Michael,
Speaking from what I have seen... Morrie was extremely short of help this year.
I believe this is also the first year as long as I have attended that Marty
Davis wasn't involved.
Anyway, Morrie tried some new things this year, some worked well, but many did
not...I believe for next year there will changes...for the best!
As for the catalogues, this was the first time I received a catalog for the
Columbus auction, I've only receive flyers. If you were at the auction you
could get a catalog free of charge.
They are not the quality of Heritages auctions. Heritage has the resources and
personal to put together their beautiful catalogs, pictures, and
descriptions...plus from what I understand, they print their own. Morrie did
this on his own, with a lot of help from his family...whom I respect.
If you viewed the online catalog, you would have received a better description
and picture than the catalog, plus if you really wanted to bid, many options to
do so...including coming to Cinevent to be a part of the poster community as
those who did.
There was a time that Morrie's auction was one of the biggest and best. A lot
of high end poster were there, if you were after them. Heritage and of course
Bruce went to Morrie auctions, learned from them, and did their own. We need
Morrie auctions, Cinevent (to survive) needs it, and we collectors and dealers
need it. To bash it without giving Morrie some constructive opinions/criticisms
will only help hurt our future of this business including the live auctions
that are doing well at this time.
Doug Ball
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael B
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION
1. i gave up looking at the site because it took forever to load into my
computer. AND I HAVE A FAST COMPUTER.
2. more importantly, i wrote 2 emails to Hollywood Poster asking why i could
not see poster descriptions. Neither were answered. How can you bid without a
description??? Did their on-line sire contain descriptions? Were you able to
really enhance an image?
>>>>>so, although a quick search of the site found 2 posters i might have bid
on.......i never went back.
SO WHY DO AUCTION HOUSES LIKE HERITAGE SEND OUT FREE CATALOGUES? ANSWER:
they are smart! !!!
For example, in the last Signature Auction of Heritage, i made a quick search
on their internet site. Although, i saw beautiful posters, i believe only one
interested me at the time. Yet, after i received their catalogue, and had time
to study it, i tracked about 12+ posters-----------------------and bought 6
INCLUDING the one sheet and insert of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.
clearly, i was super-pleased with the items i won, and Signature made more
money because of my bidding. SO------THE AUCTION HOUSES THAT ARE SMART SEND
OUT CATALOGUES TO SERIOUS BIDDERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU GOTTA SPEND MONEY TO
MAKE MONEY.
>>>>>if the receiver of a catalogue increases a lot sold by $100, then the
auction house made money to cover the catalogue and shipping cost. surely, a
recipient should be removed from the free auction catalogue courtesy if they
never bid.
and, whenever i write to Heritage, i always get a fast answer. for example,
i asked a question about the one sheet of Dorian Gray, and received a response
from bruce c. within 2 hours of my question. as i said, i won that item!
michael
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