Mad Max ( 1979 ) Australian orange version one sheet.
I am a regular viewer of the American Pawn Stars reality television series ( 2009 - 2021 ). For anyone that is unaware of this series it is about Rick Harrison's Gold And Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas that mainly covers it's everyday sales transactions of interesting items brought into the shop by customers
Recently I viewed a 2017 episode of the series where a woman brought into the shop a framed Australian orange MAPS Litho Pty. Ltd. printed 27'' x 40'' one sheet. When asked what she wanted to receive for the poster for it she said $10,000. Although not a Mad Max fan she had originally paid $10,000 for it.
As the value of the poster wasn't known the pawn shop called in a poster expert.The expert was David A. Lieberman, the owner and founder of Cinemasterpieces, which has long sold vintage movie posters, and is well known in the industry,. He mentioned that this orange colour poster style was the rarest version and estimated to have had only a printing run of between 75 to 100. David on examining the poster confirmed that the poster was authentic, and when a similar poster was last sold it realised $4,000.
The woman was then offered $3,000 for the poster by the pawn shop worker that she declined.. The lady left with the poster stating she would hang on to the poster, and hopefully eventually make a profit when selling the poster at a later time.
( A & E )
As the printing run of only 75 to 100 is commonly mentioned, and some members dispute this, I though this story would be of interest here. I think it was very ambitious for the woman to have paid $10,000 for the poster in the first place.
I often wonder where this 75 to 100 number originally originated from There is no proof this was the case, but this number is commonly thrown around,
Somewhat disappointed that no one has yet to comment on my February 17 posting regarding Mad Max, I would really like to hear any comments that you may be thinking abut this subject.
Somewhat disappointed that no one has yet to comment on my February 17 posting regarding Mad Max, I would really like to hear any comments that you may be thinking abut this subject.
She paid far too much if she really dd pay $10,000!
I remember seeing that episode. I think $10,000 is too much. Back in 2017, she should have taken the $3000US offer. I'd love the poster but wouldn't pay $10,000US. It doesn't seem that much rarer than the mauve version.
For something which only has between "75 and 100" copies, it sure does turn up alot...alot more than the mauve.
That very true. I have had approximately10 over the years and I know of more that are out there. My guess is that it had a relatively normal print run with a lot more than 75-100 printed. It is still a great poster and highly sought after by collectors.
Mad Max mauve one sheet sold on eBay for $6999.99 a few days ago fixed price listing. Mad Max orange sold at an eBay auction on Feb 25th $4450.00. I wouldn't necessarily read anything into that but prices are still strong for Mad Max.
Was researching a Strangers on Train daybill and stumbled onto this thread. Had to think hard to remember my password! Tricky time around late 1970s / early '80s, as they were transitioning to gloss paper daybills, and reducing the length at same time, possibly due to equipment upgrades (only a guess). You definitely can't date Aussie posters by matt first, then gloss etc. There are countless examples of posters being printed on both types of paper around this time. For all we know, MAPS may have had two presses running side by side. One was being fed matt, the other gloss. BTW, orange MM was nearly $AU10K at the time with conversion. Not many 1970s Aussie posters make that! Charlie knows best MM one sheet to buy. I have some info on Rocky Horror 1980 re-release b&w posters. Not sure when will have time to post. Another slide - drive-in type. One above is actually black / clear, just appears blue hue.
For many films from the 1950's it is indeed difficult to find a copy of a daybill image.
On the other hand though, for many films there is no problem tr all in sighting images.
( Wil) )
Carry on Teacher ( 1959 ) thirteen copies. Bruce also has ten images of this title on his website..
I know of many film titles where numerous copies of original release daybills are available, for 1950's Australian releases, particularly certain titles from MGM and RKO. The bad news though is that there are a lot of films where to my knowledge no images have yet to be sighted. A few t,o name are Kiss Me Deadly, Bitter Springs ( W.E. Smith original ),The Glenrowan Affair, The Wooden Horse, and three Marilyn Monroe titles, and a couple of Martin and Lewis titles, twenty eight musical genre titles and hundreds of other titles too numerous to list here.
