> Dear Mr Hershenson I wholeheartedly agree with your remarks, and also might add that I remember the publicayion " AB BOOKMAN "before there was a internet
And sir you are right on the books de-value also. Everyone I know that has a brick and morter store has gone internet. And anyone that fins a stack of books has put them on the internet on ebay and the like.Thereby flooding the retail market with excess product May you have a very well deserved Labor day Holiday Mr.Hershenson,family, and Mopoers Kindest Regards, Tom > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dealers, how are poster sales these days? >Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:02:36 -0500 > >>I do agree that the key to continued robust sales is adapting to >changing >>times. Some dealers seem to be waiting for 1995 (or 2000 or 2005) >prices to >>return again and price their inventory accordingly and their sales >are >>anemic, and they may be waiting for decades more to start getting >those >>prices. >> >>I see it as a simple case of supply and demand. The Internet greatly >>increased the demand for many items, and but in many cases it has >also >>increased the supply to greater than the increased demand, and that >often >>net exerts downward pressure on prices. >> >>Here is a simple example. Growing up I read a series of children's >sports >>books with a hero named Chip Hilton. I remembered them fondly, and >in my 30s >>I tried to find them, and old book dealers wanted $30 each for them. >There >>were around 12 books in the series, so that was too rich for my >blood. >> >>Flash forward to 1998 and eBay, and I see them listed for $30 each, >and they >>are selling well, along with all the other nostalgic crap that was >being >>discovered daily by millions of new eBay users (I also saw crap >movie >>posters and lobby cards selling for $30 to $50 each!). But the price >for the >>Chip Hilton books was still too rich for my blood. >> >>But within a couple of years lots of book dealers with hundreds of >thousands >>of books listed everything online, and, since these books had sold >hundreds >>of thousands of copies each, it turned out there were still >thousands of >>each out there, and the price started dropping like a rock, once >everyone >>who had a yen to re-read these books had bought them and done so. >Around >>2005 I bought them all for around $2 each. >> >>I think that is the situation with commonly available posters and >lobby >>cards. The supply outweighs the demand, and it is likely to remain >that way >>for many years. >> >>Meanwhile, truly cool (and especially rare) posters continue to go >into >>collections that are "black holes" and the numbers of truly great >posters on >>the market keeps diminishing. >> >>Bruce >> >>On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Mostly down compared to a year ago, 3 years ago AND 5 years ago. >When >>> you're a small dealer, the one thing that can save you is a >nucleus (even if >>> it's relatively small) of returning buyers who purchase more than >one >>> item...ideally 6 to 10 or so every time a series of auctions ends. > Take >>> away that nucleus of faithful buyers and it's a bit scary out >there... >>> >>> In a message dated 9/3/2010 5:30:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> Michael said that MoPo was solely comprised of poster dealers, so >I thought >>> I'd ask dealers the following: >>> >>> How are your sales vs, one year ago? >>> How about 3 years ago or 5 years ago? >>> If they have changed, why do you think that is? >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com >team >>> P.O. Box 874 >>> West Plains, MO 65775 >>> Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 >when we take >>> lunch) >>> our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> >>> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com >team >>P.O. 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