#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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