Slowly over the years previously unsighted titles do surface, but only at a slow pace.
I am more than curious to learn from anyone which 1950's films that they have on their wants list that haven't yet been sighted.
For those interested the three missing 1950's Marilyn Monroe titles are Love Nest, We're Not Married and Monkey Business ( released in Australia as Be Your Age ).
( John )
The Fireball ( 1950 ) is a rare daybill that had MM appearing in a small role in the film.
I thought I would include it here for anyone that may be unaware of this fact and would like to see the daybill
Thanks for sharing. It certainly makes one wonder how many mainly unseen to the general public daybills are residing with private collectors, and will remain not normally shared on the internet.?.
Creature From The Black Lagoon ( 1954 ). Revenge Of The Creature ( 1954) and The Creature Walks Among Us ( 1956) Australian daybills.
On Bruce's website there are 3 images of Creature From The Black Lagoon, 4 of Revenge Of The Creature, and 28 of The Creature Walks Among Us. The first two titles have always been in short supply. Apart from Bruce;s 28 the final version turns up for sale on Google from time to time. In the 1990's at the Sydney's Leichhard weekend fairs, seller Col Porter had a considerable supply of this poster. I believe he had worked for Universal, thus explaining his access to this poster. Why not then the other two as well?
It certainly would be interesting to know why so many The Creature Walks Among Us daybills exist today.
"It certainly would be interesting to know why so many The Creature Walks Among Us daybills exist today."
Anyone who has been involved in selling posters for a long time (I hope I qualify!) knows the answer not just to this question in regards to The Creature Walks Among Us, but also ALL other titles where there is a surprisingly large supply.
It is that at some point a "warehouse find" of between hundreds and thousands of examples are found. Sometimes this is at a poster exchange, but more often it is from the place that distributed that exact movie.
This is true of posters from every country, certainly not just Australia. Ofter dealers are not forthcoming with this information, and sometimes they have an "inventory" of lots of one poster that they try to slowly "release" over time so as to not "flood the market".
Usually, the dealers finally sell out their remaining stock (unless there were thousands to begin with). One can quickly identify such posters (as you did Lawrence) by using our Auction History to see what titles are offered pretty endlessly and which are not.
And I would estimate the number of such titles to be far less than 1% of all titles. They just stand out because they are offered so often.
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Mad Max ( 1979 ) Australian orange version one sheet.
I am a regular viewer of the American Pawn Stars reality television series ( 2009 - 2021 ). For anyone that is unaware of this series it is about Rick Harrison's Gold And Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas that mainly covers it's everyday sales transactions of interesting items brought into the shop by customers
Recently I viewed a 2017 episode of the series where a woman brought into the shop a framed Australian orange MAPS Litho Pty. Ltd. printed 27'' x 40'' one sheet. When asked what she wanted to receive for the poster for it she said $10,000. Although not a Mad Max fan she had originally paid $10,000 for it.
As the value of the poster wasn't known the pawn shop called in a poster expert.The expert was David A. Lieberman, the owner and founder of Cinemasterpieces, which has long sold vintage movie posters, and is well known in the industry,. He mentioned that this orange colour poster style was the rarest version and estimated to have had only a printing run of between 75 to 100. David on examining the poster confirmed that the poster was authentic, and when a similar poster was last sold it realised $4,000.
The woman was then offered $3,000 for the poster by the pawn shop worker that she declined.. The lady left with the poster stating she would hang on to the poster, and hopefully eventually make a profit when selling the poster at a later time.
As the printing run of only 75 to 100 is commonly mentioned, and some members dispute this, I though this story would be of interest here. I think it was very ambitious for the woman to have paid $10,000 for the poster in the first place.
I often wonder where this 75 to 100 number originally originated from There is no proof this was the case, but this number is commonly thrown around,
An Australian newspaper advertisement placed for the Paramount Theatre in Camden N.S.W. on 3 November 1938, that included Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde.
Really? How did this major spelling error not get picked up?
