Bruce - Obviously you raise some interesting points. I think the answers to these questions are tied together.
More people collect one sheets than larger size posters. Which, I guess, reflects the price difference. The general public are not hard core collectors who want larger size posters. I'm sure the average person just wants to hang a poster on the wall. I only have an interest in larger size posters for my collecting field because I am trying to collect any paper seen in a pressbook. I may have a lot of posters folded in the drawer but I can always pull them out and display them. Not so with larger posters. I'd really need some wall space to be able to do that and since I don't I'll stick to changing my one sheets around. This leads me to number three. While an image may be more interesting on the larger poster than the one sheet, I still can't display it. I have a three sheet for HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY, that in my opinion is a fantastic image even better than the one sheet but I just don't have the wall space to put it up. Perhaps one day. Why go through the expense of getting a poster framed if I have no wall space? One sheets and smaller have no issues like that. Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:02 AM Subject: [MOPO] A couple of questions about YOUR opinion of three-sheets and six-sheets I am currently auctioning three-sheets and six-sheets so of course they are on my mind! Here are my questions: 1) I see a fair number of the three-sheets and six-sheets where they are currently below the price of the corresponding one-sheet! Is that often the case, and if so, why do you think this happens? 2) I sometimes hear collectors say, "I would buy three-sheets and six-sheets, EXCEPT they are too big for my walls". But many of these same collectors have HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS of one-sheets that sit folded up in boxes, and are never displayed. So, if it is going to sit in a box, what difference do they make if they are one-sheets, three-sheets or six-sheets? 3) Some ad campaigns have three-sheets and six-sheets where they are simply "stretched-out" versions of the one-sheets (like Forbidden Planet), but other times the three-sheets and six-sheets have completely different images. I think that when the three-sheets and six-sheets have similar images to the one-sheet they should sell for somewhat more (due to the greater size and rarity), but if they have superior images they should sell for a lot more, and when they have inferior images (like in the case of The Sin of Nora Moran three-sheet, which is nowhere as nice as the one-sheet) they should sell for a lot less. What do YOU think? Bruce 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.
