News-antique.com has an article on movie posters collectors and the sky-high prices these posters are reaching these days. The 1939 version of Wuthering Heights is no exception:
... a near mint one-sheet of the 1939 version of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier is priced at $3,000.Sheesh! It's even more expensive than an
English first edition of Shirley or an
American first edition of the Poems! So if you have about $3,000 to spend - you have quite a choice.
For even more expensive collectors' items see
this old post or
froogle away.
(Alas, we found the picture of the poster online - it's no scan of one of our own. Though you probably guessed that already :P)Categories: Movies-DVD-TV, Brontëana, Wuthering_Heights
I mean, I guess I understand book collecting. For those with that bent, it's nice to hold in one's hand something with some historical weight. But I really like reading books more than I like owning books (and that's a complete, flat-out lie since I buy books the way other people buy papertowels: often and in bulk).
ReplyDeleteWhat I should say, rather, is that I like owning books to read them, not owning books to own them.
And movie posters? I guess. If you want your house to look like a 14-year-old Tarantino wannabe.
I don't think you'd pay a small fortune for a book you've never read. When you spend $10,000 in a book it's because you have already read it and loved it.
ReplyDeleteIt must be a big responsibility - or it would be to me - to won a first edition, but it must be thrilling to own one of your all-time favourite book if you can afford it. As you say, "it's nice to hold in one's hand something with some historical weight."
As for movie posters - there are movie posters and movie posters. I wouldn't hang an American Pie poster on my wall even if you paid me but an oldie sometimes looks nice. Just one or two - not enough to paper your walls with them! :P