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TV GUIDE Cover Portrait 1984 HEART SOUNDS Mary Tyler Moore James Garner Amsel

$299.99

If you have any TV Guide Cover Portraits you want to sell, or if you ever worked for TV Guide or Charles Mills/Professional Color, please contact me.

I am listing a large group of TV GUIDE related promo photos from mostly from the 50s, 60s & 70s, but also some 80s and 90s. COLOR ones are usually labeled TV GUIDE COVER PORTRAIT and most B&W ones are usually not labeled as such. Some were issued that were not actual TV Guide "covers" but still the same size and format and these can be as rare or rarer than the Cover Portraits because they were issued in smaller amounts. These were called "specials", according to people I have talked to who worked for TV Guide or the printer..

These deluxe photos were never sold to the public but were promo items within the industry and were sent to select TV stations and key industry people etc. All of them measure in the 16x20 inch range. Also the color ones say on the back "EASTMAN DYE TRANSFER PRINT". This process no longer exists and was VERY expensive at the time.

Info I have obtained from 2 people---one who worked in an East Coast regional office for TV Guide and another who worked for Charles P Mills (1978-1986 and from 1980 on called Professional Color) who did the Eastman Dye Transfer prints-----indicates that these were produced in quantities of around 100 or even less due to the expensive nature of producing them. By the late 70s, they cost Mills $150+ each to produce an 11 x 14" print (the prints were 11 x 14" and matted to be 16 x 20"). At the time, it was a state of the art process and the photos never fade.

CONDITION- clean excellent condition (unless photos indicate otherwise) with some degree of bow (not flat) which is common for these. Mat may have minor edge bumps, corner creases, etc. See photos for more specific condition details of anything significant.

ITEM-- comes from a well preserved collection of 140 obtained by a former TV Guide employee back in the early 90s when TV Guide was consolidating offices. The items in this collection range from 1979-1988 and in great condition

*********CLICK HERE to see all my TV GUIDE COVER PORTRAITS *************

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Offered by DAVID WELCH ------ author of COLLECTING PEZ 1995 and Pictorial Guide to Plastic Candy Dispensers 1991. I have been a full time antique and collectibles dealer since 1989 and have been collecting since the early 1970s. I have been on EBAY since 1997.

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