I don't know Rich.
They're your bunch of dealers, I'm just suggesting how they could equitably
split it up!
On 19 Nov 2014, at 21:34, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
> while I am sure there could be a profit motive, let me ask what dealers do
> you think could afford such a lot Richard?
>
> Maybe Heritage could buy the collection and feed it through their auctions
> for years to come, but beyond that, I don't think any dealer with $6m in the
> bank would be interested as they would already be near retiring with what
> they have.
> the economics of selling & trying to get back 6m would be at the very least -
> a daunting task
> Heritage does 8m or so annually and to my mind would be the singular sales
> possibility, but only if they can expect to double or triple their money by
> the slow sales of 3-4 years time (I'm sure they could)
>
> I can't see any dealer involvement beyond that, unless someone acts as an
> agent/bidder at the auction to shield the identity of the real buyer
>
> Rich
>
>
> At 01:22 PM 11/19/2014, Richard C Evans wrote:
>> Consigning to auction/s would be a solution for a group wouldn't it?
>>
>> Though admittedly, this just being idle speculation, haven't looked at
>> maths, whether likely profit outweighs risk or what time frame market could
>> bear.
>>
>>
>> On 19 Nov 2014, at 20:43, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
>>
>> > At 11:47 AM 11/19/2014, Richard C Evans wrote:
>> >> Would be interested to know what the view is on whether, if this sells,
>> >> it's likely to stay complete or be broken up.
>> >
>> > I can't imagine anyone buying this collection to break it up
>> > the starting bid is $6mil and the most likely buyers would be
>> > institutional collections.
>> >
>> > the BFI or the Academy being the 2 most obvious interested partys
>> >
>> > someone asked me if a bunch of dealers would group together & buy it, but
>> > here's the question to that "how would you expect a bunch of dealers to
>> > actually split it up?"
>> > the fights that would be engendered would be epic.
>> >
>> > The collection has at least one lobby card from every Lon Chaney movie and
>> > every Boris Karloff movie. how would such portions be divided?
>> >
>> > the collection will sell to one buyer, who will use it for exhibits
>> >
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