Here's the problem I have with that logic. Where did the "of which some 50,000 have bid on posters over the last 10 years" statistic come from?
Where do any of the high reported prices come from? On both of these, we have to take these stats as a matter of faith, for we never see who these "50,000 bidders" are, and in fact we never see who ANY of these bidders are, since they all have hidden IDs. On the other hand, we DO see as a proven fact that many, many of the items that are REPORTED to have "sold" for high amounts quickly return to the auction block and often "sell" for LESS the next time, and sometimes they quickly come back for a third round. So each person needs to weigh all the above together and draw their own conclusions. Bruce On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > I have almost 1500 members at MoviePosterBid > Bruce has about 5000 members > > Heritage has over 2 million people throughout the entire list of bidders, > of which some 50,000 have bid on posters over the last 10 years > > I think that speaks for itself > > then add in that their bidders are some of the wealthiest people in the > world and who do not buy anywhere else... > > well, that's your answer > > > > > At 01:07 PM 3/8/2009, Mike Laskowsky wrote: > > Just curious of your views on Ebay auctions verses big auction houses like > Herritage and many others. > > It just surprises me that I see such great vintage movie posters and > lobbies on Ebay by well known sellers with highly collected titles in great > condition and priced fairly, yet no buyers. Yet Herritage always seems to > pull in winning bidders who bid more than you can buy it Ebay and plus a 20% > buyers premium. I have also won items from Herritage, but most times find > their grading to be a bit off. I have bought posters that were graded Fine+ > and when received, I would not even had given it a grade of Fine. Most Ebay > sellers will accept returns where Herritage will not. > > What are your views on these auctions? > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
