CONTACT SHEETS CLOTHING AND SHEET MUSIC : CUSHING COLLECTABLES

#CushingCollectables : I have been asked quite a few times over the last few weeks, since we have themed our Wednesday's on, what is out there worth collecting Cushing Fan..if you were so inclined! Well, here are three selections, which might interest you.

#CUSHINGCOLLECTABLES: CONTACT SHEETS. Some people like to collect cinema posters, some press kits and books, some photographs front of house sets from cinemas...and then there are the contact collectors. Contact sheets are also from the age of paper, and hard copy photographs in press kits. Now everything can be placed on a disc or sent digitally.

INFINITELY rarer than most posters or front of house stills, contact sheets were made by placing three strips of negative 35mm film roll, onto 10 x 8 photographic paper, then exposing and developing just like a conventional photograph. They would be usually 10 x 8 colour or black and white sheets with 12 small photographs, that the studio photographer had taken during production and the studio press office would send onto the films distributor, for use in exhibition or publicity... they are rare because only a small amount were printed. From these sheets, the distributor would select maybe 50-100 -300 or depending on budget 30 -40 stills, and then the studio or press office would process those stills into 10 x 8 photographs for promotion use by the distributor....the distributor would then package these stills into 'free press kits' aimed at magazines and print, and kits that could be purchased by cinema and exhibition.

SOMETIMES a film's still photographer would sell the rights to all the exposures he had taken, if he was freelance and working per contract on a particular film. If he was staff all the pics became the property of the studio that employs him or her! Having said that, quite a few photographs, kept copies or masters of negatives, some of these are still being sold by the surviving photographers today! The next step up in collecta-bilty in visuals is TRANSPARENCIES and we'll be looking at those next Wednesday!

NEXT, Clothing! Not everyone likes the idea of buying second hand clothes, even if they DID once belong to Peter Cushing... but some collectors do. Many items of Cushing costumes, and personal clothing have come up for sale and auction over the years, waistcoats, smoking jackets, trousers, shoes and hats, have all been bid on and bought since Peter's passing in 1994.

HERE ARE TWO ITEMS that recently came up for sale... and the sold, for just over £300 = $230 US. Two quite modern designed, light wear jackets and two very nice items of luggage...and on the left, Peter at a signing wearing one of those items. All the items came with certificates of authenticity...which is a must in anything like this, where the item aren't bespoke.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW people out there with whole suits, with shirts and ties that came from Peter's personal wardrobe. As to any of this being valuable, it's questionable... as with anything, it's only worth what someone would be prepared to pay for it! Nice though!

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