The Cher double of Good Times ( 1967 ) and Chastity ( 1969 ) Australian daybills certainly appear to be missing in action.
Something I do find very interesting is that Bruce has auctioned in the past 55 posters of Good Times and 29 posters of Chastity, All of them being from the U S.A., and nothing from any other country, Searching Google has proved fruitless also in locating any non U.S. posters.
Does anyone have either of the daybills, or have ever sighted them?
Thanks John. I had though that being a Roadshow release from that period oF time it probably would be a duotone poster. On saying that though it is possible that there may also have been a more colourful version printed for it as well.
Surfacing at last to sight, and currently being offered up for sale on eBay is the above Australian daybill of Abbott and Costello Meet The Ghosts ( a.k.a. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein ) from 1948.. Do you have a spare $9,500 AU to spare Ves?
I had always though that the title change was an Australian only thing, tying in with the 1948 banning of new horror films in Australia, Just realised though that this alternative title was also, as seen above, used in the U.K. as well.
Yeah it's a beaut. Way way overpriced. It's been sitting there for ages. Sorry, I thought we had discussed this daybill before...else I would have posted the image ages ago.
That daybill came from the Pickles auction that Lawrence has often referred to.
i am not doubling that this poster may have been sold in a Pickles auction, but I firmly believe it was not sold in the particular auction I had earlier mentioned that had taken place on 7th November 1998 at Moorebank.
Would you mind letting me know John why you think it was part of that auction?
That daybill came from the Pickles auction that Lawrence has often referred to.
As the particular Pickles's auction that I had previously mentioned referred to was the 1998 one, I had thought then was the one you were referring to. .
Without me attempting to locate the details of the 1983 auction results, have you the price then that was paid for the A.& C. daybill?
That daybill came from the Pickles auction that Lawrence has often referred to.
As the particular Pickles's auction that I had previously mentioned referred to was the 1998 one, I had thought then was the one you were referring to. .
Without me attempting to locate the details of the 1983 auction results, have you the price then that was paid for the A.& C. daybill?
I dont know how much it sold for but there was quite a large selection of original posters in that auction.
I rang Pickles in an attempt to find out the selling price, only to be informed that they only retain this information for seven years.
One thing that it most likely true is that the price that the poster sold for would have fallen a very long way short of being anywhere near $9,500. It would certainly appear then that we most likely will never get to find out the answer.
Roadhouse Girl ( aka Marilyn ) ( 1953 ) U.S.A. one sheet.
A mystery certainly surrounds this film regarding whether or not there was an Australian daybill ever in existance.
No proof found that this film, prior to 1962, was released in Australia. It is possible it was released in Australia by one or the small independent film distributors that operated in Australia in the 1950s though, and only received bookings in some reginal and country cinemas where information is very difficult to obtain after 1954.
TCN 9 television in Sydney screened the film on the 16th of Novemder1959.
I have located an advertisement that Roadhouse Girl had a screening on the 25th of August 1962 at the Torres Theatre located at Thursay Island sttuated in remote Queensland.
Doe anyone have access to Rod Cuthbertson's Movie Posters At Auction catalogue? I'm wondering whether the Pickles Auction results may be in there? I only have Vol 1 covering 1992-1996. If anyone is in Canberra they could view it at the National Library.
Road To Singapore ( 1940 ) re-release post 1948 Australian daybill, probaly 1950s, and Road To Rio ( 1948 ) a re-released in the 1950s daybill. Both posters adapted from the same Richardson Studio designed stock poster artwork.
Road To Zanzibar ( 1941 ) and the second film in the series was also re-released also in the 1950s. This certainly leads me to believe that the same stock posters would have been adapted also for the re-release of this film.
Anyone per chance happen to have a copy of the Road To Zanzibar re-release daybill poster? And while I have the opportunity to ask ,has anyone ever sighted the original first release poster?
Doe anyone have access to Rod Cuthbertson's Movie Posters At Auction catalogue? I'm wondering whether the Pickles Auction results may be in there? I only have Vol 1 covering 1992-1996. If anyone is in Canberra they could view it at the National Library.
Thanks for the offer Peter. but there isn't anything from the period covered in your 1992 -1996 volume that I am interested in.
What I was asking for was that if Pickles results were published in volume one, they may then have possibly then appeared in volume two.
I had included in the forum's ''There are Australian Daybills And One Sheets Existing For These Films'' thread in July 2015 an entry regarding the Pickles Auction that I attended on 7th November 1998. Listed there are all the film posters that were sold at this auction, These are the price results that I would like to locate.
I contacted Pickles a few years ago and no records now exist of the results of the auction.
If there are Pickles auction results they'd be classed as MISC (Miscellaneous), so it's hard to know if there are any in there. Pickles Auctions aren't specified.
If there are Pickles auction results they'd be classed as MISC (Miscellaneous), so it's hard to know if there are any in there. Pickles Auctions aren't specified.
Appreciate in you trying to assist.
