters for important productions like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Phantom of the Opera. Their work was never boring looking.
eMoviePoster.com, is about to standardize what "rare" and "ultra rare" means in our auction headings, the ONLY auction to do so?
Everyone who follows our auctions knows that we make a giant effort to tell you how many times we have auctioned rare items in the past, so that bidders have a quick and easy way to see this information WITHOUT having to look that information up for themselves in our Auction History at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archive.html
For quite some time we have been noting within auction listings for rare items whether we EVER auctioned that item before, and if we have, how many times we did that.
BUT NOW, WE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU A "HEADS UP" ON THESE ITEMS IN THE AUCTION TITLE, using a simple formula.
What is this formula? If we never auctioned the item before, or only only auctioned the item once before, we will put "ultra rare" in its auction title. If we auctioned the item exactly two or three times before, we will put "rare" in its auction title.
And if we auctioned four or more examples in the past, we will NEVER put "rare" or "ultra rare" in its auction title (even if we last auctioned it 20 or 30 years ago)!
Why do I say "soon"? Because we have many current auctions that were prepared before I firmly implemented this change there are a few auctions were they say "rare" or "ultra rare" that don't follow the above guidelines (and there will be just a few more in next month's auctions) and then ALL auctions will follow the above guidelines.
The title says "ultra rare" because it is a poster from 1968 that we have only once auctioned in the last nine years, and that IS very unusual, and does show it is quite hard to find.
But starting soon, you will never see "ultra rare" on the title of ANY auction unless we have never auctioned it before (or only once before) and you will never see "rare" on the title of ANY auction unless we have only auctioned it two or three times before. We invite ALL other auctioneers (and dealers) to adopt this same standard, because it will be a great help to all bidders.
And you surely have noticed we NEVER put "there are only two examples of this poster known to exist" or similar statements. We almost always solely refer to how many times WE have auctioned an item before (because that we can be sure of).
A VERY few times we have referred to how many we believe are known to exist, and that is an important distinction, because who could possibly claim to know that they KNOW how many of ANY item there are in existence?
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HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Our new search filters for rare and ultra-rare posters are now fully functional, and a giant help to collectors!
BIG NEWS! We have now COMPLETELY implemented our title designations of "ultra rare" and "rare" In all three sets of auctions, if we have never auctioned the item before (or only once before) we ALWAYS put "ultra rare" in the auction title, and we never put it in the title ifwe auctioned it two or more times. Similarly, in all three sets of auctions, if we have only auctioned the item exactly two or three times before we ALWAYS put "rare" in the auction title, and we never put it in the title if we auctioned it four or more times.
AND WE NOW HAVE SEARCH FILTERS THAT (with one click) LET YOU VIEW SOLELY THE "ULTRA RARE" ITEMS (or solely the "ultra rare" AND "rare" items) EACH IN A SINGLE GALLERY!AND THERE ARE DIRECT LINKS TO BOTH GALLERIES AT THE TOP OF OUR SEARCH FILTER LIST (located at the top left of each gallery, right below where it says "Posters by Type"). Here is how it looks in the "All current Auctions" gallery:
Of course if you are a collector who doesn't much care about rarity you never have to use the above filters, but if you DO care, this is a really wonderful addition! Something important to note is that this ONLY tells you how many times WE auctioned the item, NOT how many exist. And of course this means that the very first time we auction ANYTHING (even a brand new 2024 poster!) it will initially be listed as "ultra rare". This is just a limitation of the system, and you just have to accept it. And we ARE human, and CAN make a mistake, and if we do, just email us and we will fix it ASAP!
AS WE SAID ABOVE, IN OUR CURRENT APRIL MAJOR AUCTION, A FULL ONE-THIRD OF THE ITEMS QUALIFY AS "ULTRA-RARE" (meaning we never auctioned them, or only auctioned them once before!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
I know that some of you have never before purchased a linenbacked poster. If so, know that this means it has been professionally de-acidified and mounted onto rice paper and a linen backing, and often during that process the poster's flaws are professionally restored (and the process of backing usually makes the fold lines, if the poster was folded, vanish or mostly disappear). The poster displays far better, and is now professionally preserved!
Yet, sometimes, collectors don't take the extra cost of linenbacking into account when bidding on these, and so sometimes the posters can sell for well under the cost of linenbacking alone, which is downright crazy (and makes for incredible buys). Unless there is a LOT more bidding on the 761 linenbacked posters closing Sunday, then quite a few of these posters will fall into this category!
Want to learn a LOT more about linenbacking, and how it works and how it affects value and desirability? Go to https://www.emovieposter.com/tips_archive.php?id=1900 for a page that gives answers to every question you might have (and it is worth reading even if you already know a fair amount about linenbacking).
