great post Greg...what a story...I bought from theater poster exchange
in Memphis also..i think the guy was Bill Luton?
and most whe i got in were like 3.00 to 6.00 for one sheets.//most were
folded..they printed many in Cleveland at continental litho and also on
east coast Gotham ltiho graph
I bought from Theater Poster Exchange back in the mid-1960s. One sheets were 75 cents, regardless of title. 8 lobby cards a whopping $2.50.
I went to Hollywood with my family on vacation and visited Malcolm Willits at his small store. For ten bucks I bought a one sheet from "The Devil Commands"
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
“Poster Dork” Greg, that made my day! Safe travels!TomA Fellow PDOn Oct 22, 2023, at 2:49 PM, Greg Douglass 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
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
Back in the 1980's Action comic number 1 was what $10,000? Now it's
$3,000,000.
Bought a bunch of 3-D comics for $10 a year ago on eBay. All in plastic bags
and look like they were never read. One of them was Space Vixens which sold for
over $1,000 on eBay and Heritage recently.
You never
Great advice from all.
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:09 AM Alan Adler wrote:
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> 2. When and if (See Dracula)
Fellow Mopes -
In 66 years of collecting, I’ve lived by a few simple rules.
1. Don’t buy anything unless you love it and want to keep it forever - or
someone is throwing it away.
2. When and if (See Dracula) you die, the next kid can enjoy whatever you
collected because you saved it from the
* Sister Mary Frances what in the sam heck are the usual suspects getting into
a lather about? Bruce's post was his routine marketing pitch to look at prices
in his auctions as they are today. Only a person with an intense axe to grind -
would read Bruce's promotion as an academic dissertation
Rich and all,
if you are looking for something you can sit on and wait for it to increase in value, movie posters are not for you. But can you think of any other field of investment where this is true?
If you invested in silver ago comics early enough, you made a fortune. I remember buying
purchases in collectibles that result in investments are serendipitous,
and myself I never collected posters for anything other than spiritual
investment
I only find it funny when people say something is a good investment and
then pointing out why they've been a terrible investment. It was
Well..as a collector, I couldn't be happier that prices have stalled out.
In 50 years I have never bought a poster as an investment, unless I found
an incredible deal that could help me roll it over into something I wanted.
I'd be thrilled if the bottom fell completely out of the market. With my
your better posters would do much better at Heritage, no question.
On 10/18/2023 7:39 PM, Glenn Taranto wrote:
I've told my Niece and Nephew that when I go to send my posters to Bruce.
Explaining, "You'll likely never get what I paid for them but it'll be
money in your pocket you wouldn't
I've told my Niece and Nephew that when I go to send my posters to Bruce.
Explaining, "You'll likely never get what I paid for them but it'll be
money in your pocket you wouldn't have had otherwise. Even if it's five
bucks, get a cup of coffee and think of me!"
Glenn T.
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023
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
of all the ridiculous posts I see people make about collectibles in
general, and movie posters in particular, this one was an absolute laugh.
Pay attention folks: as far as 'investments' go, movie posters has,
sadly, shown itself to be among the least best candidates for a place to
invest
Is this really something that people say to you, or is it just ad copy?
It seems that most of the collectibles that have soared in recent years are
all areas that have 3rd party grading greatly involved and accepted in the
hobby.
Unless movie posters follow suit, we are probably not going to see
Strangely, most people I know want to invest in something that has gone up
in price.
Tommy
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*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
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