>-----Original Message-----
>From: JR
>And Sean, if you check, you'll see MovieGoods. com still has what they
>claim are original DEAD MAN'S CHEST original advances which they bumped up
>to $29.95 for the release...
>You comment about picking up as many tubes full at $9.95 each tells the
>tale and makes my point: How many sellers do you think there are out there
>who have done exactly that? What do you think that is going to do to the
>long-term prospects for the prices of original posters on this or any other
>modern blockbuster? There are people on there sitting on thousands of them,
>just waiting for the day they can sell them for big money. Me, I won't be
>holding my breath.
My comment was made about the first movie advance - the one with the
Skeleton at the wheel of the ship (sorry if that was not clear).
Certainly such a new poster that was printed in the thousands upon thousands
should be widely available today, yet a quick look at eBay shows not a
single one available for auction. Where are the profit takers looking to
cash-in during the new movie's popularity? Surely this is a great time to
sell?
I would love to have some of them. Whether they will be hunted by
collectors in the future I don't know - heck there might not even be posters
in the future, let alone collectors, but I am willing to put my money where
my mouth is and buy what I believe in.
As for how many are printed and Pirates is being shown in so many more
theaters than Empire, I understand your point but don't necessarily agree.
Were you even collecting back then? Do you have any actual knowledge of
poster print runs from that time period? Don't you think people said things
like "Heck, Empire is a huge blockbuster, it's opening on the most screens
of any movie ever - the posters can't possibly be worth anything in the
future cause there are tons of Star Wars collectors and every one of them is
getting a copy (or two) of this poster now. There will be tons of mint
rolled and folded ones in the future."
And yet Empire posters continue to be bought by new and old collectors who
have never before owned one.
It's all relative to the demand in the future and how many of them actually
are saved. Even though "everybody" knew Empire was huge and dealers bought
tons of Empire posters to have in stock and sell, somehow the prices have
still risen and people still want them.
Will this happen to Pirates or any modern movie in the future? I don't
know, but I wouldn't count against it.
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