Unfortunately I doubt that I will be going to Canberra to visit the National Library at anytime.
That sounds great. If you happen to find the Pickles auction results from the 7th of November from 1998 are included there, then at some point in time I would make an effort to go to the National Library to check things out.
MY Beautiful Laundrette was not among the films represented at the movie poster sale held by Mr Paul Dravet at the Hayden Orpheum in Sydney last Sunday.
But this did not prevent Mr Rod Cuthbertson, owner of the automatic Legends Laundry in Footscray, putting in a few solid bids.
Asked if a laundry was an appropriate home for a rare movie poster, Mr Cuthbertson said that humidity generated by laundries was not a major problem because movie poster collecting was a private passion which he shared with the public only by way of more "expendable" posters. His rare posters were not hung there.
Legends Laundry drew its name from its movie poster decoration.
Mr Cuthbertson let the rare early Australian poster Kid Stakes go for $1,250 to a buyer who disclosed only that he worked in the "television industry", but purchased three classic Australian film posters, including Sons of Matthew which went for $425.
Mr Craig Shai-Hee, who has an interior design business in Sydney, was also not chasing movie posters for business when he threw in numerous bids throughout the sale. Indulging himself, he bought Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland posters, paying $775 for A Star Is Born.
The purchases showed that local as well as overseas collectors like to follow the yellow brick road. An Australian Wizard of Oz poster went to a commissioned bid from America for $2,600.
Judy is currently the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in London, just as the Titanic is the subject of an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum. Sydney print dealer Mr Josef Lebovic gave $250 for a poster of Sink The Titanic but appeared to be unable to make his bid clear when Superman came up.
The sale attracted very few collectors from Melbourne, which, indoor city that it is, has laid claim to the position of centre of the Australian movie poster market. Mr Kevin Brainton, a public relations consultant, found the prices high and secured only Lady Hamilton for $150.
Mr Chris Mammatt of Movie Posterama, also Melbourne, bought only two posters, the dearest The Jolson Story for $250.
Bette Davis's Now Voyager vexed movie buffs when a copy reached only a fraction of the $2,000 paid for one at a Bill Collins sale a year ago. Mr Dravet was disappointed that King Kong and Fantasia failed to find buyers.
One lot consisting of Planet of the Apes surprised at a solid $400, albeit posters for four different Ape films.
Specialised auctions, however, are not the best place to make finds. A copy of Sons of Matthew with 25 other posters, all with value, sold at Lawson's in Sydney for $375 on February 13.
Not widely advertised, the sale achieved extraordinary newspaper coverage beforehand, despite the fact that movie poster sales were not uncommon. The turnout, however, was low. The absence of a viewing - buyers had largely to rely on Mr Dravet's comments as the lots were being hammered - and minimalistic cataloguing could not have helped.
Treating the auction as a cinema experience also deterred buyers, who were told that they needed to buy a catalogue for $10 each to enter. One framer with an interest in posters was told at the box office, on arriving late, that he could not enter because the auction had begun.
However, the absence of a buyer's premium might give the promoters an advantage when they take on Christie's in Melbourne with regular movie poster auctions as they intend. Christie's have had a high profile in this market due to their sale of the Bill Collins collection, the next instalment of which goes under the hammer on April 30.
The first two Bill Collins sales made $126,000 and $61,000.
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The Cher double of Good Times ( 1967 ) and Chastity ( 1969 ) Australian daybills certainly appear to be missing in action.
Something I do find very interesting is that Bruce has auctioned in the past 55 posters of Good Times and 29 posters of Chastity, All of them being from the U S.A., and nothing from any other country, Searching Google has proved fruitless also in locating any non U.S. posters.
Does anyone have either of the daybills, or have ever sighted them?
I have identified one more film title to be added to my earlier included Missing 1950's musical genre Australian daybill posters listings project.
The film is The Duke Wore Jeans from 1958. I have included the following English one sheet image below.
If anyone per chance has a copy of the Australian daybill please include the image here.
Surfacing at last to sight, and currently being offered up for sale on eBay is the above Australian daybill of Abbott and Costello Meet The Ghosts ( a.k.a. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein ) from 1948.. Do you have a spare $9,500 AU to spare Ves?
I had always though that the title change was an Australian only thing, tying in with the 1948 banning of new horror films in Australia, Just realised though that this alternative title was also, as seen above, used in the U.K. as well.
Would you mind letting me know John why you think it was part of that auction?
Without me attempting to locate the details of the 1983 auction results, have you the price then that was paid for the A.& C. daybill?
One thing that it most likely true is that the price that the poster sold for would have fallen a very long way short of being anywhere near $9,500. It would certainly appear then that we most likely will never get to find out the answer.
Roadhouse Girl ( aka Marilyn ) ( 1953 ) U.S.A. one sheet.
A mystery certainly surrounds this film regarding whether or not there was an Australian daybill ever in existance.
