Thought i would chip in on the recent discussion... as far as a poster
bought at auction, on the net,
or from another dealer. If you are a investor, you should look at the
bottom line cost as that is the true
amount of expenditure you have invested. If you had lodgeing, time,
travek, shipping, and the cost of the poster and buyers premium then
thats what is invested in that item.
Now as a business we keep receipts for all costs associated with the
sale ofthe poster, for instance the operating costs of a shop = rent,
electric, gas, advertising, office supplies, the cost of the poster and
inventory
and any other costs associated with making the sale. These are true
costs that affect the bottom line.
Lets say you sell a one sheet for 10,000 as a example. and lets say you
had 5000 in expences to sell that poster your net sale would be 5000.
As for the posters worth. there are no exacts in my opinion, like the
oil industry or real estate most auction
houses and dealers Guess based on comparatives of previous sales.
Problem is the markets have been so unstable because of many factors. I
would sight: Change in buying habits ( new age minimalists) Age
demogrphics ( change in attitudes due to age genres) oversaturation
by auction houses and Ebay.
Fact is when the investor mentallity entered the collection of posters
the many buyers that had the passion however not the finances were
eliminated or became super dealers because they lucked out and saved
some great investment grade material. If you trace back most the
largerer dealers or ones that have prospered they cashed in on early
collections. Well then the market like real estate and beanie babies
and the dot.com bubble became artificial based on a market that expanded
based on the prosepct of scarcity anddemand for condition. As the market
expanded and the marketers at auction houses and ebay sellers built the
intereste to fever pitch, with catologs of fine printing and the Buzz
of the ability to build portfolios of wealth with triple digits profits
seen and more,. The source I see of the problem is the simple
musical chair syndrome.. To much supply vs, Demand and the fact that
the people that were able to
buy at the inflated prices also expanded into larger homes, cars, TV
sets and personal spending that exceeeded thier gross income. Expanses
or base costs have exceeded profits and the aquistiontion
in real estate and stocks and collectable goods have vasilated up and down.
So a house or car or high ticket item have become worth a fraction of
original cost due to a oversupply
and the slow down of consumption as thier is a pending new awareness by
many persons that the perils
of overexcessive living far outweigh the benifits of owning inanimate
objects whose sole purpose
is based on the hopes of investment, As the recent bank fiasco in
California shows. Even the diligent
investors that saved Cash in banks are vulnerable., So in summery I
propose the base issue in all the
recent problems is that we look at how a farmer works the land... he
seeds the ground , tills and tends the fields, yet may or may not get a
harvest.. when he has a good year he needs to budget and replant and
keep the soild fertile... this same process can be applied to life
manangement.. and on a global level.
We are stewards of the earth, and need to address the resources that
support life and people or like
the banking and real estate and food and peoples - we will all go bust.
footnote- yesterday I went to the park - Wildwood- its the estate of the
Stranahan family that owned
Champion Spark plug company- they donated it to city and its a wonderful
place of trails for miles and miles and also has the old stables,
streams, and meadows and old horse riding trails..
anys its great place to go and reconnect to nature, and to get to see
the simple things.. yesterday i sat in a room they made thats a
observation room... and I was able to watch a Hummingbird feed, two
woodchucks, squirrels, a deer doe and two baby fawns feeding, a red
cardinal bird ( ohios state bird)
a Lily pond with water streaming... as I looked it was like seeing a 3-d
film and yet better as this was real
and had the smells and sunlight and was like a Disney wildlife movie..
yet film could never duplicate this experiance..As i walked in the
fields and all the smells of wild flowers and the grasshoppers and other
bugs made noises and even the weeds that made me want to senezze and
eyes water were so beautiful
and majestic as this is the really cool stuff thats inspired every
artist and filmmaker and musician for eternity.. so as I walked i saw
a woman sitting on the bench just soaking in the warm rays of sunlight..
she was absorbing it and I said ' doesnt that feel good"? well it does
as it penatrates you and warms the bones and gives you vitimen d and
regenerates you from inside out...
when you take in the musty oders of decaying forest, and see all the
animals and species and textures of living stuff all over the forest and
the wonder and chaos all around yet all in a balanced harmony
based on a support system of regeneration.. you see that there is some
incredible design at work
and it all can inspire and promote good things.
I suggest to everyone stop and smell the roses.. if you already do....
then Bravo to you.
guess where i am going?? :)
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