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Wow – this is a first, an actual
reply by Jack to a post. If you understand that classics will sell
for more, I’m not certain that I understand your complaint. Are you trying to say that ALL movie paper has some sort of inherent
value or that you are upset that more perfect access to information has made it
so prices on Return of Durango Kid posters have fallen to a more realistic price
level faster than you had hoped? There’s still no rule that states
anything old must be valuable. There are a great many things that were
once popular and no longer are – well before eBay even came around. Roy
Rogers and Gene Autry sales are disappearing either due to attrition or
collectors finishing collections or both? Ok, fine – that I understand. But
certainly it is to be expected. People collect things that they are
nostalgic for, not things you might be nostalgic about. (And yes, historically important/classic
cinema. It is a side point, but interesting to note that while you have no
desire to part with classic paper, thus helping it escalate in price by keeping
it from the marketplace, you lament that prices are dropping on the dregs you
and other sellers dump in the market). I’ve done three Courts shows this
year and have been VERY pleased with sales at each. I know you didn’t
get my opinion on sales there and will assume that you probably talked to other
dealers that sell material similar to yours. If so, I am certain they
backed up your opinion. But the fact is I still see a growing hobby. I
am seeing new collectors in the marketplace, they might not collect what you or
I do or make their purchases the same way, but they are there. Sales
results from dealers and auction houses bare this out. Do I wish more people attended shows? Of
course I do, and that would be true no matter what the numbers were. I
have a great time talking with fellow collectors and seeing posters in person
instead of on a computer screen. I don’t care if they know who
Charlie Chan is or not. Just the fact that they are interested in posters is enough
for me. Sean Linkenback From: MoPo List
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Sean Linkenback mentioned to me that the quality and
etc and my bitcching lamenting the drop in the shows attendance and sales by
dealer was becoming repetative. Well , of course the classics will sell in the higher
range, and obviously I could put my Outlaw, my large hand painted
"Misfits" Italian, Niagra, Treasure of sierra Madre on ebay but I
won't. My point is and was, that these 50's and 60's "b"'s 1/2
sheets, inserts, one sheets well, they were selling even in the 25 to 50 dollar
range. And the So keep watching and you'll see the shows are not
going to be bringing in the "big huge crowds they once did!" Ray
Courts! He wasa the King and he had and has the best of the best. But the
dealers there just don't have the sales. How do I know? I personally spoke to
many of them at the Meanwhile look at http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmovpostQQhtZ-1 thanks
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