So that’s three sightings already in the last half hour. Not bad for a poster that has NEVER sold before, Op 6 jan. 2016, om 22:44 heeft Richard C Evans <evan...@mac.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 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 >> > > 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.
