Well said, Rick. For us "non-dealers," I only collected what I liked and NEVER
acquired movie paper as an investment. The only time I ever thought of the
word, "investment," was when I was lucky enough to own a duplicate of anything.
And I DISPLAYED everything on my walls EXCEPT most of my old lobby card
collection. I never owned storage trays or boxes of tubes filled with paper
lying around. More than 94% of what I consigned or sold on my own during the
past 10 years - occurred during the past five years, when the recession started
to take hold. But my motivation to sell was not to "score on my investments,"
but to pare down paper after the fire evacuations scared the hell out of us -
and I shifted my collecting to portable Beatles memorabilia. My "returns" on
all that movie paper still exceeded my OWN expectations as a collector. Today,
with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions, we own NO movie paper with a value greater than
$1,000. Our "Gilda" style B was the last (and actually, the "only") blue-chip
item we owned, and even the blue-bloods of our hobby know that its value never
reached the heights of Universal horror, which we have NEVER owned. -d.
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:38:48 -0400
From: rixpost...@aol.com
Subject: Re: Is this the best time ever to find and buy vintage movie posters?
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
I'm sure glad I started collecting 30 years ago and acquired the majority
of my collection then. I know a few collectors who got into the hobby 10
or so years ago, bought up a shitload of lower to mid-range titles---ie:
one collector in particular who---thinking that all Steve McQueen
material would increase in value--- bought multiple one sheets on Papillon,
Nevada Smith, The Reivers, etc. Now, he can't ecen come close to recouping
his initial investment. Back in the early 80's, the concept of
"buying movie posters as an investment" wasn't anywhere near as prominent
as it became in the mid-90's. Back then, I remember caring more about
loving the film I wanted to find a poster on, beautiful graphics...all the
aesthetics involved. Of course, the idea of "investment" was in the back of my
mind, but it wasn't the main priority in getting into the hobby and remaining
in
it. They always say...if you want to be a musician. artist, writer, etc.
do it because you love the doing of it...not because of
the fame, fortune and adulation that will come from the doing of it.
I kind of think the same principles should apply where collecting is
concerned...although there is a completely different reality in our
greed-riddled society today than existed 30 or 40 years ago...and it reaches
far
beyond the hobby of movie poster collecting. When you can make a million
bucks or get a TV show for making a YouTube of yourself picking your nose or
scratching your ass, something's definitely wrong with this
picture. Just my two cents...
Rick
In a message dated 8/10/2012 12:57:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
kainb...@aol.com writes:
I
agree...for most posters there has not been any appreciation or increase in
prices for 15 to 20 years at least...don't buy for investment
purpose...actually most of the posters have gone down because of the large
increase of supply and demand has not increased for a lot.
The only people
making money are the auction houses with their inflated fees. You can make
more money keeping your money in the bank and getting no interest rate.
Philipp
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:24:31 -0700
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ReplyTo: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Is this the best time ever to find and buy
vintage movie posters?
no it definitely is not the best time ever to find and buy
vintage posters.. Those days are long gone
they were the days of $200
Forbidden Planet posters & $100 Frankenstein lobby cards
however,
compared to just 15 years ago, this probably is a better time.. compared to
20-30-40 years ago?? absolutely not
At 03:55 AM 8/10/2012,
Bruce Hershenson wrote:
It is my personal opinion that
this is the best time ever to find and buy vintage movie posters. There are
many thousands of real no reserve auctions every week (some 99 cents, some
$1, $10, or $15). and there are LOTS of "major events" of "better
posters", plus there are at least 100 dealers with bulging inventories,
many
of who have all or most of their posters well illustrated on their
sites.
There just aren't that many posters (other than the
super-scarce ones that have ALWAYS been very hard to find) that one
couldn't reasonably expect a good opportunity of acquiring over a few
months
or a year's time, and there are lots and lots of bargains all over the
Internet, both at auctions and from dealers' sites.
And unlike the
pre-Internet days, where you often had to buy off of a tiny black and white
image (sometimes no image at all) you now can almost always see a giant
image of the item you want to buy.
So I ask you, is this the best
time ever to find and buy vintage movie posters?
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