Precisely.
Kirby
> On Jan 6, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Posteropolis <posteropo...@bell.net> wrote:
>
> By the way, when I talk about a “high-end clientele who pay ridiculous sums
> for things” I should add that I wouldn’t think they were so ridiculous if it
> was ME doing the selling and getting paid the sums! Then they wouldn’t seem
> so ridiculous, they’d be just fine, thank you. If only.
>
>
>
> From: Wim Jansen [mailto:
> <mailto:w...@bqjansen.demon.nl>w...@bqjansen.demon.nl
> <mailto:w...@bqjansen.demon.nl>]
> Sent: January-06-16 3:23 PM
> To: Posteropolis
> Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] UK Antiques Roadshow: Strange valuations
>
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>] On Behalf Of martin last
> Sent: January-06-16 2:02 PM
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto: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
> <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.
>
>
>
>
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