but wait a second folks.... I think you are all pointing at one or two posters and not looking at the whole picture
the simple reality is that even Bruce's auctions of most average posters are selling for lower prices all the time (Bruce & I have spoken about this). Most posters that are under $100 if you look at his database are not achieving the same prices as they were 2-3 years ago. I know this as when I priced over 1500 titlesfor post 1970 movies, I found Bruce's database showing a downward trend. Why is Galaxina doing so well.. ?? Well you must realize that though Dorothy Stratton is nobody to most of us poster collectors, she is a dark cult figure due to her murder & that helps that poster sell to bidders who would otherwise have no interest in the poster
I think you should look at the entire list of Bruce's auctions, check each title against his online database of sales & you will see exactly what I'm talking about.. Slow deterioration of prices realized, which could ultimately lead to a meltdown in those areas.. It's the main reason Bruce no longer asks for consignments of post 1970 titles under $50 values..
Rich====================================
At 08:33 AM 1/21/05, J R wrote:
Natalie emphasizes my point -- no, I don't see how this is normal ebb and flow of bidding -- not when Bruce can sell a GALAXINA for $47.00 on Jan 18, but another reputable seller can't get even $10 bucks for it at the same time, but then again this week Bruce can put up yet another one and get a price of $23.50 with 6 bids and still 5 days to go. And it's not a question of the other guy's poster being "mislisted", as it was where it was exactly where it was supposed to be and the title was very clear. Meanwhile, after posting my message about this weirdness, I get 4 different private emails from sellers offering to sell me a mint GALAXINA for $10 to $15 bucks and the one that didn't sell before is now listed on eBay again for $9.99 (!)
I know Bruce has a loyal base of bidders -- some of whom proudly proclaim that they only buy from Bruce and don't even pay attention to the rest of eBay or even other seller's retail websites (I don't understand this attitude, but there are some who do this). And if this were a one-time fluke I wouldn't have mentioned it -- but I see this happening all the time with Bruce's auctions and my point was that if I were a poster seller on eBay it would drive me nuts.
And yeah, I probably would be resentful towards Bruce. But really, it's the bidders who regularly pay 2 to 4 times or more what a poster is going for on the open market when buying from Bruce -- and those who only buy from him -- who are the ones creating this effect. They seem to be operating way outside of the normal market parameters of supply and demand almost all the time -- it's not just a couple of wealthy bidders fighting over a choice piece every once in a while, it's many hundreds of people doing the same thing over hundreds of *common* items every week, week after week -- and I find this mystifying.
-- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Natalie To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:43 Subject: Re: [MOPO] this can drive you nuts
And the same poster Bruce had up for auction last week went for nearly $50!
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3866828287>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3866828287
Natalie
> J R wrote: > > Sometimes I am so glad I'm not a poster seller on eBay. A few weeks > ago there was a mint copy of what I suppose some would sneer at as a > "not so desirable" poster, the Dorthy Straten film GALAXINA. It had a > starting price of $10.00 from a perfectly respectable seller. It > received NO BIDS. The URL was > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3863292416>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3863292416 > > But now we have the SAME poster for sale this week in Bruce auction -- > does this automatically cause this poster to be upgraded from "not so > desirable" to desirable? Apparently so, because right now it has 6 > bids and is up to $23.50 and the auction still has almost 5 days to > go! > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3868420877>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3868420877 > > Yeah, if I were trying to sell posters on eBay, this kind of thing > would definitely drive me nuts. It's bad enough just trying to bid on > some of this stuff... > > -- JR
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