We have sold some standees for relatively big bucks. Here are a few: http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/95823.html http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/3629.html http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/4770.html
With questions like these, it pays to ask those who actually sell such items, like us or Kirby, or Heritage. Bruce On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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.