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Did you know that there are some basic items that EVERY movie memorabilia collector should consider owning?
We are often contacted by collectors with various concerns or requests that pertain to collecting movie paper such as "how can I protect the tear in my poster without restoration", "how can I safely remove this piece of tape", "how can I more easily open packages", etc.
So we thought it would be helpful to make a list of some of the items we think ALL movie paper collectors should strongly consider owning:
*Lineco Document Repair Tape and Lineco Transparent Mending Tissue - This is tape that is safe for use on movie paper. You can use it on the back of items to secure tears.
*Bestine (or "Un-du") - This is a solvent that can dissolve the sticky part of tape making the tape easily removed without damage to movie paper and is therefore super useful in removing tape from older posters, and also can "save the day" if you accidentally get tape stuck to a poster when removing it from a package.
NOTE: This is a highly flammable and dangerous substance and should only be used in a well ventilated area, and ONLY if you are at least somewhat "handy" and will be EXTREMELY careful using it. Be sure to read ALL of the manufacture's warnings before use.
*A utility knife, Xacto knife, or similar - This is wonderful for opening well packed packages (such as those eMoviePoster.com uses). NOTE: You should always cut with care as these knives are extremely sharp and WILL cut through several pieces of cardboard with ease, and can also cut into YOU with even greater ease. You definitely do NOT want to accidentally cut your movie paper (or yourself)!
*A REALLY strong light (like 400 watts or stronger) - This is wonderful if you own or are considering buying restored items. When you hold those items up before a light source like this, you will likely be able to practically "see" right through the linen or paper backing, and you can likely see the extent of the restoration.
You will need some practice to know how to interpret what you see in some cases, but in many cases it will be very obvious (like where a large hole was recreated by being painted over). But be prepared to be shocked in some cases, because some auctions describe some items as having "minor fold and border restoration", when the actual restoration is far greater, because they are counting on the buyers not being knowledgeable to know the difference.
And also, know that if an item (usually a window card, half-sheet or insert) is backed onto a heavy board backing, you likely can't get a light bright enough to shine through it, but just the fact that this kind of restoration was performed is almost a guarantee that the restoration was extensive. And also, when acrylic paint is used, you also may have trouble seeing "through it", but again, just the fact that this kind of restoration was performed is almost a guarantee that the restoration was extensive.
And it is not that you shouldn't buy restored items, just that you should be accurately informed as to how much restoration the item has had, either by the seller, or by you, examining the item in the way described above. Once you know the truth, you can better decide how much to pay.
*A map file or other storage equipment - As we all know, movie paper can be very valuable, so why not store it in a way that best protects your investment? A map file is a great way to do this if you have space because it allows you to store one-sheet-size and smaller posters unfolded and flat. Boxes or tubes are also acceptable if you don't have the space (or funds) for a large map file.
*A digital camera or phone with an excellent built-in camera - Either is an invaluable tool for when you want to get advice from someone online about your posters or share images of your favorite posters with the world OR if you want to offer items for sale
*Spreadsheet or database software - A great tool for cataloging one's collection (and there are free ones such as LibreOffice or GoogleDocs). You will have to have a little higher level of computer expertise to easily use such software (although, we hear GoogleDocs makes things fairly easy), but enlisting the help of a "computer nerd" family member can get you on the path to using this software. You may also be able to find commercial "collection" software to aid you in cataloging your collection, but we don't know of any good software that is specifically dedicated to movie paper.
NOTE: Copies of the last two items above (digital photos of your collection AND your collection list in your online software) need to be stored somewhere completely separate from your collection! Otherwise in the event of a disaster, you will not have proof of what you owned, but if you DO have both of these, you will have an excellent chance of filing (and collecting) on an insurance claim.
THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EMOVIEPOSTER.COM!
Thought I would add my recommendation in for cataloging software. I use Airtable, free and really intuitive. Great for building multiple collection types and not at all complicated.
In 2006, when I moved my $2 million a year auction biz from eBay to my own site, I did a bunch of Internet advertising. Google Adwords, Facebook ads, anything else I could think of.
That turned out to be some of the best money I EVER spent, NOT because it got me new customers (it did not!) but because it taught me that Internet ads are the 21st century equivalent of snake oil.
After flushing a bunch of money down the toilet and after talking with other business owners about their amazingly similar experiences, I came to the conclusion that Internet advertising is EXTREMELY beneficial for those who sell it, but for everyone who buys it.... good luck!
So I instead put all that money into giving those who did deal with me great bonuses and perks, reasoning that regular repeat customers were worth FAR more than an endless stream of one-time customers (which as I said, Internet ads did not deliver anyway).
