Sony responds

I received a response from Sony regarding "The Three Stooges - Rare Treasures from the Columbia Vault" DVD.

RE: The Three Stooges - Rare Treasures from the Columbia Vault
Thank you for your e-mail. We appreciate your interest in Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) products.

We currently do not have a published release date for this title. Please stay tuned to http://www.sonypictures.com/ or the website http://www.imdb.com/ for additional information regarding upcoming Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases.

Also, please check in regularly with your local retailers to see what's new in store!

Thank you for your continued patronage and for taking the time to contact us.

Regards,

Brian Valentine
SPHE Consumer Affairs Team

It's good news so far as he did not confirm "Rare Treasures" will never be released individually.  My guess is it will be released by winter, most likely in time for the Christmas season. We just need to wait it out.

And don't forget to continue to write in to Warner Brothers, as they have 30 or so Shemp Howard solo shorts produced by Vitaphone to release on DVD.  See the original post for details.