Seeing there has been a lot of discussion taking place recently on another thread regarding Creature From The Black Lagoon, I though I would include something a little different here on the subject.
I have always admired Julia Adams looking stunning in the white one piece swimming costume that she wore in the film.
(Trove )
The fabulous Julia Adams in the swimsuit, and an Australian image and story published prior to the Australian release of the film in Australia that you may find to be of interest.
( Trove ). An eye catching Australian newspaper advertisement placed for screenings in Hobart Tasmania in 1954.
Credited by Bruce as being an Australian one sheet, The following poster is currently being advertised on ebay for sale as being an 8 x 10 inch photo in excellent condition, with the photo has been professionally produced, A reproduction it certainly would appear to be.
You will notice that no film distributor credit appears on either poster.
( Trove )
An Australian newspaper 1930 advertisement, again without a distributor's name mentioned. The Mickey The Mouse billing and the same Mickey poses that appear on the two previously posted images are printed here on the advertisement as well..
( Everyones / Trove )
The above 1930 trade publication that also used the Mickey The Mouse title is from Union Thetares Feature Exchange who were distributing Walt Disney product in Australia for Columbia Pictures in 1930.
I have found quite a few references to the term "Mickey the Mouse" in Australian pamphlets dating around 1930/31. I did pose the question about the use of Mickey the Mouse on the facebook Disney page and had varying responses about where the term was used but nothing definitive.
The above Bwana Devil and House of Wax Australian daybills are the only two examples of 1950's 3-D films shown in this format here in Australia that had a 3-D credit applied to a daybill poster.
Before I comment any further on this subject I am interested if there were any other daybills that had a 3-D credit printed on them as well as the above two examples. Please inform us here if anyone can assist.
One other question to ask at this point of time is that the following non 3-D daybill version was also printed for House Of Wax, yet no Bwana Devil non 3-D daybills have been sighted by me, I am wondering if one was ever printed, and if so, does anyone have an image of it?
Two Australian one sheet film posters of The Ipcress File (1965).
The first poster was printed for the Australian first release in 1965.
The second version is interesting. It is credited as being an ''rare early re-release''. I doubt that there was ever an Australian re-release of the film.
This poster would appear to me to be a second printing. What I do find very interesting about this poster is that a Rank / BEF distributor credit is absent from the poster. This is the only copy that I have ever seen of this particular poster version..
Bruce has just finished his Sunday auctions where he sold a total of 114 Australian posters. This batch consisted of 91 daybills, 21 one sheets and 2 advertising posters. All of the 114 posters were linen backed.
What I do find odd is why apart from a small minority of top titles were all of the 114 posters linen backed. 87 of the total 114 posters sold for only well under #100.
When one considers the cost of linen backing, the shipping costs and Bruce's fees surely the linen backing of known low selling posters was risky.
The poor 'European style' backing stopped me bidding on some of those longs. Either back/restore properly or leave as is for the next owner to do it. The Cossack foxing also appeared to spread onto the backing paper upper border. So it had me doubting the paste mix used.
Either way, as Lawrence addules to, surely a loss for the consignors once you take away the overheads (unless backed themselves - the bubbling/lifting could hint at that).
It must be just as frustrating for Bruce, already flagging the need to send higher grade consignments.
It must be just as frustrating for Bruce, already flagging the need to send higher grade consignments.
A lot of the linenbacked posters in bad condition came from two estates of two very long time collectors who had no connection other than they both had an obsessive desire to linenback everything in their collections, and, as Rick correctly pointed out, much of both collections should never have been backed.
One gentleman compounded his mistake by using a mediocre linenbacker who solely backed the posters with no restoration at all. And often to $25 or $50 posters, where the backing added nothing to the poster. The other gentleman backed the items well, but during his final years the posters were not cared for, and a fair number acquired post-restoration defects.
I had already told all my consignors to stop sending low value restored items, and now I will make this more clear than ever. No more poorly restored or damaged restored items at all, UNLESS the value is high enough to warrant additional restoraton.
And in the case of the two collectors above, BOTH collectors would have been FAR better off financially if they had never backed anything, and the bidders would have been more likely to bid, when the sole issue to whether to restore, and NOT whether to re-restore, usually much more costly.
I am very serious about "upgrading" eMoviePoster.com from a place that auctions ANYTHING regardless of value to one that has a clear minimum standard for each submission, and soon I will solely be returning items that don't qualify.
And I don't think having a "$30 absolute minimum" per item is setting the bar high at all! In 1970, the minimum wage in America was $1.60 an hour, Now, most places pay at least ten times that. If in 1970 I had said all items must be worth a solid $3, no one would have thought THAT was too high, and the same should be true of $30 now!
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It must be just as frustrating for Bruce, already flagging the need to send higher grade consignments.
A lot of the linenbacked posters in bad condition came from two estates of two very long time collectors who had no connection other than they both had an obsessive desire to linenback everything in their collections, and, as Rick correctly pointed out, much of both collections should never have been backed.
