yes folks, it's about time we had this discussion.
First of all, we all know that there are 2 people who run weekly .99
cent no reserve auctions - Bruce Hershenson & myself.
I'm talking real .99 cent auctions. I think Heritage does a great
job, and I think Grey is a fabulous person... but even though they do
have starting bids of .99 cents, they do have that $9 min fee so
those are really "$9.99 auctions"
Every week Bruce sells lots of posters for just .99 cents each
Every week I sell lots of posters for just .99 cents each.
So what you have to wonder is "are these posters really only worth .99 cents?"
I can't imagine anything older than 1980 only being worth 99 cents
myself.. although I firmly believe there is an enormous amount of
post 1980 material that is worthless due to supply.
For my own sales I can say what sells for 99 cents one week can sell
for $20 or $30 a month later, and it also goes in the reverse
I have some customers who really surprise me in that every week they
win 20/30/40 posters and rarely if ever is one even at $1.99. Being
as they are mostly dealers too, I have to presume they are relisting
the material elsewhere, be it fleabay or convention/mail order stock.
So for that reason it is clear those aren't 99 cent posters. It's no
different with Bruce's auctions.
of course, I look at them the same way a supermarket looks at their
weekly sales where they have an item for below cost. They call them
"loss leaders". merchandise you sell for a loss to bring people in
the door hoping they will spend other money.
I have the 99 cent auctions because while I offer lots of crap, I
also have lots of good stuff coming through and as my results are
getting better, you can be sure I'll be offering alot of better &
better posters as time goes one. The Star Wars auction next week is
of course a perfect example.
yes, it is unlikely that an advance style Star wars 1sheet will sell
for 99 cents, but I have no doubt there will be plenty of 99 cents
items even in that sale. Items that will slip through the cracks.
bruce has items like that every week as well.
so what do you think folks.. is this stuff just a bunch of 99 cent
posters?? I'd like to hear your opinions on why posters should just be 99 cents
Rich=========
here are some that sold at 99 cents last week
(note these posters have all sold.. they are not selling right now)
LAUGHING POLICEMAN 1973 1sh .. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Lou
Gossett $ 0.99
LAUGHING WOMAN 1969 1sh .. Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander $ 0.99
LEPKE 1974 1sh .. Tony Curtis, Milton Berle, Michael Callan $ 0.99
LIFEGUARD 1978 1sh .. Sam Elliott, Anne Archer **COOL SURFING
ARTWORK** $ 0.99
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 1977 1sh .. Dan Aykroyd, Mary Ann McDonald $ 0.99
MAD ADVENTURES of RABBI JACOB 1974 1sh .. Louis De Funnes $ 0.99
MAN and BOY 1971 1sh .. Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Ericson $ 0.99
MAN FRIDAY 1975 1sh .. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree $ 0.99
MAN of the EAST 1973 1sh .. Terence Hill, Harry Carey $ 0.99
MANSION of the DOOMED 1976 1sh .. Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame $ 0.99
MEMORIES WITHIN MISS AGGIE 1970s 1sh .. X-Rated**X-Rated**X-Rated $ 0.99
MONEY TALKS 1972 1sh .. Alan Funt's Candid Camera **JACK DAVIS
ART** $ 0.99
MOVING VIOLATION 1976 1sh .. Stephen Mchattie, Kay Lenz $ 0.99
NATIONAL VELVET 1971R 1sh .. Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor $ 0.99
NEW CENTURIONS 1972 1sh .. George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane
Alexander $ 0.99
NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE 1976 1sh .. Lenny Baker, Shelley
Winters $ 0.99
NIGHT CALLER 1975 1sh .. Jean-Paul Belmondo **COOL DESIGN** $ 0.99
NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN 1975 1sh .. David Niven, Don Knotts, Barbara
Feldon $ 0.99
NO WAY OUT 1973 1sh .. Alain Delon **TONY ARZENTA** $ 0.99
NORMA RAE 1979 Review 1sh .. Sally Field, Ron leibman, Beau
Bridges $ 0.99
OBSESSION 1976 1sh .. Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold $ 0.99
ORCA 1977 Advance 1sh .. Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling $ 0.99
ORGANIZATION, the 1971 1sh .. Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair $ 0.99
PASSION of ANNA 1970 1sh .. Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullman dir. Ingmar
Bergman $ 0.99
PIPPI in the SOUTH SEAS 1970 1sh .. Inger Nilsson $ 0.99
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING 1969 1sh .. Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson $ 0.99
PLAYERS 1979 1sh .. Ali McGraw, Anthony Newley, Steve Guttenberg $ 0.99
PONY EXPRESS RIDER 1976 1sh .. Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon $ 0.99
POPI 1969 1sh .. Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, M.
