Legendary MP collector/donator/writer Mark del Costello
I phoned/emailed Del Costello in 2014. He sent me pics of his incredible MP donations to NYC's MOMA in the early 80s. These posters are worth a fortune today!
Mirosae will love this one!
Not sure about this Metropolis, not the missing US 1S:
HA a few years ago sold another Flying 1S for $239K!
I've forgotten the details but he eventually sued (unsuccessfully) MOMA to get his donations back.
Not sure why he sued. Either for $$ or unhappy w/ MOMA's treatment of his posters.
I guess all his posters are now buried deep in MOMA's archives.
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He also sent me his research notes about what happened to the US NSS poster warehouses He estimated 200 million MPs were printed in the US between 1937 and 1961. Only a tiny fraction survived to the present.
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He wrote an article Big Boom in Movie Posters in 1979:
http://americanfilm.afi.com/issue/2013/2/archives#.WTfA3cm1s6s
In the age of eBay and ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, it’s fun to look back at Mark del Costello’s prescient pictorial piece, “Big Boom in Movie Posters,†that appeared in the July/August issue of American Film™ in 1979. Readers who began to collect film art when that story ran 34 years ago have done very well indeed. Del Costello refers to “rare†posters fetching up to $6,500; today, there’s an eBay listing of $50,000 for FLASH GORDON’S TRIP TO MARS. Even a relatively inexpensive ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN lists for $18,000 – that’s $360 a foot! Of course, there are many more posters available for under $5.00 of the 284,071 current eBay movie poster listings, but those are reproductions. Debi Jacobson, owner of L’Imagerie Gallery in North Hollywood, began selling movie posters in 1977. “For anything really important, the boom is still there,†she told us. Her 6,200 square-foot building is packed with original film art and, while many collectors use eBay rather than visiting poster galleries or websites like hers, Jacobson advises that “people have to educate themselves to make intelligent decisions about film posters,†warning of the potential for fraud. Of course, monetary value is one thing, but the gorgeous images accompanying del Costello’s article remain impressive simply as works of art that preserve and amplify our deepest movie memories.
The first page of the article, follow the link above for the rest:
Mirosae will love this one!
Not sure about this Metropolis, not the missing US 1S:
HA a few years ago sold another Flying 1S for $239K!
I've forgotten the details but he eventually sued (unsuccessfully) MOMA to get his donations back.
Not sure why he sued. Either for $$ or unhappy w/ MOMA's treatment of his posters.
I guess all his posters are now buried deep in MOMA's archives.
*****
He also sent me his research notes about what happened to the US NSS poster warehouses He estimated 200 million MPs were printed in the US between 1937 and 1961. Only a tiny fraction survived to the present.
*****
He wrote an article Big Boom in Movie Posters in 1979:
http://americanfilm.afi.com/issue/2013/2/archives#.WTfA3cm1s6s
In the age of eBay and ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, it’s fun to look back at Mark del Costello’s prescient pictorial piece, “Big Boom in Movie Posters,†that appeared in the July/August issue of American Film™ in 1979. Readers who began to collect film art when that story ran 34 years ago have done very well indeed. Del Costello refers to “rare†posters fetching up to $6,500; today, there’s an eBay listing of $50,000 for FLASH GORDON’S TRIP TO MARS. Even a relatively inexpensive ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN lists for $18,000 – that’s $360 a foot! Of course, there are many more posters available for under $5.00 of the 284,071 current eBay movie poster listings, but those are reproductions. Debi Jacobson, owner of L’Imagerie Gallery in North Hollywood, began selling movie posters in 1977. “For anything really important, the boom is still there,†she told us. Her 6,200 square-foot building is packed with original film art and, while many collectors use eBay rather than visiting poster galleries or websites like hers, Jacobson advises that “people have to educate themselves to make intelligent decisions about film posters,†warning of the potential for fraud. Of course, monetary value is one thing, but the gorgeous images accompanying del Costello’s article remain impressive simply as works of art that preserve and amplify our deepest movie memories.
The first page of the article, follow the link above for the rest:
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