One gentleman compounded his mistake by using a mediocre linenbacker who solely backed the posters with no restoration at all. And often to $25 or $50 posters, where the backing added nothing to the poster. The other gentleman backed the items well, but during his final years the posters were not cared for, and a fair number acquired post-restoration defects.
I had already told all my consignors to stop sending low value restored items, and now I will make this more clear than ever. No more poorly restored or damaged restored items at all, UNLESS the value is high enough to warrant additional restoraton.
And in the case of the two collectors above, BOTH collectors would have been FAR better off financially if they had never backed anything, and the bidders would have been more likely to bid, when the sole issue to whether to restore, and NOT whether to re-restore, usually much more costly.
I am very serious about "upgrading" eMoviePoster.com from a place that auctions ANYTHING regardless of value to one that has a clear minimum standard for each submission, and soon I will solely be returning items that don't qualify.
And I don't think having a "$30 absolute minimum" per item is setting the bar high at all! In 1970, the minimum wage in America was $1.60 an hour, Now, most places pay at least ten times that. If in 1970 I had said all items must be worth a solid $3, no one would have thought THAT was too high, and the same should be true of $30 now!
Hi, Bruce !
Maybe foreign buyers are a minority in your website, no idea. With shipping cost and taxes I need to pay at least $80 in every packet and we earn muuuch less than you there in the US. But I suppose the biggest foreign buyers in your website are re-sellers
And, yes, I did the calculations, as you sugested in my thread about poster prices : they are more expensive since end last year
I don't like linnen baked posters, I prefer the way they are, even in bad shape
Before I comment on the main reason for deciding to talk about House On Haunted Hill first release posters, a few remarks about the above Australian daybill poster.
This circa 1973 re-release daybill poster appears to have been created by the poster artist without any definitive original artwork to work from.
Apart from the title that they got wrong by adding a The at the front of House On Haunted Hil and Vincent Price's name, everything else, one would have to think originated from the imagination of the poster artist.
Due to many Australian television screenings having taken place this 1973 re-release received very few cinema bookings.
The original U.S.A. insert poster, and the Australian censored daybill version.
The New Zealand daybill recently auctioned and sold by Bruce on 3 September 2023. Bruce described this poster as being probably a 1960s re-release. Different artwork, and I will say much better artwork than what was the norm with New Zealand designed posters.
The daybill actually is a first release poster. While Paramount Pictures released Allied Artists product in Australia in the late 1950's and the 1960's. , this wasn't the case in New Zealand though. I have also just advised Matt at emovieposter.com of this information also.
Allied Artists product during this period was released in New Zealand by International Films. Another example of an Allied Artists film's Australia and N.Z. release daybill posters follow below with images of Revolt In The Big House ( 1958 ). The film was only released in Australia in 1961.
House On Haunted Hill has proven to be extremely popular with film poster collectors, with prices realised increasing substantially year after year.
At Bruce's recently run auction the above New Zealand printed version sold for $411.00. This being a record a price paid for a N.Z. film poster. The only other poster sold by Bruce beating this price was a non film related travel poster on Mt. Cook which sold for $725.00.
At the auction this mutilated (in my thinking anyway ) Australian daybill fetched $750. 00.
The price paid for this Australian one sheet though has to take the prize.
$4,388.00 realised makes it the fourth best selling Australian film poster that Bruce has sold in his time in business..
Here are Bruce's top four best selling Australian film poster results.
1 The Jazz Singer (1927 ) daybill sold in 2000 for $8,050.
2 The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) alternative designed daybill also sold in 2000 for $7,360.00.
3 Dr.No ( 1962 ) one sheet sold for $6.450 in 2020.
4 House on Haunted (1959 ) one sheet sold in 2023 for $4, 388.
The original U.S.A. artwork of The Fearless Vampire Killers ( 1967 ) didn't fare well down under.
Firstly in Australia the vampire's threatening hand was removed on the Australian daybill and other larger posters. When the same daybill design was used in New Zealand the wild chase scene was removed. Censorship that seems laughable in this day and age.
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I have always admired Julia Adams looking stunning in the white one piece swimming costume that she wore in the film.
The fabulous Julia Adams in the swimsuit, and an Australian image and story published prior to the Australian release of the film in Australia that you may find to be of interest.
An eye catching Australian newspaper advertisement placed for screenings in Hobart Tasmania in 1954.
Credited by Bruce as being an Australian one sheet, The following poster is currently being advertised on ebay for sale as being an 8 x 10 inch photo in excellent condition, with the photo has been professionally produced, A reproduction it certainly would appear to be.
You will notice that no film distributor credit appears on either poster.
An Australian newspaper 1930 advertisement, again without a distributor's name mentioned. The Mickey The Mouse billing and the same Mickey poses that appear on the two previously posted images are printed here on the advertisement as well..
The above 1930 trade publication that also used the Mickey The Mouse title is from Union Thetares Feature Exchange who were distributing Walt Disney product in Australia for Columbia Pictures in 1930.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
I have found quite a few references to the term "Mickey the Mouse" in Australian pamphlets dating around 1930/31. I did pose the question about the use of Mickey the Mouse on the facebook Disney page and had varying responses about where the term was used but nothing definitive.
