A quote from this late collector's wife.
"One of his friends, another collector, offered me £1,000 for the whole lot! I said no." Nice friend. Real nice!! Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, it's typical. Todd ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of martin last <martin.l...@hispeed.ch> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:46 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Interesting results at a UK auction today Nice group of rare quads came up at a provincial auction house in the UK today. The highest prices were for War Of The Worlds (£18,000), Forbidden Planet (£7,600), Dr. No (yet again - £5,600) and Day The Earth Stood Still (tape marks to front £4,300). All of these amounts are before buyer's premium/fees of ca. 25%. There were some crazy prices paid (e.g. Great Escape for £3,500 before BP/fees, Psycho £2,400 before BP/fees). Astons was the auctioneer. It got fair amount of publicity, partly because the War Of The Worlds was on the UK Antiques Roadshow a long time ago. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2443533/film-buffs-widow-releases-his-remarkable-collection-of-230-old-movie-posters-as-they-go-on-sale-for-65000/ [https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/composite-filmpostersnew.jpg?strip=all&w=250&h=140&crop=1]<https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2443533/film-buffs-widow-releases-his-remarkable-collection-of-230-old-movie-posters-as-they-go-on-sale-for-65000/> Film buff's widow releases his remarkable collection of 230 old movie posters as they go on sale for £65,000<https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2443533/film-buffs-widow-releases-his-remarkable-collection-of-230-old-movie-posters-as-they-go-on-sale-for-65000/> www.thesun.co.uk THE widow of a film buff has put his remarkable collection of 230 movie posters up for sale for £65,000. Brian O'Connor began acquiring the large 'quad' posters when he served in ... Here is a link to the prices: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/astons/catalogue-id-astons10092/search-filter?sortTerm=highestimate Astons Auctioneers & Valuers | Film & Music Memorabilia Auction<https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/astons/catalogue-id-astons10092/search-filter?sortTerm=highestimate> www.the-saleroom.com Bid Live at Astons Auctioneers & Valuers's Film & Music Memorabilia Auction auction My guess is that Bruce and Heritage would have been struggling to get some of these prices. Just goes to show that being a big fish in a small pond can work wonders. ________________________________ 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.
