Movie Posters are not really their bag. They are the button kings,
however.
For the record, MovieArt has never consigned to Hakes, although we have
bought a couple of things, I think.
Kirby
On Jan 11, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Sean Linkenback wrote:
I look at this listing and it makes me wonder why in the world
someone would sell an expensive poster through Hakes?
1) The posted image is incredibly tiny, and even when I click on it
to “zoom in” it pulls up an image that is barely 4”x4” – heck I use
a larger image than that as my SMALL image when I sell lobby cards.
2) The description is non-existent: “Extensive professional
restoration and color-touch-ups”. That’s it?! No letter or number
grade, no description of pre-restoration condition or exactly what
kind of work was performed.
3) A bidding process that alienates prospective high bidders
(minimum of a 10% increase instead of more traditional bidding)
4) A closing process that if Heritage or Bruce were to try people
would scream bloody murder: A 3-hour closing window, with an
infinite number of resets. Then when mercifully a 3-hour period
goes by without a bid, the item still isn’t closed, but you get a
new 10-minute clock, with another possibly infinite number of
extensions. So if I am the high bidder on an item at $700 when it
“closes”, after 2 hours and 58 minutes someone could bid $770, I
immediately outbid them at $847 and then have to wait another 3
hours to make sure I win. Unless of course it’s after 1AM and 10
minutes go by without a bid in the entire auction, then the entire
auction can suddenly be declared closed.
5) No eBay (or MovieposterBid) exposure and very little advertising/
promotion.
Unfortunately the first thing that comes to mind is that it would
be great if you have a lesser condition, heavily-restored piece
that you don’t want people to get a good look at, and don’t want
people to have an accurate description of so that you can try to
take advantage of them.
But if you have a nice poster in excellent condition, I don’t see
why you would want to sell it through a company that doesn’t give a
good description, doesn’t provide large images, doesn’t cross-
promote items and has archaic bidding/closing rules that discourage
bidders.
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Kirby McDaniel
One of the interesting things about being a dealer is when a rare
poster
that one has formerly sold suddenly reappears on the market.
Years ago I bought a six sheet for GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. …
Now the poster itself has turned up in Hake's auction, with an
opening bid of $15,000. The poster was worn, and Hake's
has so stated in their listing. Still one of the most interesting
animation six sheets. I don't recall that this has been seen
since I sold it, but I could be wrong. Too many auctions
since then.
http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=193&ItemNo=62687
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680 www.movieart.net
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