And my business has grown from $2 million a year to $6 million a year average the past SIX years. All thanks to Internet advertising, which showed me how NOT to spend my money!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
I sorted them from oldest date to newest, so the ones you are looking for stand out more.
It appears that these were quite popular with small town theaters, and likely not for the reason you might think (saving money).
I have read that the companies that produced these (and also the replacement one-sheets from companies like Leader Press) were more reliable in getting the window cards and posters delivered on time. Since theaters then mostly only played movies for a few days each, they needed to have the posters on hand exactly on time, and not a day or two late.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS "buyers premiums" - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
The latest batch of Australian posters you have currently up for auction is more interesting than usual. This time around there is a good percentage of the total 101, mainly Australian one sheets that are extremely rare that I have never sighted images of anywhere else in the past. A few examples follow below.
The one sheets and 3 sheets are the rarest. The daybills, with some exceptions have appeared on your website previously in multiple numbers, including Rancho Notorious where you have previously auctioned 49 of them. Surely this poster would have to be your all time highest sold poster of the same design.
Curious to know if this batch originated from one seller or is it a combination of a number of consignors?.
I messed up... bigtime. Yesterday I was rushing to upload a complete preview gallery of ALL the 872 items in eMoviePoster.com's August Major Auction and I accidentally added a preliminary version without the Item numbers or full auction titles!
While I am here I will make a comment on the Hitler Beast of Berlln super rare Australian long daybill. You will notice the spelling of Alan Ladd's name as being that of Allan Ladd. More on this later.
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Two reasons:
1) It is not that the bidders don't know about them, it is that the consignors often don't know about them! If you consign 100 $30 posters to that auction, and they sell for $30 each, the auction hourse receives $2,925, and you receive $75! How awful is that?
And the same is true for posters that sell at EVERY price level! For a complete explanation of this, go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign#intro
2) When you have $29 minimum buyers premiums it means NO item ever auctions for under $30. By contrast, LOTS of the items we at eMoviePoster.com auction sell for under $30, quite a few for just a few dollars each.
Why not bid in auctions where you can get incredible bargains, thanks to NO buyers premiums at all, and honest no reserve auctions?
And why not consign to the ONLY auction that gives consignors a FAR larger percentage of what their items sell for? Go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign for our simple "no fine print" consignment policy, including exactly what we charge.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
1: Are their any restorers whose work you hold in high regard in Europe? If yes would you share them with me
2: What are a few of your favorite poster artists of the ages?
3: With your wealth of knowledge on film posters across decades (centuries!) in both the history, manufacture, printing, art, how to spot fakes, good and bad resto work, etc... Would you ever consider compiling such knowledge in book form?
The problem with restorers from countries other than your own is that it costs so much to get the backed posters back that it just doesn't make sense if you have ones that you use in your own country. I have NEVER dealt with even ONE European restorer, and don't know which ones there are.
My favorite poster artists are sadly unknown! One is the artist who did the best Warner Bros posters around 1935 and a few years before and after. The other is the artist who did the best Paramount posters in the very early 1930s. It is amazing to me that no one knows either artists' name!
I would not do a book about the subjects you mention, but if I had more time, I would love to create a site devoted to those suibjects. But you CAN find a wealth of information in my email club archives on my site at https://www.emovieposter.com/club/archive.php
And of course http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/ has a MASSIVE amount of such information as well.
I always have too much to do, and too little time. The story of my life!
Thanks
Bruce
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This comes at a very unfortunate time for eMoviePoster.com, because last week we had 3,585 auctions close, and today we WOULD have begun packing all the items and start to send shipping quotes to some the roughly 1,000 buyers of those items.
But of course we HAVE to put the safety of our employees first, and so we are COMPLETELY closed today (and no one will answer the phone).
We hope to re-open first thing Tuesday morning and get hard to work, and as of right now that is looking likely, but we will post updates as we learn more.
Thanks to everyone for being understanding of this situation, and please, everyone in an area with inclement weather, stay safe!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Peter
Our new search filters for rare and ultra-rare posters are now fully functional, and a giant help to collectors!
BIG NEWS! We have now COMPLETELY implemented our title designations of "ultra rare" and "rare" In all three sets of auctions, if we have never auctioned the item before (or only once before) we ALWAYS put "ultra rare" in the auction title, and we never put it in the title if we auctioned it two or more times. Similarly, in all three sets of auctions, if we have only auctioned the item exactly two or three times before we ALWAYS put "rare" in the auction title, and we never put it in the title if we auctioned it four or more times.
