LAMP POST

November, 2009

GOING ON NOW --
HERITAGE AUCTION'S 2009
NOVEMBER SIGNATURE VINTAGE
MOVIE POSTERS AUCTION

It's finally here. Heritage Auction's much anticipated 2009 November Signature Vintage Movie Posters Auction is going on NOW through Saturday. There will be phone bidding and interactive HA.Live bidding. This auction features over 1000 lots of the very best in glamour and entertainment photographs. This will be followed by the first session of Vintage Movie Posters. To get the details, visit the Heritage website HERE.

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NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE POSTER
AND ACCESSORY NUMBER LOG

ADVANCE SALE BEGINS TODAY - 25% OFF RETAIL PRICE
plus NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE TRAILER

The National Screen Service Poster and Accessories Number Log publication covers 50 years of NSS poster and accessory numbers from their beginning with the numbering of posters and assessories in 1940 until their change in numbering systems in 1989. This publication was created from the NSS work logs, and reflects what NSS distributed AND what they PRINTED for other distributors, literally giving a blueprint of the US film industry for over 50 years. It's a combination of three different sources making it one of the most accurate and reliable single sources ever compiled on NSS.

This publication is ideal for anyone needing or wanting research or documentation during this time period. You WILL NOT FIND a more complete reference tool on NSS numbers. This publication gives the NSS number (of course by year); title; distributor; plus marks reissues and additional NSS codes compiled from their records. There is also a source code to be able to identify where the information came from.

As an added bonus, we are including a copy of the 16-minute trailer released in 1967 by National Screen Service entitled "The NSS Story." This trailer was shown to only film exhibitors (not the general public) on a limited basis.

The book is scheduled for release in January, 2010 - this will be LAMP's ninth book and will mark LAMP's ninth anniversary online.
Retail price will be $40.00 plus shipping.

For a limited time only, we will be accepting advance orders for this new publication at a 25% savings. ACT NOW TO GET TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER!

GET 25% OFF THE RETAIL PRICE BY PRE-ORDERING YOUR COPY NOW

DON'T WAIT - To reserve your copy, click HERE.

LAMP Members: To reserve your copy, click HERE

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NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE POSTER
AND ACCESSORY NUMBER LOG

LAST CALL - ADVERTISING DEADLINE ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH

Time is running out for anyone wanting to advertise in the upcoming National Screen Service Poster and Accessory Log. This publication will feature 50 years of NSS numbers, including the number, the film title, the film's distributor and the information source. The retail price will be $40 and it is scheduled for January release to coincide with the 9th Anniversary of LAMP. It will be offered for sale on LAMP, through its dealers and suppliers and on Amazon.

This book has already garnered a lot of interest from not only movie poster collectors and dealers, but from academic institutions, libraries and film museums. Our research books, such as our Movie Studio Production Code publications, are made available in public forums for use as a research tools. Many of our sales come from individuals who had seen our books at places like the Margaret Herrick Library, the Library of Congress, the Danish Film Instititute, the Smithsonian, George Eastman House, Harvard University, the University of Texas, 20th Century Fox, Essanay Museum, Bison Archives, LucasFilms Archive, etc. We expect the National Screen Service publication to prove to be even more popular at these establishments. And unlike the other reference books, this will be the ONLY NSS Number publication that we will release.

DEALERS AND SERVICE COMPANIES PAY ATTENTION!! From now until November 30th, we are accepting ads from movie poster related businesses. So if you are a dealer, business, charity or whatever, here is your opportunity to be in the National Screen Service book that will be around and highly used for many many years. We do NOT plan to release any updated versions... THIS IS IT! Here is the ad information.

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UNIVERSAL HORRORS FAKE MOVIE POSTERS

There have been additional pleadings filed in the two civil lawsuits involving the Universal horror fake movie posters. There are also some new titles added to the list of reported fake posters. Click on the link below for the newest update.

