If I remember correctly, Shapiro sold the German Metropolis 3-sheet (that later became the infamous Schacter copy) off ebay in late 2000 for $200K.
I also believe that Todd's listing of a Frankenstein one-sheet on ebay ended up resulting in an off-ebay sale for that poster (but of course he could better answer that himself). On November 12, 2013 at 3:50 PM JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <johnr...@moviemem.com> wrote: > Thats interesting Helmut > There have been many other posters listed for huge amounts on ebay but I > wonder if anything has ever sold for more than 100k. > Regards > John > > > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Websites: > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com> > www.OzeFilm.com <http://www.OzeFilm.com> > www.OzeAuction.com <http://www.OzeAuction.com> > www.BodyCorporateNews.com <http://www.BodyCorporateNews.com> > Facebook: > www.facebook.com/moviemem <http://www.facebook.com/moviemem> > Mailing Address: > John Reid > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Helmut Hamm <mailto:texasmu...@web.de> > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Which venue sells the most movie posters? > > > > Two original onesheets for THIS GUN FOR HIRE sold on ebay within the last > > four weeks or so. If I remember correctly, the first one (in lesser > > condition) went for like $18,000+, the second one for somewhat over $14,000. > > > > So, to answer at least one of your questions: High end posters do show up > > on ebay from time to time, and they also sell. > > > > Helmut > > > > www.filmposter.net <http://www.filmposter.net> > > > > > > Am 12.11.2013 um 01:27 schrieb JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia: > > > > > > > > > Yes, I am asking a few questions. > > > > > > 1. I am guessing that the most original movie posters would be sold > > > through ebay but not entirely sure. > > > 2. I also imagine that they would have the highest total dollar > > > sales as well. > > > 3. but I am also wondering if any really high end posters are sold > > > on ebay and if so which ones? Plenty of dealers have listed some of the > > > worlds most valuable posters on ebay but not sure if many (or any) of > > > those have sold. > > > > > > Regards > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > > > Websites: > > > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> > > > www.OzeFilm.com <http://www.OzeFilm.com/> > > > www.OzeAuction.com <http://www.OzeAuction.com/> > > > www.BodyCorporateNews.com <http://www.BodyCorporateNews.com/> > > > Facebook: > > > www.facebook.com/moviemem <http://www.facebook.com/moviemem> > > > Mailing Address: > > > John Reid > > > PO Box 92 > > > Elanora > > > Qld 4221 > > > Australia > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Bruce Hershenson <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com> > > > > To: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia > > > > <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> > > > > Cc: MoPo-L <mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:41 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Which venue sells the most movie posters? > > > > > > > > John, you seem to be asking three questions at once! > > > > > > > > Are you talking about the greatest number of posters, the > > > > most expensive single posters, or the most total dollars in > > > > posters? > > > > > > > > Remember you have to take out all the repros and non-poster > > > > crap, and all the items where the buyer never paid (impossible to know). > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie > > > > Memorabilia <johnr...@moviemem.com <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm sure that Bruce and Heritage would > > > > > > > > > probably be selling more movie posters than ever > > > > > > > > > and their sales appear to be growing each year. > > > > > > > > > However, I would imagine that eBay is still by far > > > > > > > > > the biggest venue for the sale of movie posters. > > > > > > > > > Whilst the sales records of Bruce and Heritage are > > > > > > > > > available, ebay's sales records are not available > > > > > > > > > after three months. In any case, it would probably > > > > > > > > > be impossible to determine accurate records of > > > > > > > > > sales of movie posters and lobby cards so I could > > > > > > > > > be entirely wrong in saying that more posters are > > > > > > > > > sold on ebay than anywhere else. I do know that > > > > > > > > > there have been some high end sales on ebay but > > > > > > > > > these are often not reported. > > > > > > > > > > I would be interested to hear whether anyone has any > > > > > thoughts on this. 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