Dennis
if they are as experienced & talented auctioneers of movie paper as
you suggest, then their eBay live auctions do not portray such experience.
as previously said by others, their pictures are obviously stock
images for many items, condition stated is diametric to the pictures
of images that may or may not be the items being sold (Invasion of
the Body Snatchers lobby set is a good example) and even the starting
bid prices/reserves look askew
good examples of that are:
Forbidden Planet 1 sh, graded A- starts at $3000 cn
Invasion of teh Saucerman 1sh starts at $3250cn
Day the Earth Stood Still 1sh starts at $4000cn
and yet a Psycho 1sh starts at $1250cn
Night & the City TC starts at $100cn
Invisible Boy LC starts at $100cn (might be the best card, but who
cares on that title?)
but the simple fact that the pictures have no obvious representation
of the items being sold is in my opinion, a very poor show of experience.
myself, I wouldn't bid on anything unless I actually had someone
there like Dave Rosen who could examine the posters in person..
Rich================
At 12:47 PM 10/29/2006, Dennis Michaels wrote:
Craig:
I do not know of the Ritchies Auction House that YOU are talking
about, BUT the
Ritchies Auction of Movie Posters is in TORONTO this next Saturday and is a
VERY WELL ESTABLISHED and WELL KNOWN Movie Poster Auction formerly associated
with The Toronto Film Festival. Mike Orlando of The Hollywood Canteen in
Toronto runs it and is a very well known and reputable dealer, known
to many of
the more established people in this business. Please go to www.Ritchies.com
for more REAL INFORMATION about this auction before spreading rumors of no
authority.
Dennis Michaels
www.RareHollywood.com; www.RarePoster.com ;www.RareDVD.com
; www.RareVideo.com
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> Ritchie's Auction is a large industrial auction house in
Vancouver, which has
over the years expanded world-wide and is publically-traded, but I
doubt it has
enough expertise in paper collectibles to give comfort to an experienced
collector. Craig
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> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ritchies Auction
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> Wow, I didn't see that one. It's in very poor shape.
"Condition: A???!!" RED
> FLAG.
> I'll pass on this auction.
> -_David
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> on 10/28/06 6:43 PM, Sean Linkenback at
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> From: David Kuspa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Does anyone have experience with Ritchies Auctions in Canada?
> >
> > I would be extremely careful with this auction unless I was
attending in
> > person. It is quite obvious that a majority of images are NOT of the
posters
> > they are selling, and then the grading on the items they do have real
images
> > of appears to be horrible. Look at the Invasion of the Body Snatchers
lobby
> > set for example that is graded A-. It has cards with pieces
missing and
tape
> > stains. How in the world do you get an A- out of this? With
the super-
steep
> > buyers premium, plus having to arrange your own 3rd party
shipping, this
is
> > one I would definitely avoid.
> >
> > Sean
> >
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