Hi Bruce! My comments about your involvement in Christie's auctions were essentially to rephrase what Kirby was writing about as, when I read his comments, it appeared he was suggesting you ran the first poster auctions. I know Kirby is aware of the earlier auction houses though so maybe it was just odd phrasing.
Anyway, I was also agreeing with him that when you did bring Christie's into the poster market, it did increase the value of everyone else's collections substantially as those early Christies' auctions really raised the bar on poster values. I would never even remotely suggest that the impact of both you and Christie's was in any way inconsequential on the hobby. And I'll also say (again) that by bringing Christie's into the poster hobby, I think this hobby was taken to an entirely new level and given the major exposure it so desperately needed. What you, Rich, Grey (and his team) at Heritage along with all the other dealers on Ebay, etc are doing is great! You're bringing new people into the hobby and that's what's needed: More Exposure. More Exposure. More Exposure!!! By the way, I just finished reading John Petty's comments about all the work Heritage puts into the marketing, catalogs, web site etc. Those guys bust their ass over there putting those catalogs together- as I'm sure you did when you were putting your catalogs together- and as I'm sure you are doing now with your internet auctions. While I don't work full time for Heritage, I do help out when I have the time. And while I'm there, I've seen the amount of work that goes into the process. I don't think enough people out there understand the time and effort that go into these auctions and catalogs and that the fees that are being charged are actually quite fair given the product being delivered at the end of the day. Hey, keep up the good work and have a great day! Ron Moore --- Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron > > A correction on your correction: > 1) I never claimed to run the first movie poster > auction. I didn't even run > the first movie poster auction at a major auction > house. I did, as I have > always clearly stated, run the first all-movie > poster auction at a major > auction house. I also ran the first million dollar > all-movie poster auction. > > Of course, over the years since, those records have > been shattered many > times, and now those points are solely of historical > interest. I have also > sold 29 million dollars of vintage movie paper > (actual verified sales) and I > feel that is certainly a record, but do doubt that > too will be shattered in > time (so it is just a matter of time before my name > completely vanished from > the movie poster "record book"). > > These days I pass my time selling mostly inexpensive > movie posters, to many > hundreds of poster collectors each week. I no longer > often sell very > expensive posters, but there are quite a few auction > houses and dealers > (with yourself among the very top echelon) who do on > a regular basis, and I > am sure I am not missed at all. > > I have provided many hundreds of collectors and > dealers who have LOTS of > unwanted items a way for them to effortlessly > dispose of them, while > receiving more than any dealer would offer them for > those items, and at the > same time, I provide many thousands of collectors a > way to affordably > participate in this hobby on a weekly basis. > > I truly don't miss selling those mega-expensive > posters at all, and I am > glad to see that there are so many of you who do so > so well that I am not > missed at all in that arena! > > Bruce > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
