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Hey, I recently bought this very poster in fine condition in a
private deal for $200 bucks and considered it a very good price -- I based that
evaluation on what similar Chans had been going for in many places... including
eBay and other auction venues and what the retail prices are on various
websites. I'm very surprised yours didn't get snapped up at the $195 Buy It Now
price, but this is summer and the auction doldrums have set in, I guess -- it
just happened that the right people didn't see the auction that week. This is a
big problem with the 7-to-10 day time frame of an eBay auction. One of the
reasons the "big sales" by Bruce and Heritage often get higher prices is because
they are well-advertised weeks if not months in advance and that gives a lot
more people a chance to become aware that a particular poster they are
interested in will be coming onto the block).
As for your dilemma, I wouldn't take anything like $130 for it unless
you're truly desperate for a little cash. Anything less than $200 for any 1940's
Chan one-sheet in fine condition is a flat-out steal.
I will gladly entertain private offers to sell me 1940's one-sheet Chans in
fine condition for $130 any time. Please. Call me.
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 17:10
Subject: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma!
Assistance Please!
AKA: WHAT WOULD CHARLIE CHAN DO?
I'm wondering what
others' thoughts are on a situation I'm in. I've run
a one-sheet for
CHARLIE CHAN IN DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS on EBAY the last 2
weeks. First off, I
ran it as a featured item with a price starting
around $250. It didn't
sell. Then, I ran it as a regular listing with a
starting price of $175.
and a Buy It Now of $195. It still didn't sell.
Feeling frustrated and as
if I had wildly miscalculated the value of
the poster, I decided to go for
broke and start it out at $.99. (that
is, under a dollar). So far the
poster is at about $10. which seems
laughable but who knows what this thing
is really worth (maybe it
really is an unimportant title in the Charlie
Chan canon). In the
meanwhile, a buyer has e-mailed me and said he meant to
get in touch
with me a few weeks back after the featured auction and if I
pulled it,
he would send me an immediate payment of $130. My thought on
this is
that the corrrect thing to do is to just let the auction run its
course
and advise him to bid accordingly. What do people here
think?
Here's the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=2321&item=7522426572
Thanks,
Channing Thomson in San
Francisco
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