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I can add more Items to this package at no increase in shipping cost most of the time, to view my other items click or copy and paste this http://stores.ebay.com/RICKS-HOLLYWOOD?ref=store Be sure to add me to your favorites list! I AM MOVING MOST OF MY INVENTORY INTO MY EBAY STORE. THE FEES ARE TOO HIGH TO RUN AUCTIONS ANYMORE, BE SURE TO GO VISIT MY STORE FOR MORE ITEMS
I BELIEVE ONE DAY COLLECTORS WILL REALIZE HOW UNIQUE THE EARLY 1980'S VIDEO RELEASE ITEMS ARE AND THEY WILL BE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. FROM ABOUT 1979 TO 1984 ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTERS WERE PRIMARILY USED IN VIDEO STORES. THE FINAL DECISION ON VIDEO STORE RENTAL LAW WASN'T MADE UNTIL 1984. HOWEVER, BY THEN THE COURT AND THE STUDIOS SEEN THE INDUSTRY GROW OUT OF CONTROL WHILE STILL IN COURT. THEY WERE ALREADY PRODUCING THE VIDEOS AND JOINING IN THE BUSINESS IN A BIG WAY WHILE STILL IN COURT FIGHTING THE LEGALITY OF THE BUSINESS The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Sony v. Universal City Studios, involving the home use of video recorders and the federal copyright law, determined that the former did not infringe on the latter as long as the copied material was not used for profit. By the end of 1983 there were eight million video recorders in use in the U.S.; that number would soar as the legality of home recording seemed settled. Nonetheless, the studios lobbied Congress for a law that would attach a royalty or surcharge to the sale of VCRs and blank tapes.
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ROLLED VERY FINE CONDITION, NO PIN HOLES OR TAPE, NEVER DISPLAYED
27 X 38 1/2 , NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETAIL SALE, ONLY AVAILABLE TO VIDEO STORES FOR DISPLAY AND THEN TO BE DESTROYED On the left side is a flash glare off the plastic shield holding the poster down, not flaws in the poster!
, I AM A WELL KNOWN POSTER DEALER, I HAVE SOLD MOVIE POSTERS FULL TIME SINCE 1980, I HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD IN BULK DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD TO MANY CELEBRITYS AS WELL AS THE GRUNTS BEHIND THE SCENES. I HAVE BEEN CONSULTANT TO TELEVISION, RADIO AND MAGAZINE REGARDING MOVIE COLLECTABLES . I HAVE COLLECTED THIS ITEM AND 1000'S OF OTHERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES SINCE 1980. I HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD THOUSANDS OF POSTERS DURING THAT TIME
THIS ITEM CAME FROM MY RETAIL STORES INVENTORY, I CLOSED MY LAST STORE IN MARIN COUNTY CA. IN 1999. PRIOR TO EBAY'S ARRIVAL THERE WERE VERY FEW FULL TIME MOVIE PAPER DEALERS IN THE U.S. AND EVEN LESS THAT HANDLED PRIMARILY CURRENT TITLES, (1970 & LATER). THE FEW OF US THERE WERE BOUGHT, SOLD AND TRADED WITH EACH OTHER. HOWEVER, OUR SALES WERE ISOLATED TO OUR STORES OR IF WE TRAVELED TO ANTIQUE SHOWS AND COLLECTORS EVENTS. COLLECTIONS WOULD COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC TO MY LOCATION BECAUSE THEY HAD NO WHERE ELSE TO SELL THEM. I BOUGHT POSTERS IN SMALL AND LARGE AMOUNTS, 1 TO 1000 COPYS AND MORE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1984, I LEFT ONE THEATER WITH 23 SUITCASES FULL OF 68 LBS OF POSTERS IN EACH ONE. 70LBS WAS THE WEIGHT LIMIT TO GET ON A PLANE. I PAID MORE FOR THE EXTRA LUGGAGE THAN I DID THE POSTERS. THE JAMES BOND POSTERS ALONE SOLD FOR MORE THAN $80,000 IN 1998. IN THE LATE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S POSTERS WERE STILL AVAILABLE TO BE BOUGHT DIRECT FROM NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE. I BOUGHT SOME TO SELL AS FAST AS I COULD, HOWEVER, I COULD HAVE BOUGHT POSTERS THAT WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT TODAYS PRICES FOR$1-$4 EACH. AT THE TIME THERE WASN'T ENOUGH BUYERS TO SELL TO AND KEEP A CASH FLOW. FOR EXAMPLE, I COULD BUY A REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE FOR $4 AND WAIT 6 MONTHS TO SELL IT FOR $100 OR BUY 20 STAR WARS POSTERS AND SELL THEM IN A MONTH FOR $500. COLLECTIONS CAME TO ME WHILE WORKING ANTIQUE SHOWS IN THE MALLS IN THE 1980'S. SEVERAL STUDIO AND PRINTER EMPLOYEES BROUGHT ME POSTERS WHILE I WORKED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MALLS. ONE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE VIDEO STORES IN THE EARLY 1980'S WERE GETTING ORIGINAL POSTERS WITH THEIR TAPE ORDERS. THOSE USUALLY HAD THE EXTRA FOLD. THIS ESPECIALLY HAPPENED ON SOME OLDER FILMS WHEN THE STUDIO HAD EXTRA POSTERS AND DIDN'T WANT TO PRINT NEW ONES. I HAVE SEEN CONSIGNMENT DEALERS DESCRIBE THEM AS BEING FOLDED BY MANAGERS BUT THAT WAS NOT MY EXPERIENCE. IN THE EARLY 1990'S MY STORE IN MARIN BROUGHT IN MORE POSTERS THAN I WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SELL. I HAVE BOUGHT OUT REGIONAL WAREHOUSES BOTH IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN LOCATIONS I COULD TELL STORIES FOR DAYS LIKE THIS, HOWEVER, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR THEM :-). I HAVE NOT TOLD MY HISTORY BEFORE BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE BRAGGING TO ME, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SO MANY RIDICULOUS RUMORS GOING UNCHECKED ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL AS INTENTIONAL FRAUD I HAVE LAID SOME OF MY CREDENTIALS OUT FOR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH. IF MY AUCTION SAYS ORIGINAL, THEN IT IS ORIGINAL. I HAVE NOT BUILT A BUSINESS SINCE 1980 ON BEING DISHONEST. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH AN ITEM, I HAVE A NO QUESTIONS ASKED, FULL REFUND POLICY. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BIDS
IF THE PICTURE DOESNT SHOW!, PLEASE CONTACT ME. ANYONE CAN BID ON THIS ITEM!!! IT IS BEING RAN PRIVATE TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF MY AUCTIONS BY SCANDALOUS PEOPLE. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL BE PROTECTED FROM SPAM MAILING LISTS, FRAUDULENT ITEMS FOR SALE, UNSOLICITED EMAILS WITH MISINFORMATION ETC. SHIPPING INFORMATION:SHIPPING IS $8 IN THE U.S. INCLUDING INSURANCE, ACTUAL COST FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING I HAVE SHIPPED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND I AM FAMILIAR WITH CUSTOM AND DUTYS, ITEMS CAN BE COMBINED FOR SHIPPING I can add more Items to this package at no increase in shipping cost most of the time, to view my other items click or copy and paste this http://stores.ebay.com/RICKS-HOLLYWOOD?ref=store Be sure to add me to your favorites list! I am an honest businessman, I put my name address and phone number on every auction since I joined Ebay in 1997, I have been that accessible since 1980 when I opened as a retail business,
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