Greg - You obviously began collecting posters when they had little value and collecting them was just a hobby -
There’s still a great deal of entry-level material thanks to Bruce and others - But does anyone think the hobby may have lost something, now that the game's become a sport of the rich? Alan > On Oct 22, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Greg Douglass <pickmeis...@mail.com> wrote: > > Fellow Poster Aficionados; > I remember going to poster shows back in the 90s and seeing these "geezers" > buying old western posters from the 30s & 40s. "Look at those poor old > bastards!" I would say to my wife. "Ha! Whoops, there's a 50s horror poster! > How much money do we have in the bank?" > I am now officially a geezer. Big time. Oh, my aching back.... > My preferred genre appears to have stalled a bit price-wise, except for the > delusional eBay sellers who are asking $1200 for stuff like "The Brain > Eaters". Or $24,000+ for that 50-foot woman I used have thumbtacked on my > wall as a kid. Seriously, guys; it ain't gonna happen. NOBODY IS THAT STUPID! > Or that rich...and if they're rich, they probably didn't get that way by > being dopes. > With a few exceptions. > I'm not sure what to do with my stuff. I don't have a massive collection but > it's worth a bit of dough. I never, ever once bought with investing in mind. > I resonate emotionally to these pieces of paper that drive my wife crazy. My > son has no clue as to what these pieces of paper are or what they're worth > and I'm sure he doesn't give a rat's ass. I gifted him with a "Deathgasm" one > sheet and he thought I was the coolest dad in the world. He loves that stupid > movie. It is a thousand-dollar poster to my 41-year-old boy. > I'm looking prices stalling out a bit and as a buyer, I'm stoked. As a > seller, I'm fine. I'll still get a decent amount of money for what I have if > I sell while I'm alive. It's not like I invested a million bucks in dot-com > stocks back in 2000. (Remember THAT debacle?) > I have a folder with photos of posters and their present worth for my son in > case the Reaper decides to visit early. That worth is based on the most > recent prices in the Hershenson auction history; that is only because that is > the easiest way to gauge actual worth without computing the varous Heritage > F/U fees. > I really like Rich. I really like Bruce. I really like the whole damned lot > of you. No one else speaks Poster Dork better than MOPO. > My two worthless pennies....whoops, now worth ONE worthless penny in the time > it took to write this! > Greg Douglass > Presently in Cornwall, UK, soon to be back in Coos Bay, OR > > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 3:25 AM > From: "Richard Halegua MPB.auction" <richadmin@MPB.AUCTION> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: What can I can invest in that has not gone sky high > in recent years? > 100% Tommy > > if it isn't going up in price, it's not an investment > > now I can understand saying "the investment in yourself" as clearly we buy > posters for personal enjoyment, so the $3000 I paid for a super-sharp Murder > My Sweet one sheet in 2001 and have framed at home was an investment in my > enjoyment and every day, the cost of the enjoyment goes down a little. My > cost was almost $9 a day in the first year I owned it, and went down to $4.50 > the second year and after 22 years, it's 5 cents a day. > > but as a monetary vehicle, posters have a pathetic track record the last 20 > years, especially pre-Star Wars posters > > > On 10/18/2023 7:43 AM, Tommy Barr wrote: > Strangely, most people I know want to invest in something that has gone up in > price. > > Tommy > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 at 13:47, Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com > <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> People keep saying to me "Bruce, what is something I can invest in that has >> not gone sky high in recent years?". Can I self-servingly suggest vintage >> movie paper? >> >> It might SEEM like I am saying this because that is my livelihood, but it is >> 100% true that a LOT of vintage movie posters sell for the same or similar >> prices that they did 20 or more years ago, including both great ones and >> lesser ones! >> >> This is something you can't say about just about ANYTHING else, from real >> estate to the stock market to groceries to oil, to almost EVERY other kind >> of collectible! >> >> While many of the best examples of comic books or baseball cards or so many >> other collectibles are "out of sight" to an average person, you CAN still >> buy a wonderful movie poster for a surprisingly reasonable price! >> >> Want proof? Take a gander at my company's (eMoviePoster.com's) current 3,185 >> auctions currently running in our 3-part 24th Annual Halloween Auction at >> https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html >> >> These 3,185 auctions are FILLED with great horror/sci-fi/fantasy items at >> every price level, and at the current bid prices, most are at huge discounts >> to prices of the same or similar items many years ago! >> >> But you can't get those great deals if you aren't bidding, so why not go to >> the above links RIGHT NOW? 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