Tom, paragraphs are your friend.
I am STILL mad at myself for not buying those 100,000 video posters from
you!
Bruce
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Tom Martin <
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> 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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