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ROYALTY WITHIN OUR LAMP FAMILY

While we believe that LAMP sponsors and dealers represent the "royalty" in our great hobby, we now have proof - just look to the image on the right. While many of you might notice a slight resemblance to Terry Pearson of Quadbod, he is actually none other than King Caractacus. Well, at least he's the king through January 3rd!

Terry will be out-of-pocket for the next two months starring in a "Giant Family Pantomine" production of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon from December 3 - January 3, 2010. For more information on the production, click HERE. And since we all LOVE posters, the full size poster featuring Terry is HERE.

And to coin a phrase from Mel Brooks in History of the World Part I -- “It’s good to be the king!”

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LAMP WEBSITE UPDATES

We have added almost 5,000 direct links from the poster section of IMDB into our Cinema Poster Archive. In IMDB, these are tagged LAMP - Cinema Poster Archive.

AROUND THE LAMP

MovieArt.ch

Marcel has announced the following improvements to his webshop:

* Selection by price range: on their homepage select now our posters by price range

* Prices in Euro and US$: in the detailed page of each poster, prices are stated now in Euro and US$

* The video about MovieArt has been embedded in the ABOUT US page

Marcel has also added more than 150 new posters to his inventory in the last 90 days: see Poster News.

Marcel offers original Swiss posters (with a usually low print run of 200 - 500 copies) and rare vintage posters.

8th Film & Comics Memorabilia Convention in Zurich

MovieArt will have 8 tables at the 8th Film Memorabilia Convention in Zurich. They will offer hundreds of great original posters at an incredible 50% discount .... so if you're in the Zurich area, be sure to visit Marcel.

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 10am - 5pm, @ Volkshaus, Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zurich (Tramway Nr 2, 3, 9, 14 to station "Stauffacher" - then a 5 minutes walk direction Helvetiaplatz).

Quadbod

If you are or will be in the UK during November, be sure to visit Terry and Sue from quadbod at this great show.

Sat 21/Sun 22 November 2009 – Memorabilia at NEC Birmingham

Don't miss this chance to pick up some great posters.

Unshredded Nostalgia

ATTENTION STILLS COLLECTORS. Unshredded Nostalgia just got in a collection of almost 18,000 stills. For stills collectors, Jim has about 250,000 stills in stock. These stills are sorted and categorized -- so if you're looking for something special, please give Jim a call. Unshredded Nostalgia also has a great "Mail order service on spec" -- Jim will ship out a package of 150-200 stills, you pick out what you want and return those you don't along with payment for the ones you retain. It's that easy -- and you get to see exactly what you're buying -- no guessing involved. For more information, visit their website HERE.

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MOVIE POSTER WEEKLY AUCTION SERVICES

SUNDAY	Heritage Weekly Auctions
TUESDAY	emovieposter.com Tuesday Auction
THURSDAY	emovieposter.com Thursday Auction
SUNDAY	emovieposter.com Sunday Auction
DAILY	Movie Poster Bid

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TUTORIALS

Our archive is SO large and complex that there are literally THOUSANDS of variable sorts that can be performed to find ALL TYPES of information. This is BY FAR, the MOST COMPLEX AND UNIQUE archive on the internet. We are building this extremely complex system to give YOU access to information that you can't find ANYWHERE ELSE.

We have prepared 4 tutorials to show you HOW to utilize our archive better. Now, unfortunately, because of have to see writing on the pages, we have to use a SLOW loading program so it doesn't lose the video quality. It takes 2 to 3 minutes to load a video. So I placed all 4 on the same page so they will all be loading at the same time, so once you view the first video, the others are immediately available.

General Video Tutorials - see new Tutorial Page

Archive - How to Search
Archive - Title Research
Archive - Poster Research
Archive - Advanced Research

 

Sponsor Video Tutorial on How to List Your Posters- see Sponsor Section

Til Next Time...........

 

A Little Bigger.. A Little Better Each Day
Preserving the Past... For the Future

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