Another Reynold Brown for my Collection

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I’m proud of myself. I’ve almost stuck to my personal directive and haven’t bought any new posters. One doesn’t count. As of this morning, Berlin time, it’s mine:

The Premature Burial, 1962
One Sheet, Fine/Very Fine

That adds another beautiful piece to my small Reynold Brown collection.

But now it’s really over for the time being. I need to wait until everything has finally arrived and then properly clean up the database. You lose track far too quickly if you don’t handle it promptly and with discipline.

Just the March auctions at eMoviePoster. But I was already in on those. After that, it’s over … I swear.

Bruce

finepostervault said:

Just the March auctions at eMoviePoster. But I was already in on those. After that, it’s over … I swear.

Wait until you see the April ones!

finepostervault

Bruce said:

finepostervault said:

Just the March auctions at eMoviePoster. But I was already in on those. After that, it’s over … I swear.

Wait until you see the April ones!

Damn. You are the Devil.

theartofmovieposters

finepostervault said:

 After that, it’s over … I swear.

Famous last words...we've all been here!

finepostervault

And another Reynold Brown for my Collection. 

All Mine to Give (1957) – Title Lobby Card 

Studio: Universal-International
Year: 1957
Format: Title Lobby Card
Size: 11 × 14 inches
NSS Number: 57/479

The artwork is documented in the book Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures by Daniel Zimmer and David J. Hornung at Page 132.

Condition appears to be approximately Fine+ to Very Fine-, with fresh colors and good overall presentation. There is light handling wear and minor edge wear typical for a theater-used lobby card of this age, but no major defects that distract from the image.

A very attractive example of 1950s illustrated lobby card design.

Last time it sold at eMoviePoster was in 2019. Not exactly a blue-chip title, but a nice piece nonetheless.

For Bruce: even there the Reynold Brown attribution is missing. I send you the Mail to 

finepostervault

After I wrote to emovieposter suggesting that the artwork might be attributable to Reynold Brown (referencing the book Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures, p. 132), they replied—quite reasonably—that there are known inconsistencies in some Brown attributions and that they prefer to leave the credit open for now.

I then contacted Brown’s estate manager, Marie Reynolds, and asked whether she could help clarify the attribution.

According to her, she is currently trying to verify the information. She mentioned that the family likely once had a full-size framed version of the original artwork, and that remaining material from the estate has recently been transferred to Washington University in St. Louis. She also explained that attribution issues are not unusual, because multiple artists were sometimes assigned to different advertising campaigns for the same film.

She will get back to me once she has been able to check the relevant material.

I will stay on it and keep you posted.