The term Cinesound cartoon I am thinking would appear to have been only used here in Australia with Mickey Mouse advertising.
The above Bwana Devil and House of Wax Australian daybills are the only two examples of 1950's 3-D films shown in this format here in Australia that had a 3-D credit applied to a daybill poster.
Before I comment any further on this subject I am interested if there were any other daybills that had a 3-D credit printed on them as well as the above two examples. Please inform us here if anyone can assist.
Two Australian one sheet film posters of The Ipcress File (1965).
The first poster was printed for the Australian first release in 1965.
The second version is interesting. It is credited as being an ''rare early re-release''. I doubt that there was ever an Australian re-release of the film.
This poster would appear to me to be a second printing. What I do find very interesting about this poster is that a Rank / BEF distributor credit is absent from the poster. This is the only copy that I have ever seen of this particular poster version..
What I do find odd is why apart from a small minority of top titles were all of the 114 posters linen backed. 87 of the total 114 posters sold for only well under #100.
When one considers the cost of linen backing, the shipping costs and Bruce's fees surely the linen backing of known low selling posters was risky.
Either way, as Lawrence addules to, surely a loss for the consignors once you take away the overheads (unless backed themselves - the bubbling/lifting could hint at that).
It must be just as frustrating for Bruce, already flagging the need to send higher grade consignments.
One gentleman compounded his mistake by using a mediocre linenbacker who solely backed the posters with no restoration at all. And often to $25 or $50 posters, where the backing added nothing to the poster. The other gentleman backed the items well, but during his final years the posters were not cared for, and a fair number acquired post-restoration defects.
I had already told all my consignors to stop sending low value restored items, and now I will make this more clear than ever. No more poorly restored or damaged restored items at all, UNLESS the value is high enough to warrant additional restoraton.
And in the case of the two collectors above, BOTH collectors would have been FAR better off financially if they had never backed anything, and the bidders would have been more likely to bid, when the sole issue to whether to restore, and NOT whether to re-restore, usually much more costly.
I am very serious about "upgrading" eMoviePoster.com from a place that auctions ANYTHING regardless of value to one that has a clear minimum standard for each submission, and soon I will solely be returning items that don't qualify.
And I don't think having a "$30 absolute minimum" per item is setting the bar high at all! In 1970, the minimum wage in America was $1.60 an hour, Now, most places pay at least ten times that. If in 1970 I had said all items must be worth a solid $3, no one would have thought THAT was too high, and the same should be true of $30 now!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
Peter
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
And, yes, I did the calculations, as you sugested in my thread about poster prices : they are more expensive since end last year
I don't like linnen baked posters, I prefer the way they are, even in bad shape
But this is "Hondo's This And That" thread, so...
Cheers !
Before I comment on the main reason for deciding to talk about House On Haunted Hill first release posters, a few remarks about the above Australian daybill poster.
This circa 1973 re-release daybill poster appears to have been created by the poster artist without any definitive original artwork to work from.
Apart from the title that they got wrong by adding a The at the front of House On Haunted Hil and Vincent Price's name, everything else, one would have to think originated from the imagination of the poster artist.
Due to many Australian television screenings having taken place this 1973 re-release received very few cinema bookings.
The original U.S.A. insert poster, and the Australian censored daybill version.
The New Zealand daybill recently auctioned and sold by Bruce on 3 September 2023. Bruce described this poster as being probably a 1960s re-release. Different artwork, and I will say much better artwork than what was the norm with New Zealand designed posters.
The daybill actually is a first release poster. While Paramount Pictures released Allied Artists product in Australia in the late 1950's and the 1960's. , this wasn't the case in New Zealand though. I have also just advised Matt at emovieposter.com of this information also.
Allied Artists product during this period was released in New Zealand by International Films. Another example of an Allied Artists film's Australia and N.Z. release daybill posters follow below with images of Revolt In The Big House ( 1958 ). The film was only released in Australia in 1961.
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
At Bruce's recently run auction the above New Zealand printed version sold for $411.00. This being a record a price paid for a N.Z. film poster. The only other poster sold by Bruce beating this price was a non film related travel poster on Mt. Cook which sold for $725.00.
At the auction this mutilated (in my thinking anyway ) Australian daybill fetched $750. 00.
The price paid for this Australian one sheet though has to take the prize.
$4,388.00 realised makes it the fourth best selling Australian film poster that Bruce has sold in his time in business..
Here are Bruce's top four best selling Australian film poster results.
1 The Jazz Singer (1927 ) daybill sold in 2000 for $8,050.
2 The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) alternative designed daybill also sold in 2000 for $7,360.00.
3 Dr.No ( 1962 ) one sheet sold for $6.450 in 2020.
4 House on Haunted (1959 ) one sheet sold in 2023 for $4, 388.
Well I'd take it if someone wanted to donate it to me, but no way I'd pay that much
Firstly in Australia the vampire's threatening hand was removed on the Australian daybill and other larger posters. When the same daybill design was used in New Zealand the wild chase scene was removed. Censorship that seems laughable in this day and age.
Destroy All Monsters (1968 ). Which posters do you profer?