I think that any collector or dealing who's looking to buy or bid on a
high-end poster or lobby card should be CAUTIOUSLY CONCERNED before proceeding
with his possible acquisition, but I can see the lever of PARANOIA and FEAR
reaching some kind of a fever pitch soon...and I this 99% of it
having been given to a non-poster eBay seller on consignment).
- Original Message -
From: rixpost...@aol.com
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:17 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Subject: Re:THE SLOW DESTRUCTION OF OUR HOBBY and OUR PART IN
IT
Sure
Hey, I DON'T know if the Creature one sheet is real. But I certainly
wouldn't consider bidding on it with the intention of possibly spending
thousands of dollars until I'd discussed with the seller WHO did the
linenbacking +
restoration (hopefully not Jaime). If I were able to get that
I agree with Rick
we must act in haste and should act responsibly so that fear does not grab hold
Rick's post on that matter is spot on.
I also agree this the next year or two could be a great time to buy
original unrestored posters and like the comic book world, unrestored
items will sell for
rather have an
unrestored item than an item I found he was currently working on.
JR
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:51:53 -0700
From: sa...@comic-art.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Subject: Re:THE SLOW DESTRUCTION OF OUR HOBBY and OUR PART
IN IT
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
I agree with Rick
we must
I agree with Rich, but we also have to remember all of the linenbacked,
restored posters in hundreds of collectors' poster collections out there that
they've accumulated through the years. Just because a poster is
linenbacked, it shouldn't automatically be viewed as an inferior piece than
Rick,
Otherwise, we ourselves will be an INTREGAL PART of turning Movie
Poster Collecting EVEN ON IT'S HIGHEST LEVEL into a BUYER's MARKET. If
the day comes when you can buy an authentic, original CASABLANCA US
1-Sheet for $7500 or an original FRANKENSTEIN US 1-Sheet for
$75,000, our hobby
JR, the one subject you do not touch on is that in a deflationary
market, many people see the value of their holdings decrease as well
these losses of value have a chilling effect to the overall health of
the hobby/business
not a very good thing
also, seeing as the internet actually already
Rich,
It's funny how nobody remembers how absolutely great everyone thought
Ebay was at first. Suddenly there was this huge market you could sell
into and you actually got *much higher* prices for things than you
otherwise would have. I sold my collection of early WEIRD TALES pulps in
1998
I agree that Jerry Lewis, Sinatra-as-an-actor, Robert Mitchum and
even Steve McQueen, Elvis and many others have continued to fade in
buyer interest as those names fade from our popular culture -- but
that would have happened even if online internet auctions had never
come to pass.
yes,
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