Peter
This copy was sold by Heritage Auctions on November 20, 2021 for $6,600 U.S.
One would have to think if another copy was to offered in the future by Heritage, a much higher price would be most likely obtained.
Original printed Mad Max one sheet, followed by the second printed version and then the third printed version.
A fourth version, without a printer's credit. And to add to the colour variations an original glass slide,
Does everyone agree to the above order of when the posters were printed?
Peter
A blue Mad Max glass slide, along with the earlier multi coloured version displayed previously.
Tricky time around late 1970s / early '80s, as they were transitioning to gloss paper daybills, and reducing the length at same time, possibly due to equipment upgrades (only a guess). You definitely can't date Aussie posters by matt first, then gloss etc. There are countless examples of posters being printed on both types of paper around this time. For all we know, MAPS may have had two presses running side by side. One was being fed matt, the other gloss.
BTW, orange MM was nearly $AU10K at the time with conversion. Not many 1970s Aussie posters make that!
Charlie knows best MM one sheet to buy.
I have some info on Rocky Horror 1980 re-release b&w posters. Not sure when will have time to post.
Another slide - drive-in type. One above is actually black / clear, just appears blue hue.
On the other hand though, for many films there is no problem tr all in sighting images.
Carry on Teacher ( 1959 ) thirteen copies. Bruce also has ten images of this title on his website..
I know of many film titles where numerous copies of original release daybills are available, for 1950's Australian releases, particularly certain titles from MGM and RKO. The bad news though is that there are a lot of films where to my knowledge no images have yet to be sighted. A few t,o name are Kiss Me Deadly, Bitter Springs ( W.E. Smith original ),The Glenrowan Affair, The Wooden Horse, and three Marilyn Monroe titles, and a couple of Martin and Lewis titles, twenty eight musical genre titles and hundreds of other titles too numerous to list here.
Slowly over the years previously unsighted titles do surface, but only at a slow pace.
I am more than curious to learn from anyone which 1950's films that they have on their wants list that haven't yet been sighted.
If you happen to have a Money From Home daybiill that isn't on your website yet I would love to see it.
The Fireball ( 1950 ) is a rare daybill that had MM appearing in a small role in the film.
I thought I would include it here for anyone that may be unaware of this fact and would like to see the daybill
Here it is...needless to say if anyone has one for sale or comes across one, please do let me know!
An Australian cinema's newspaper advertisement that cleverly ads the original Monkey Business title.
Creature From The Black Lagoon ( 1954 ). Revenge Of The Creature ( 1954) and The Creature Walks Among Us ( 1956) Australian daybills.
On Bruce's website there are 3 images of Creature From The Black Lagoon, 4 of Revenge Of The Creature, and 28 of The Creature Walks Among Us. The first two titles have always been in short supply. Apart from Bruce;s 28 the final version turns up for sale on Google from time to time. In the 1990's at the Sydney's Leichhard weekend fairs, seller Col Porter had a considerable supply of this poster. I believe he had worked for Universal, thus explaining his access to this poster. Why not then the other two as well?
It certainly would be interesting to know why so many The Creature Walks Among Us daybills exist today.
Anyone who has been involved in selling posters for a long time (I hope I qualify!) knows the answer not just to this question in regards to The Creature Walks Among Us, but also ALL other titles where there is a surprisingly large supply.
It is that at some point a "warehouse find" of between hundreds and thousands of examples are found. Sometimes this is at a poster exchange, but more often it is from the place that distributed that exact movie.
This is true of posters from every country, certainly not just Australia. Ofter dealers are not forthcoming with this information, and sometimes they have an "inventory" of lots of one poster that they try to slowly "release" over time so as to not "flood the market".
Usually, the dealers finally sell out their remaining stock (unless there were thousands to begin with). One can quickly identify such posters (as you did Lawrence) by using our Auction History to see what titles are offered pretty endlessly and which are not.
And I would estimate the number of such titles to be far less than 1% of all titles. They just stand out because they are offered so often.
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 up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com