I think that standees are appealing to a client who has an extraordinary love for the particular film. If I had a standee for THE HANGOVER, for example, there would be one or two guys, who, if they knew about it, would pay well for it. But who are those guys? And where do you find them? They are a hassle for the dealer to store and to ship. That is why we limit our acquisitions in this area to films that already have "legs" with the collecting public. Would I take a standee on BLADERUNNER? Yes. Would I charge handily for it. Yes. Would it be a pain in the storage unit? Yes.
My other thought on this is that many of them have lost the box they originally came in. To me, this spells a big difference. Most of the standees sans box get banged around -- as our PALE RIDER standee did. Nevertheless, it is Eastwood, an icon. So I am happy to have it. Somebody will come along for it. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Apr 10, 2010, at 4:42 PM, James Richard wrote: > Rudy, > > Wow... someone is suing someone over the value of lobby standees? What a > strange world... Anyway, while I love seeing standees in lobbies, every time > I've been offered one I decided to take a pass simply because they take up so > much floor space -- you have to have a pretty large house to have even one > standee in place and not have it completely take over the room. Most people > I've talked to about them have similar reservations. I think this has served > to keep prices comparatively low over the decades (except for the > "spectacular examples for high-powered titles" you mention). > > The other caveat, if one is not purchasing the standee locally is the hassle > and cost of shipping the things. That has to be figured into the final price > and so cuts down the "retail value". > > The basic awkwardness and size of most standees has probably also contributed > to them having a higher throw-away ratio than movie posters which can be > stored in a small space. Traditionally the high throw-away factor would make > them valuable, but because of their other aspects it hasn't worked out that > way. > > Recently there was a standee of R2D2 from STAR WARS offered on Ebay. I no > longer have the link to the closed auction, and while it wasn't in mint > shape, it was still nice and given the collectible status of the film I > thought it would go for quite a lot, but there didn't seem to be all that > much interest in it. > > -- JR > > channinglylethomson wrote: >> Hello Mopo Members -- Rudy Franchi has asked me to post the following >> question to members of MOPO: >> >> I'm doing some research as an expert witness in a law suit involving >> the value of recent ( last 10 years ) movie theater lobby standees. >> Over the years I've never had much success in selling these - with the >> exception of a handful of spectacular examples for high powered >> titles. Anyone in the group have positive/negative experiences with >> these boxed monsters? Thanks, rudy franchi >> >> 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. >> > > 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. 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.
