Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-04 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
LOL At 10:02 AM 2/4/2011, Scott Burns wrote: -Original Message- Dale wrote: As the older stuff ages, the number of people interested in those pieces will decline, how many people under 50 care about Audrey Hepburn or Steven McQueen, raise your hands. The good newsprices on the cl

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-04 Thread Scott Burns
-Original Message- Dale wrote: As the older stuff ages, the number of people interested in those pieces will decline, how many people under 50 care about Audrey Hepburn or Steven McQueen, raise your hands. The good newsprices on the classic titles I really want will decline and I'll fi

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-03 Thread Richard Evans
I don't believe it is, or was about having a specific interest in Hepburn and McQueen. Just two titles primarily, Tiffany's and Bullitt. As much about the artwork and titles as the stars. I think they're cooling, but not bombed yet, and I think that's overestimating the age of the buyers.

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-03 Thread Phillip W. Ayling
ay, February 03, 2011 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? Here's an item that kind of sold for "pennies on the dollar": http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=202&ItemNo=96050 But did it? There was a brief time

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
gt;MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? Here's an item that kind of sold for "pennies on the dollar": <http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=202&ItemNo=96050>http://www.hak

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-03 Thread Sean Linkenback
PO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? Here's an item that kind of sold for "pennies on the dollar": http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=202&ItemNo=96050 But did it? There was a brief time when cartoon posters sold for huge dollars, but that was driven by

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Here's an item that kind of sold for "pennies on the dollar": *http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=202&ItemNo=96050* But did it? There was a brief time when cartoon posters sold for huge dollars, but that was driven by three guys, all of wh

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Dale is also correct the new stuff is King, the old stuff is dying I'll trade a Star Wars 1sheet for a Frankenstein 1sheet if anyone is willing : - ) At 06:29 PM 2/2/2011, Dale Dilts wrote: I must be missing something, key 70's - late 80's posters are bringing more money than they ever have;

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Dale Dilts
I must be missing something, key 70's - late 80's posters are bringing more money than they ever have; which coincides with people that were kids/teens during that era hitting their prime earning years. As the older stuff ages, the number of people interested in those pieces will decline, how many

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Bruce Hershenson
minished > for the better posters. > Speaking of which, keep your eyes on our site, as I believe our March > auction is going to have some of the best material we have ever offered! > http://movieposters.ha.com > > BTW, Rich, I have never heard anyone say poster collecting was retarded! > Eccentric

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
. - Original Message - From: <mailto:toddfeier...@msn.com>Todd Feiertag To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
centric perhaps, but not retarded. From: MoPo List [<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Phillip W. Ayling Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:31 PM To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Evans
rded. From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Phillip W. Ayling Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? Chritie's results are impressive, but it is a

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
BTW, Rich, I have never heard anyone say poster collecting was retarded! Eccentric perhaps, but not retarded. yeah maybe you're right.. I was probably thinking about comic books : - O Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com _

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-02 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
10:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? Chritie's results are impressive, but it is a function of many things. Art collecting is a "hobby" going back hundreds of years. Poster collecting certainly doesn&#x

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Adrian Cowdry
t: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history with over $5 Billion in sales. http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/christies_2010_global_art_

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Phillip W. Ayling
ff. Somebody else sold higher than I did. The other part of the economics though is also what they originally paid for that poster. - Original Message - From: Todd Feiertag To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: [MOPO] Art Marke

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 3:06:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? At 02:59 PM 2/1/2011, Todd Feiertag wrote: For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history with over $5 Billion in sales. <http://w

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Ron Magid
et Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? At 02:59 PM 2/1/2011, Todd Feiertag wrote: For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history with over $5 Billion in sales. >  >http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/christies_2010_global_art_sales >  >At the same

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
let us not forget the uber-rich have a different opinion of things don't you recall Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein, when questioned about consumer to banker angst, exclamed "we're doing God's work"?? so in that vein, I'm surprised more of these fools haven't screamed out how good they're

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Richard Evans
Sounds right. And considering the state of things for most of us, it's arguably a little gauche of Christies to be shouting about it. Still, having to pay record prices for Picassos must hold its own kind of suffering. On 1 Feb 2011, at 23:06, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: At 02:59 P

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Sean Linkenback
- Original Message - From: Todd Feiertag To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:59 PM Subject: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking?? For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history wi

Re: [MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
At 02:59 PM 2/1/2011, Todd Feiertag wrote: For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history with over $5 Billion in sales. http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/christies_2010_global_art_sales At the same time

[MOPO] Art Market Booming while Poster Market is Sinking??

2011-02-01 Thread Todd Feiertag
For 2010 Christie's had it's best year in it's 245 year history with over $5 Billion in sales. http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/christies_2010_global_art_sales At the same time I've never seen a worse year for movie posters with many good ones going for pennies on the dollar. Interesting