Alejandro $ 0.99
POSSE 1975 1sh .. Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James
Stacy $ 0.99
QUACKSER FORTUNE HAS A COUSIN in the BRONX 1970 1sh .. Gene Wilder $ 0.99
RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN 1978 1sh .. Bette Davis, Christopher Lee $ 0.99
RETURN of SABATA 1972 1sh .. Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schone $ 0.99
RETURN TO OZ 1985 1sh .. Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh **STRUZAN
ART** $ 0.99
RETURN to the BLUE LAGOON 1991 DS 1sh .. Milla Jovavich, Brian
Krause $ 0.99
REVENGE 1990 1sh .. Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe $ 0.99
REVENGE of the NERDS II 1987 1sh .. Robert Carradine $ 0.99
REVENGERS, the 1972 1sh .. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Susan
Hayward $ 0.99
REVOLUTION, the 1985 1sh .. Al Pacino, Nastassia Kinski $ 0.99
REWARD, the 1965 1sh .. Max Von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux, Gilbert
Roland $ 0.99
RHINESTONE 1984 1sh .. Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton $ 0.99
RHINO 1964 1sh .. Robert Culp, Shirley Eaton, Harry Guardino $ 0.99
RHINOCEROS 1974 1sh .. Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black $ 0.99
RICH and FAMOUS 1981 1sh .. Candice Bergen, Jacqueline Bisset $ 0.99
RIDE BEYOND VENGEANCE 1966 1sh .. Chuck Connors, Gloria Grahame $ 0.99
RIDE the HIGH WIND 1966 1sh .. Darren McGavin, Maria Perschy $ 0.99
RIFF RAFF 1992 1sh .. Emer McCourt, Robert Carlyle, Ricky
Tomlinson $ 0.99
RIGHT HAND MAN 1987 1sh .. Hugo Weaving, Rupert Everett $ 0.99
RIKKY and PETE 1988 1sh .. Stephen Kearney, Nina Landis **COOL
IMAGE** $ 0.99
RIO CONCHOS 1964 1sh .. Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman $ 0.99
RUSSIAN ROULETTE 1975 1sh .. George Segal, Christina Raines $ 0.99
SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA 1976 1sh .. Kris
Kristofferson $ 0.99
SCARECROW 1973 1sh .. Al Pacino, Gene Hackman $ 0.99
SHADOW of the HAWK 1976 1sh .. Jan Michael Vincent, Chief Dan
George $ 0.99
SHAMUS 1972 1sh .. Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon $ 0.99
SHOOT OUT 1971 1sh .. Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn, Robert Lyons $ 0.99
SHOUT at the DEVIL 1976 1sh .. Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara
Parkins $ 0.99
SHOWDOWN 1973 1sh .. Rock Hudson, Dean Martin, Susan Clark $ 0.99
SILENT PARTNER 1974 1sh .. Elliott Gould, C.Plummer, Susannah York $ 0.99
SPIKES GANG 1974 1sh .. Lee Marvin, Ron Howard, Gary Grimes $ 0.99
STAY HUNGRY 1976 1sh .. Jeff Bridges, Sally Field $ 0.99
STREET PEOPLE 1976 1sh .. Roger Moore, Stacy Keach $ 0.99
STREET-FIGHTER 1959 1sh .. Vic Savage, Ann Atmar $ 0.99
TAKE A HARD RIDE 1975 1sh .. Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Fred
Williamson $ 0.99
TAKE DOWN 1979 1sh .. Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Lloyd, Maureen
McCormick $ 0.99
TARZAN and the JUNGLE BOY 1974R 1sh .. Mike Henry as Lord of the
Jungle $ 0.99
THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS 1972 1sh .. James Garner, Katherine
Ross $ 0.99
THIEVES LIKE US 1974 1sh .. K. Carradine, S. Duvall **GEORGE GROSS
ART** $ 0.99
TO KILL A CLOWN 1972 1sh .. Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Heath
Lamberts $ 0.99
TUNNEL VISION 1976 1sh .. Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman $ 0.99
ULTIMATE THRILL 1974 1sh .. Barry Brown, Britt Ekland, Eric
Braeden $ 0.99
VALACHI PAPERS 1972 1sh .. Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura **STYLE
C** $ 0.99
WALKING TALL 1973 1sh .. Jo Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene
Evans $ 0.99
WALKING TALL PART 2 1975 1sh .. Bo Svenson, Richard Jaeckel $ 0.99
WAY WE WERE 1975R 1sh .. Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand $ 0.99
WEDDING NIGHT 1970 1sh .. Dennis Waterman, Tessa Wyatt $ 0.99
WHAT DO I TELL the BOYS at the STATION 1972 1sh .. MORT DRUCKER
ART $ 0.99
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NAKED LADY? 1970 1sh .. Allen Funt Candid
Camera $ 0.99
WHAT'S GOOD FOR the GOOSE 1969 1sh .. Norman Wisdom, Sally Geeson $ 0.99
WHERE the RED FERN GROWS 1974 1sh .. James Whitmore, Beverly
Garland $ 0.99
WHIFFS 1975 1sh .. Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Godfrey Cambridge $ 0.99
WHO KILLED MARY WHAT'SERNAME 1971 1sh .. Red Buttons, Sylvia Miles $ 0.99
WILD in the SKY 1972 1sh .. Brandon de Wilde, Keenan Wynn, James
Daly $ 0.99
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