AND WE NOW HAVE SEARCH FILTERS THAT (with one click) LET YOU VIEW SOLELY THE "ULTRA RARE" ITEMS (or solely the "ultra rare" AND "rare" items) EACH IN A SINGLE GALLERY! AND THERE ARE DIRECT LINKS TO BOTH GALLERIES AT THE TOP OF OUR SEARCH FILTER LIST (located at the top left of each gallery, right below where it says "Posters by Type"). Here is how it looks in the "All current Auctions" gallery:
For example, in our April Major Auction go to https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xrarity%253Aultra%2520rare/15.html for solely the THREE HUNDRED FORTY NINE "ultra rare" items (amazingly almost exactly one-third of the items!), and go to https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xrarity%253Arare%2520and%2520ultra%2520rare/15.html for solely the FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR "ultra rare" AND "rare" items in a single gallery! AND THERE ARE DIRECT LINKS TO BOTH GALLERIES AT THE TOP OF OUR SEARCH FILTER LIST!
Of course if you are a collector who doesn't much care about rarity you never have to use the above filters, but if you DO care, this is a really wonderful addition! Something important to note is that this ONLY tells you how many times WE auctioned the item, NOT how many exist. And of course this means that the very first time we auction ANYTHING (even a brand new 2024 poster!) it will initially be listed as "ultra rare". This is just a limitation of the system, and you just have to accept it. And we ARE human, and CAN make a mistake, and if we do, just email us and we will fix it ASAP!
AS WE SAID ABOVE, IN OUR CURRENT APRIL MAJOR AUCTION, A FULL ONE-THIRD OF THE ITEMS QUALIFY AS "ULTRA-RARE" (meaning we never auctioned them, or only auctioned them once before!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Yet, sometimes, collectors don't take the extra cost of linenbacking into account when bidding on these, and so sometimes the posters can sell for well under the cost of linenbacking alone, which is downright crazy (and makes for incredible buys). Unless there is a LOT more bidding on the 761 linenbacked posters closing Sunday, then quite a few of these posters will fall into this category!
Want to learn a LOT more about linenbacking, and how it works and how it affects value and desirability? Go to https://www.emovieposter.com/tips_archive.php?id=1900 for a page that gives answers to every question you might have (and it is worth reading even if you already know a fair amount about linenbacking).
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
That turned out to be some of the best money I EVER spent, NOT because it got me new customers (it did not!) but because it taught me that Internet ads are the 21st century equivalent of snake oil.
After flushing a bunch of money down the toilet and after talking with other business owners about their amazingly similar experiences, I came to the conclusion that Internet advertising is EXTREMELY beneficial for those who sell it, but for everyone who buys it.... good luck!
So I instead put all that money into giving those who did deal with me great bonuses and perks, reasoning that regular repeat customers were worth FAR more than an endless stream of one-time customers (which as I said, Internet ads did not deliver anyway).
And my business has grown from $2 million a year to $6 million a year average the past SIX years. All thanks to Internet advertising, which showed me how NOT to spend my money!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
My question is do you know how popular and widespread the usage of these individual cinema programme posters were in the U.S.A.?
A second question is have you ever sold any posters or this style or anything similar of theatre advertising?
We call them local theater window cards and local theater jumbo window cards.
See them at
https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/searchfield/title/search/LOCAL%20THEATER/tag/xtype%3Awindow%20card/sort/5/archive.html
and at
https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/searchfield/title/search/LOCAL%20THEATER/tag/xtype%3Ajumbo%20window%20card/sort/5/archive.html
I sorted them from oldest date to newest, so the ones you are looking for stand out more.
It appears that these were quite popular with small town theaters, and likely not for the reason you might think (saving money).
I have read that the companies that produced these (and also the replacement one-sheets from companies like Leader Press) were more reliable in getting the window cards and posters delivered on time. Since theaters then mostly only played movies for a few days each, they needed to have the posters on hand exactly on time, and not a day or two late.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Peter
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
The one sheets and 3 sheets are the rarest. The daybills, with some exceptions have appeared on your website previously in multiple numbers, including Rancho Notorious where you have previously auctioned 49 of them. Surely this poster would have to be your all time highest sold poster of the same design.
Curious to know if this batch originated from one seller or is it a combination of a number of consignors?.
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On Monday we will add a complete preview of our August Major Auction which starts the following Sunday!
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Peter
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It is now fixed, so if you looked at it yesterday, please go right now to https://www.emovieposter.com/online/previews/20240714August/ so you can see the corrected version!
This auction really IS filled to overflowing with amazing items, so you want to start looking it over NOW, well before it goes "live" on the 14th.
And please forgive me!
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While I am here I will make a comment on the Hitler Beast of Berlln super rare Australian long daybill. You will notice the spelling of Alan Ladd's name as being that of Allan Ladd. More on this later.