Nathalie, In magazine collecting, which I was into for many years, it is common practice to buy a "placeholder" that is in pretty bad shape just to fill a hole in a "run" (which is a one full year or more of the magazine's sequential issues). The idea, of course, is that eventually you replace the placeholder with a better copy when (if) one becomes available. I did this sometimes... other collectors I knew did it a lot. You don't see this as much in movie poster collecting for a couple of reasons:
1) Movie posters are "display" items... meant to be hung up on a wall and seen, so the condition becomes more of an issue whereas magazines tend to be sitting on a shelf, not seen as much. 2) Movie posters don't really have "runs" of sequential issues like magazines do. But there are collectors who collect one of each different size paper for a film... or all of a certain actor... or whatever. In those cases, I can see picking up a placeholder to fill a hole in the run if the price is cheap enough. Lobby cards are psychologically closer to a run of magazines, in that it is a set of 8, so you can have definite holes that need to be filled if you want the whole set. ... which is the long way of saying that what you are thinking of is common practice in some areas of paper collecting. If the item is even somewhat rare, chances are you can always sell the placeholder later for at least what you paid for it when (if) you find a better copy. -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Yafet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 18:05 Subject: [MOPO] Poster question > Did I do the right thing? > > Recently, I passed on a fairly rare lobby card that I needed because it > was trimmed. Not just any kind of trimming, but cut neatly all around > the title and stars' names. Never saw anything quite like it before. > > I was going to get it anyway and have it restored but I didn't. Sold > for under $30. > > Something similar happened several years ago. I bought a damaged card > and three months later, found the same card in near mint condition at a > little local collectibles' show. It was a bargain, but I still have > the other card (for which I overpaid, much to my shame) > > So, I thought that history might repeat itself. > > But, I am still having some doubts because the card was rare; the > colors were bright and I liked it. > > Any opinions on this would be much appreciated. > > Nathalie > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
