[78-L] Hollywood Star records

[phil at rarerecords.com]

Thank you for the information on the Hollywood Star label. An added name on 
that list is John Mack Brown,.the famous cowboy movie star. It came in a 
picture sleeve that explaned the mission of the label.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
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Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Hollywood Star records


> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
>> Several Hollywood Star 8" records were sold on ebay ca. Nov 2008.
>> These included pictures of:
>> Barry Sullivan
>> Bill Lundigan
>> Carole Landis
>> Edward Ryan
>> Ella Raines
>> Eve Arden
>> John Wayne
>> Jules A. Diamant, National Sales Manager (holding a record); promo?
>> Michael Noret [?]
>> There also was a "demonstration record" with the heads of 6 stars on the
>> picture side
>> (I cannot read the names of the stars).
>> There also is a John Wayne record.
>> The sleeves state: A 'talking picture' of [star name].
>> Sleeves of Ryan/Arden are similar (with herald; only differing by name of
>> the Star),
>> but Wayne has different lay-out (reddish with stars and name within large
>> star).
>> All state: IT'S NEW!
>>
>> Ebay 380217249718 shows the Landis item, just sold for $55,
>> but in 2008 this record sold for $338 and Arden for $149.
>>
> Proof of the old cliche..."There's a sucker born every minute"...?! Sadly,
> here
> in the XXI Jahrhundert, the basic urge of all too many folks is to become
> EXTREMELY rich, and thus get famous and acquire an extremely attractive
> and thus impressive sexual partner...?! I suppose I could offer my "Okie"
> label 78...which may well be the last extant example...on eWotsit with a
> minimum bid of $1,000,000.00...?! Worse yet. the above recors may well
> exist in identifiably-different versions (collecting hobbies draw from the
> detailed analysis of coin collecting!!)...meaning that our "ultimate
> collector" wants both the original issue, with the artist credit starting
> with a capital letter...and the later issue, with that credit entirely in
> lower-case...?!
>
> SCROOM!!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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