Ebay is not dead at all. There are many posters available daily. It is the hobby that has become saturated with what is available and what collectors have achieved for their collections. In the last 10 years ebay has delivered a huge amount of material for collectors and has shown collectors what posters are rare and which posters are not rare. Pre-ebay, this information was not available and we had to rely on the John Kisch Poster Price Almanac and MCW. There are at least 20,000 collectors today compared to around 6000 subscribers to MCW. This means ebay created three times the collectors of the past, in this hobby. Not all collect the same posters. Let's take "Crime Doctor". There probably are no more than 20 people who really, really want this poster. There probably are at least 100 out there. This means that 80 will not sell for much money. On the other hand, there are maybe 20 "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman" and there are at least 100 who want the poster. This means there will be bidding for it for quite some time. (Do not take my numbers as gospel as I made them up for this example.) There are only so many posters out there today that command extensive bidding due to the demand outstripping the supply. I assure you-------------Place rare posters on ebay and they will command high prices. Place posters on that are in huge supply and you will not get much for them. This is the reality of the market and it will continue in this direction because just about everyone is on the internet today and has learned how to use the information. This is why flea markets and garage sales are also dead for rare material. Claude L
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