I think this is merely reinforcement of the fact that the number of buyers
for ANY item that sells for $10,000 or more is very tiny (maybe 5 for any
one such poster) and that the number of buyers for $50,000 or more posters
is almost always limited to the one or two multi-millionaires who happen to
want *THAT* poster on *THAT* given day.
But I think it is wrong to extrapolate a weakness in the market overall from
results on such posters, for the vast majority of collectors may love to ooh
and ahh over these types of posters, but they don't own any of them, and are
likely never going to. Most collectors have lots of $10 to $100 items, with
a relatively small percentage of their collections in the $100 to $500
range, and an even tinier percentage in the over $500 range.
In these trying economic times, people are naturally going to be "wiser" in
their purchasing, and look for the *BEST *items in the *BEST *condition at
the *BEST* price, and they are going to want to try to buy them from people
who they have had the *BEST* experiences with in the past, and they are
going to avoid buying from those whom they have had bad experiences with.
I think it is very hard to look at the results of my just concluded
Halloween auction and find "weakness" in the hobby. People are just
rightfully being more selective, in both what they buy and who they buy
from.
Bruce
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is this finally a sign that the big titles aren't selling at the glory
> day prices any more? Is this a sign that the economy is biting and movie
> posters are considered a luxury that we can do without and I'd rather put
> food on the table?
>
> Indeed it is a buyers market out there and a DTESS 3 sheet at under $9k is
> quite something. However then there is the other side of the coin when Dr.No
> quad will do $20k
>
> Go figure.
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