Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

I agree with most of what's been posted. I think it's safe to say that many collectors (especially the newer ones) overestimate the demand and underestimate the supply levels. Maybe some of the newer collectors are actually doing themselves a disservice when they post on the various forums out

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

It's not about losing or not losing your shirt (especially at that price level) - it's about enjoyment of the hobby. If you had golf as your hobby instead of movie posters, you'd spend money on green fees, tees, balls, and lots of other things and never expect to even get a dime of your money back.

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

As someone buys almost exclusively in this price range, I feel I can speak to this. First, if you consign a poster to Heritage and it sells (with buyer's premium) for $20, the seller will get about $3.50. So, if you are buying a poster for $20, and pay $10 for shipping, you will be able to mai

Re: [MOPO] HOW DO I SELL 12,000 PRESSBOOKS?

Hi Robert, I am sorry to hear of your illness. Hopefully, all will unfold as it should. Godspeed, Allen On Friday, November 1, 2013 7:53 PM, MnTwister wrote: I have been a serious collector of pressbooks since I was 8 years old (I am now 51). I have amassed a collection of almost 12,000

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

Tommy's question pertained specifically to $20-$100 posters At 03:17 PM 11/1/2013, Evan Zweifel wrote: I find it hard to believe that the Auction house should have any responsibility for maintaining the prices of pieces -- they really can do no more than accept the consignments and try to get

[MOPO] HOW DO I SELL 12,000 PRESSBOOKS?

I have been a serious collector of pressbooks since I was 8 years old (I am now 51). I have amassed a collection of almost 12,000 pressbooks from the mid 1940's through appr. 1983. A good portion of them have no cuts. They have been stored in temperature controlled conditions in stacks for each

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

Think a big part of it was the people who would be classed as middle class over here, had a decent amount of disposable income which helped drive values. Now had a few years where wages in real terms have decreased, and it doesn't look particularly hopeful that things will return to anything like

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Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

Pretty much agree with everything you wrote here Bruce, the difference is that if you went out of business tomorrow, then dealers could justify their prices on all those posters from "bad movies, with bad art and where there are tons of them" by saying - hey where else are you going to get one? No

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

I agree with Bruce here. Also with any field of collectability whether it is posters, toys, glassware or antiques there is a vast amount of stuff that sells for very little. Maybe it's just that there was a mad spike in the film poster market a few years back that many still remember well and

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

I pretty much agree with you Evan. Let the free market decide the price on everything. There is no intrinsic value in movie posters, and while it might help both the auction house and consignor not to sell two copies of a Frankenstein one-sheet the same week, doing so doesn't really change the num

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

I completely disagree with this theory. Items from good movies have been rising, because more and more people are finally getting to see those movies, thanks to all the ways there are to see them. In the 1960s I sought out most of the early James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart movies (those lesser know

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

the situation is very obvious Ben. I was always curious why sometimes I would sell a 1930s or 1940s poster for a dollar or two until I noticed that Bruce was also selling similar types at the same price level. There just isn't anyone to buy alot of this material anymore because they don't know

[MOPO] Auction prices

Bruce and others I would be keen to hear more thoughts about what Rich had to say concerning older original vintage posters from the 1930's - 1940's posters - USA Hollywood mainstream titles losing market share because the buying public is ceasing to exist literally due to age. Regards

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

I find it hard to believe that the Auction house should have any responsibility for maintaining the prices of pieces -- they really can do no more than accept the consignments and try to get the most for them. Certainly if one auction house were to refuse a Frankenstein 1 sheet because they jus

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

Any consignor not happy with the prices quits consigning, so the number of unhappy consignors shrinks in no time at all. Yet we are constantly consigned *MORE AND MORE* with every passing month, and our existing consignors keep sending us more and more, and we keep getting more and more brand new c

Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

Yep, the very obvious part of this, which is old and dull, is that supply now outstrips demand. The fact that the movie poster "Wal Mart" has a large section of the market seems largely irrelevant to me. Still an overabundance of stuff that not a lot of people particularly want, regardless of

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Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

At 04:29 AM 11/1/2013, Tommy Barr wrote: I have noticed a trend in prices realised at online auctions recently, and that is quite a substantial number of posters in the usual $20 - $100 range selling at prices way below the average of the last couple of years. Is this a sign of a falling market

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Re: [MOPO] Auction prices

To give a semi-intelligent answer, I need to know what year range of posters you are talking about, and whether these are U.S. or from other countries, and roughly what sizes! On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Tommy Barr wrote: > I have noticed a trend in prices realised at online auctions recent

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[MOPO] Auction prices

I have noticed a trend in prices realised at online auctions recently, and that is quite a substantial number of posters in the usual $20 - $100 range selling at prices way below the average of the last couple of years. Is this a sign of a falling market or a temporary aberration? Tommy Barr

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