No proof found that this film, prior to 1962, was released in Australia. It is possible it was released in Australia by one or the small independent film distributors that operated in Australia in the 1950s though, and only received bookings in some reginal and country cinemas where information is very difficult to obtain after 1954.
TCN 9 television in Sydney screened the film on the 16th of Novemder1959.
I have located an advertisement that Roadhouse Girl had a screening on the 25th of August 1962 at the Torres Theatre located at Thursay Island sttuated in remote Queensland.
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/777062
Peter
Road To Singapore ( 1940 ) re-release post 1948 Australian daybill, probaly 1950s, and Road To Rio ( 1948 ) a re-released in the 1950s daybill. Both posters adapted from the same Richardson Studio designed stock poster artwork.
Road To Zanzibar ( 1941 ) and the second film in the series was also re-released also in the 1950s. This certainly leads me to believe that the same stock posters would have been adapted also for the re-release of this film.
Anyone per chance happen to have a copy of the Road To Zanzibar re-release daybill poster? And while I have the opportunity to ask ,has anyone ever sighted the original first release poster?
Do you know of any items from this period that were auctioned by Pickles? I could look them up.
Peter
What I was asking for was that if Pickles results were published in volume one, they may then have possibly then appeared in volume two.
I had included in the forum's ''There are Australian Daybills And One Sheets Existing For These Films'' thread in July 2015 an entry regarding the Pickles Auction that I attended on 7th November 1998. Listed there are all the film posters that were sold at this auction, These are the price results that I would like to locate.
I contacted Pickles a few years ago and no records now exist of the results of the auction.
Peter
Appreciate in you trying to assist.
Unfortunately I doubt that I will be going to Canberra to visit the National Library at anytime.
Peter
Peter
https://www.afr.com/politics/film-poster-sale-adds-to-legends-laundry-line-up-19950330-jl2dd
MY Beautiful Laundrette was not among the films represented at the movie poster sale held by Mr Paul Dravet at the Hayden Orpheum in Sydney last Sunday.
But this did not prevent Mr Rod Cuthbertson, owner of the automatic Legends Laundry in Footscray, putting in a few solid bids.
Asked if a laundry was an appropriate home for a rare movie poster, Mr Cuthbertson said that humidity generated by laundries was not a major problem because movie poster collecting was a private passion which he shared with the public only by way of more "expendable" posters. His rare posters were not hung there.
Legends Laundry drew its name from its movie poster decoration.
Mr Cuthbertson let the rare early Australian poster Kid Stakes go for $1,250 to a buyer who disclosed only that he worked in the "television industry", but purchased three classic Australian film posters, including Sons of Matthew which went for $425.
Mr Craig Shai-Hee, who has an interior design business in Sydney, was also not chasing movie posters for business when he threw in numerous bids throughout the sale. Indulging himself, he bought Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland posters, paying $775 for A Star Is Born.
The purchases showed that local as well as overseas collectors like to follow the yellow brick road. An Australian Wizard of Oz poster went to a commissioned bid from America for $2,600.
Judy is currently the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in London, just as the Titanic is the subject of an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum. Sydney print dealer Mr Josef Lebovic gave $250 for a poster of Sink The Titanic but appeared to be unable to make his bid clear when Superman came up.
The sale attracted very few collectors from Melbourne, which, indoor city that it is, has laid claim to the position of centre of the Australian movie poster market. Mr Kevin Brainton, a public relations consultant, found the prices high and secured only Lady Hamilton for $150.
Mr Chris Mammatt of Movie Posterama, also Melbourne, bought only two posters, the dearest The Jolson Story for $250.
Bette Davis's Now Voyager vexed movie buffs when a copy reached only a fraction of the $2,000 paid for one at a Bill Collins sale a year ago. Mr Dravet was disappointed that King Kong and Fantasia failed to find buyers.
One lot consisting of Planet of the Apes surprised at a solid $400, albeit posters for four different Ape films.
Specialised auctions, however, are not the best place to make finds. A copy of Sons of Matthew with 25 other posters, all with value, sold at Lawson's in Sydney for $375 on February 13.
Not widely advertised, the sale achieved extraordinary newspaper coverage beforehand, despite the fact that movie poster sales were not uncommon. The turnout, however, was low. The absence of a viewing - buyers had largely to rely on Mr Dravet's comments as the lots were being hammered - and minimalistic cataloguing could not have helped.
Treating the auction as a cinema experience also deterred buyers, who were told that they needed to buy a catalogue for $10 each to enter. One framer with an interest in posters was told at the box office, on arriving late, that he could not enter because the auction had begun.
However, the absence of a buyer's premium might give the promoters an advantage when they take on Christie's in Melbourne with regular movie poster auctions as they intend. Christie's have had a high profile in this market due to their sale of the Bill Collins collection, the next instalment of which goes under the hammer on April 30.
The first two Bill Collins sales made $126,000 and $61,000.
Peter
The results often depend on the choice of the auction venues that they are included in.