I think I sold mine to Walter Reuben for $8500. On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Wim Jansen <w...@bqjansen.demon.nl> wrote:
> In any case a nice item for anyone who is not in poster collecting. As any > item found in AR and similar shows whether a cuckoo clock, furniture or a > poster is about insurance value I’m not too bothered about the valuations. > Nice enthusing item I think. > > Very curious whether there has indeed never been a sale of the WotW quad. > > Wim > > Op 6 jan. 2016, om 20:46 heeft Posteropolis <posteropo...@bell.net> het > volgende geschreven: > > I saw that Roadshow and couldn’t believe it when he said 100,000 pounds. > > Have no idea where he got that figure. I know many of the appraisers, > dealers themselves of course, have a very high-end clientele who probably > pay ridiculous sums for things (and thus many of the valuations tend to be > at Saudi oil sheik levels) but even so I thought that one was over the top. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *martin last > *Sent:* January-06-16 2:02 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* [MOPO] UK Antiques Roadshow: Strange valuations > > Check out this link for an AR piece on British Quads - broadcast last week: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cvthv > > It was good to see a long feature (maybe too long) on movie posters but I > was not totally convinced at the info given on the Lawrence of Arabia > re-release (value) and the War of the Worlds poster (i.e. the fact that no > quad exists and that if it did it would fetch £100,000 upwards). > > The LoA estimate of £5,000 is surely out given that Heritage have sold > two for less than $1,000 (inc. BP). Pre-awards would be a different story. > > As regards the WotW. I could have sworn that I have seen one in a > catalogue, on a website or on TV. In fact, I have a feeling that I actually > saw one on the UK AR many years back. It was in a large collection of > 50s/60s quads. I cannot find any reference to it now but I also cannot > believe that a 1950s quad for a not-so-fantastic movie could fetch > £100,000+. > > Any thoughts? Anyone remember that UK AR show? The guy had a > mouth-watering collection. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > -- Gresham's Seasonal Services, Inc. <http://www.greshamsseasonalservices.com> President | Owner - Macomb County O: 586-677-SNOW | F: 586-677-5669 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
