My Dr. No U.S. 1 Sheet
Donald Grant
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Here is a picture of my "Box O One Sheets" followed by pictures of my Dr. No one sheet. I keep all of my one sheets in an acid free environment according to the rules of archival preservation. One day they will all be framed archivally. Note, original Connery one sheets will always be folded, never rolled. If you come across someone selling a rolled Connery one sheet who is representing it as original, run the other way.
DG
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So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
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~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
Thank you very much.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
I have the US 1 sheets to the first four Bonds all linen backed.
They are lovely.
I prefer my one sheets without the linen backing. A lot of poster dealers have gone to this to mitigate the appearance of folds or as a basis for restoration. In that case they can be rolled, although most dealers store them flat. I have a Humphrey Bogart (Action In The North Atlantic) one sheet that was mounted on linen. Nothing wrong with linen, but it's harder to see the original condition of the one sheet and you can't see the stamp on the back. Rice paper was an alternate method of mounting, but you don't see it much these days. Linen is by far the preferred method today and can be done at any time.
I too have the one sheets from the first four Bond movies. In fact, I have at least one one sheet from every Bond movie. By the mid 80's, ('83 or '85 depending upon what you read) one sheets became available rolled along side the folded ones. The rolled ones are preferred for obvious reasons.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
I am in the UK and predominantly collect the quads. The reason I had to get the 1 Sheets is because the quads are just prohibitively expensive. Where the 1 sheet design mirrors that of the quad, I have not bothered but where it is different, I have.
To this end, I have the 1 sheet for the OHMSS teaser, but not the main. I do however have a rolled OHMSS quad which is exquisite.
That ethos has not followed through to the present day where collecting both the quads and one sheets is now a matter of completism. It is also comparatively cheap.
I tend to sort of agree with you ref the linen backing, but aside from Thunderball, I have had all the backing done myself. With posters of this ilk, there must be something to be said for preservation. Plus of course, they were cleaned up and restored to former glory. They were also all in supreme condition paper loss / tear / pinhole wise, but hey.
~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
Simes, first let me say welcome to AJB. I see you are a moderator on a movie poster forum. That's great. Your knowledge and expertise is quite welcome here.
I hate to say it, and it may seem like blasphemy, but I never really liked the quads except for two. The rare Goldfinger version, and the Thunderball version with the 4 panel artwork showing the frogmen in the surf in one panel. I know some people consider the country of origin posters like first editions but I don't. For that reason, the quads go for crazy money. For me, I much prefer the 27x41 (now 27x40) size. Part of it is I grew up with this style. I suppose if I had been born in Great Britain, I might feel otherwise. My other reason for collecting one sheets is because it is the style of Hollywood and Hollywood still produces the overwelming majority of movies in the world today. In fact most of the world today uses the 27x41/40 movie poster. Moreover, it was the U.S. market that made James Bond such a success. Lastly, and I'm sure you are aware of this, when you collect anything you should collect because you like it, not necessarily because of worth. Perhaps I buck the trend, but I like what I like. I hope you can forgive this colonist.
I have both versions of the OHMSS one sheets. The teaser, silhouette (blanked out face) version could do with a restoraton because folding and black do not go well together. For about $100.00, last time I checked, I can have it linen backed and restored.
Again, thank you for joining AJB and providing me with a new resource. Most of what I know, I learned from books and dealers. However, when I started collecting, the Bond poster books did not exist yet, I used books regarding general movie posters. I also collect other posters including World War II Merchant Marine recruiting posters as well as other areas that strike my fancy. I also have one sheets and lobby cards for the Indiana Jones series, "James Bond's son".
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Thanks. When I purchased it, it was actually one of the least expensive of the Connery/Bond posters. I thought to myself that will change. I mean the first poster for the most succesfull series in movie history with the actor that set the Bond gold standard. How could I go wrong? Interestingly enough, the re-prints of the Dr. No 1 sheet have a very white background, the original is not so white and glossy. Been meaning to show more of my original Bond 1 sheet collection. Perhaps over the Holidays.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
I own :
1963 DN Spain 1sh (even signed by Gayson :007)
R65 DN Italy 4sh (expensive as hell but sooooo lovely , art by Ciriello. Issued : 1963 , R65......mine's 2nd print red lettering....even signed by Andress !)
R65 DN German 1sh (Bond standing in a red circle , was never used for 1st issue : R65 , R69 , R73 , R80s)
1964 FRWL Italy 2sh (Ciriello strikes again.......abso fantastic art surrounded by various acton scenes)
1967 YOLT German #C 1sh (very red lol......1st print UA circle logo version very seldom shows up)
R71 DN locandina (Bond & Honey next to each other , issued trice : R68-ish , R71 & R80)
1969 OHMSS Italy #B 2sh (ski suit version , prefer it over regular version :x
1973 LALD locandina (croc and black lady are missing......bizarre)
I'd love to get the 1979 MR "Bond surrounded by women in outer space" US 1sh as well {[]
I've yet to see MR Brazil 1sh for sale
(example R80 = re-issue 1980 , just fyi)
(#A means advance version , #B standard version)
(Germany & Denmark got glossy paper in the 70s , the 60s film posters are therefore re-issues if printed on glossy paper as 60s posters were usually non-glossy)
Some of the 1st issues or 1st re-issue are a nightmare to find , you just have to be patient.......
I have some foreign material myself, however the linchpins of my collection are the original U.S. one sheets. You mentioned Moonraker, I think I have all the Moonraker U.S. one sheets, including one of the un-cut "one-stops" since there were two versions. For those of you who don't know what a "one-stop" is, it was an ill fated attempt to have a set of lobby cards sandwitched by two one sheets on one poster. The idea was for the exhibitor to cut the one sheets and lobby cards himself. It did not last past that year. The one stop has two different one sheets featuring fantastic artwork of Moore in the classic Bond pose.
Please feel free to post pictures of your collection either here or in another thread. We'd love to see them!
DG
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It's a movie poster measuring 27"x41". It's what is considered today to be the standard U.S. movie poster size although modern one sheets have shrunk to 27"x40".
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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www.cancerresearchuk.org
How much something like that is worth today?
If you have a 60s US poster and it says the title (for example "Goldfinger") in the bottom right corner then it's 80s re-issue.
It's very very rare to find authentic 60s/70s posters rolled as most were factory folded........caveat emptor with reprints X-(
locandina = 30x70 cm's..........smallest of the Italy posters , easy to frame
1sh = 27x41 US , 30x40 U.K , 23x33 Germany
2sh = 2-sheet , common sz in France/Italy but rare sz in Germany
3sh = 3-sheet
4sh = another standard sz in Italy
6sh = the yanks used to have this sz , dunno about nowadays though
8sh = got the 3x4 meter AVTAK poster , needless tp say framing this would be helluva expensive
Well the dealer I bought the Dr. No one sheet from now sells it for around $2,000.00 depending on condition. That's no where near what I paid for it. In terms of appreciation, it's done exceedingly well. It was one of the cheapest, now, at that dealer, it's the most expensive of the Bond posters.
As for buying on ebay, you've got to be very carefull, particularly if you don't know what you're doing. As for auctions, I noticed when I was buying that auction prices (Christies etc.) were often two to three times higher than dealer prices. If you are new to the game start with a reputable dealer and ask a lot of questions.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.