WOTW quad has sold at Christies South Ken. Sent from my iPhone
> On 6 Jan 2016, at 20:22, 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] 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 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.
