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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
The Dinkum Bloke (1923). For a 102 year old film it's surprising that so much advertising still exists today, particularly a rare Australian one sheet. Top marks indeed must go to the NFSA for having the images of the posters made available to be viewed on their website..
All nine images courtesy of the NFSA'
All nine images courtesy of the NFSA'
HONDO
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Re: War Movies Quiz
I have to admit that 439 is a little known film today, hence was difficult in being able to be answered, This being the case and unlikely to be answered I will now reveal that the film in question t=to be Freedom Radio (1941) aka The Voice In The Night in the U.S.A.
HONDO
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
I have included freebies in packages for a long time. However, it only makes a small dent in reducing surplus stock.
John
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
I think i have a molehill compared to your mountain. Luckily, I have a big house because I never want to put them in storage.
Rick
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
I've spent the past 3-4 days trying to file one sheets and I'm not even through the B titles. It's tiring!
Apart from the odd eBay and private sale, I'm not a seller, just a collector but by buying big collections I have ended up with big numbers, including a lot of junk.
A lot of rolled and/or flat one-sheets are going to recycling.
I sent a carload to my in-laws' farm bonfire last year. I doubt i will ever sell 50 copies of Armageddon, A Bug's Life, Big Hit, Austin Powers, Negotiator, etc!
I maintain an excel file, including sales results that I find, so my kids will have some idea of what is worth what. I've also detailed contacts for selling the good stuff.
I'm now 64 and work will probably dry up in the next couple of years, so I will have more time to dedicate to reducing the bulk and removing the rubbish, but I can't see myself unloading one-only copies. i still enjoy going through them, just not the rolled one sheets!
I'd love to buy another big collection, but mainly for good, older, folded stuff.
Apart from the odd eBay and private sale, I'm not a seller, just a collector but by buying big collections I have ended up with big numbers, including a lot of junk.
A lot of rolled and/or flat one-sheets are going to recycling.
I sent a carload to my in-laws' farm bonfire last year. I doubt i will ever sell 50 copies of Armageddon, A Bug's Life, Big Hit, Austin Powers, Negotiator, etc!
I maintain an excel file, including sales results that I find, so my kids will have some idea of what is worth what. I've also detailed contacts for selling the good stuff.
I'm now 64 and work will probably dry up in the next couple of years, so I will have more time to dedicate to reducing the bulk and removing the rubbish, but I can't see myself unloading one-only copies. i still enjoy going through them, just not the rolled one sheets!
I'd love to buy another big collection, but mainly for good, older, folded stuff.
Rick
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Re: New member
Ed gave me to add to my collection his back patch from his uniform from The Hellfighters, and the room number placard from Duke’s room while filming She Wore. A Yellow Ribbon at Goldings Lodge.
Duke
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Re: New member
He was also in Chisum, Hellfighters, and Rio Lobo. He would play chess with Duke. Ed told me Duke’s hand were so big that he would inadvertently move pieces when making his moves. Ed would call him out to Duke’s laughter that he was caught.
Ed was also considered for True Grit for Glen Campbell’s role, but had to refuse because of television commitments.
Ed was also considered for True Grit for Glen Campbell’s role, but had to refuse because of television commitments.
Duke
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
I agree with Wil and yes, the thread was about what members future plans are when the time comes to move their collections on.
Lawrence, I think we are most certainly preserving film history. When I have large quantities of posters for individual titles that no one wants, it makes sense to reduce the quantity. It still leaves me with a considerable amount of posters for various titles and has absolutely no effect on film history. I have boxes of unsaleable posters in very poor condition that I keep purely because they are rare. I have over 50,000 images of posters on my website alone and leave them on the site even when they are sold so others can view them. It costs a considerable amount of money to maintain a large website and the more pages and images you have, the more it costs. Many people lift images from my site and load them on to social media. Unfortunately, some of the institutions in Australia that have large collections do not display images. Much of their collections are kept in storage indefinitely due to limited resources and no one ever gets to see them.
Getting back to the main theme of the thread, another problem for people with large collections in Australia is that the smaller auction venues are generally unlikely to achieve reasonable returns. Some of the venues are incredibly slack and just seem to want to turn stock over at any price without taking care with poor quality photos and inaccurate descriptions. They are good places to pick up bargains but I wouldn't risk selling anything through any of them.
That leads to very few options for Australian collectors who want to sell their collections.
Lawrence, I think we are most certainly preserving film history. When I have large quantities of posters for individual titles that no one wants, it makes sense to reduce the quantity. It still leaves me with a considerable amount of posters for various titles and has absolutely no effect on film history. I have boxes of unsaleable posters in very poor condition that I keep purely because they are rare. I have over 50,000 images of posters on my website alone and leave them on the site even when they are sold so others can view them. It costs a considerable amount of money to maintain a large website and the more pages and images you have, the more it costs. Many people lift images from my site and load them on to social media. Unfortunately, some of the institutions in Australia that have large collections do not display images. Much of their collections are kept in storage indefinitely due to limited resources and no one ever gets to see them.
Getting back to the main theme of the thread, another problem for people with large collections in Australia is that the smaller auction venues are generally unlikely to achieve reasonable returns. Some of the venues are incredibly slack and just seem to want to turn stock over at any price without taking care with poor quality photos and inaccurate descriptions. They are good places to pick up bargains but I wouldn't risk selling anything through any of them.
That leads to very few options for Australian collectors who want to sell their collections.
John
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
Included above in the wonderful selection of extremely rare silent films poster three sheets and six sheets that Wil had kindly included earlier. Amongst the images is the 1933 sound film poster of The Vampire Bat.
I really like the artwork on this poster and as the image is very small I have included below another very rare larger poster image of the same designed poster courtesy of Bruce for all to admire.
HONDO
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