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Thanks to all who sent a URL so I could take a look at this famous image...
so I did... and... OK, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all
that, but folks, this one just doesn't do it for yours truly. In fact, my
initial reaction was "you've got to be kidding me!" The undisputed fact that
others love it enough to pay $1200 smackeroos for it is living proof that there
are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy...
By the way, if you've got $1200 bucks to spend, you can pick up a fine
original US insert of REAR WINDOW on www.MoviePosterBid.com this
weekend for a few bucks less than that. Ain't freedom of choice a
wonderful thing?
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 17:03
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Huh? MIDNIGHT COWBOY
original polish for how much?
Hi JR,
here it is:
http://polishposter.com/html/poster0420.html
but
I don't have it for sale anyway
best,
Krzysztof
Marcinkiewicz
Polish Posters Shop
phone: +48 601
723269
phone/fax: +48 71 7967336
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://polishposter.com
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Friday,
August 27, 2004, 23:21 (my time), you wrote:
with subject: [MOPO]
Huh? MIDNIGHT COWBOY original polish for how much?
> Kirby,
Wolfgang and others,
> Asked and answered. Thank you. By the way, I
didn't think anyone necessarily "jumped on me" but several people did
immediately step up to answer my questions -- which is exactly what I wanted.
See?
> It is possible to ask a challenging question on MoPo bid and not
be chewed to pieces (if you're careful how you phrase it, that is... :)
> But seriously, I do thank everyone for adding a bit more
information to my, um, "vast store" of movie poster knowledge. I had not seen
the more recent auction and private prices in the $1200 price
> range
that have been achieved recently -- the most recent I saw was Bruce's sale in
his database that happened 2 years ago at the $685.75 figure I mentioned. Boy,
somebody apparently made out like
> a bandit on that one -- where was
everyone else while he was stealing that poster? How come you dealers let that
one slip by?
> So, now that I've got everyone wondering... can
anyone direct me to a URL with an image of this Polish poster that some people
seem to be willing to pony up $1200 bucks for? Now I'm really
curious.
> By the way, this does NOT change my general concern about
the very significant spike I've noticed in asking prices for non-U.S. posters
lately. That still bothers us, it does...
> --
JR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
Kirby McDaniel
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 13:54
>
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Huh? MIDNIGHT COWBOY original polish for how
much?
> MIDNIGHT COWBOY Polish is a poster that has
had a distinguished history.
> Helmut's price is not as
high as several other venues. Posteritati had
> this
poster and offered and sold it for $1200 in 1998.
Christie's
> London
> auctioned the poster
for $1220 in September 2000. Dwight Cleveland had
>
one in 1997 and offered it for $950. Judy Sullivan at the European
Art
> Company in Colorado has offered the poster for
$1500. Currently
> Posteritati has one on their
website for $2500.
> If someone bought one from Bruce or
anyone else for $658.75, that's
> great for them. They
were there, they were paying attention and they
> raised
their
> paddle. But that doesn't mean that that poster
is only worth $658.75
> give or take 20%. It just
doesn't work like that. And here is another
>
question: where can I buy one today for $658.75? That is the
other
> side of the coin that people who tout auctions never
address. If you
> are buying a RETURN OF THE JEDI one
sheet, it's a valid question.
> Because you will see one at
auction day after tomorrow. Because they
> are not
that scarce.
> Every poster is a different case.
This poster is not that easy to find.
> MovieArt Austin
does not have a copy of this poster.
> Kirby
McDaniel
> MovieArt Original Film
Posters
> P.O. Box 4419
> Austin TX
78765-4419
> 512 479
6680
> On Aug 27, 2004, at 1:21 PM,
J R wrote:
> > Pardon my impudence, but just what is
it that makes this polish poster
> > worth $1200? In
checking Bruce's price database (where the prices
> >
realized are always top-dollar and better than you'll find
anywhere
> > else), I see that the US version regularly
goes for between $200 to
> > $400. Bruce did sell the
Polish version of the one sheet two years ago
> > for
$685.75 cents.
> >
> > My ignorance
about Polish posters leaves me unaware of the special
> >
circumstances surrounding this one. I am guessing the art is
really
> > superb and that it is much harder to find than
most other editions of
> > this poster. But what has
changed in the past 2 years to justify a
> > doubling in
price? Was there a big auction where this poster hit the
>
> $1200 price mark as a result of competitive bidding or
what?
> >
> > I'm asking this as a
curious, disinterested party who has no desire to
> > buy
a MIDNIGHT COWBOY one sheet from any country at any price. But
I
> > am a bit perplexed and it ties in with something
else that's been
> > simmering on the back boiler in what
I laughingly call my mind:
> >
> >
Lately I have noticed this sort of asking price increase happen with
a
> > lot of posters from other countries -- and the high
prices being
> > asked are not necessarily being asked by
overseas dealers either --
> > they are being asked by
dealers here in the US who have these
> > non-English
language posters in their inventory.
>
>
> > So in general -- and to no one person
specifically -- I'd like to ask:
> > What's the deal
here? I know the value of the Euro has increased over
> >
the US dollar recently -- but it sure hasn't doubled or tripled
and
> > you bought most of your inventory before that
happened, didn't you?
> > And that special circumstance
only applies to dealers outside of the
> > US anyway. I
know there are people -- myself included -- who have
> >
started buying non-U.S. posters in recent years because in many
cases
> > the graphics are better and, perhaps even more
important, because in
> > virtually all cases the prices
have been "better".
> >
> > Of
course, anyone can ask whatever price they want for their
posters.
> > It's a free world. But my humble suggestion
to those who sell these
> > posters: Don't get greedy.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden
> > eggs -- let
the auction market work and don't try to arbitrarily
> >
double or triple the prices of these posters -- least you nip
the
> > recent increased trend towards buying non-US
posters in the bud.
> > Speaking just for myself, if this
keeps up I personally will probably
> > go back to
focusing pretty much on US posters.
>
>
> > -- JR
> > ----- Original
Message -----
> > From: Helmut
Hamm
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:06
> > Subject:
[MOPO] FS: MIDNIGHT COWBOY original polish
>
>
> > Original release polish poster, art by Swierzy,
a landmark in polish
> > poster
design.
> >
> > Very Fine condition,
unfolded. $1,200.
> >
> > Images on
request.
> >
> > Helmut
Hamm
> > Galerie filmposter.net
>
>
> >
> > Galerie
filmposter.net
> > Hackesche Hoefe, Hof
VII
> > Rosenthaler Str. 40/41
> >
10178 Berlin
> > Fon:
+4930.308.24.953
> > Fax:
+4930.308.24.954
> >
> > http://www.filmposter.net
>
>
>
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