I just ignore the insanely high-priced titles and buy what I like at a
price I can afford. Fortunately, i have pretty eclectic tastes. Cool
stuff is still out there; I just set my sights a little lower. There are
tons of exploitation posters out there to be had at reasonable prices,
and recently I've been picking up some wonderful posters from the
Sixties druggie films and even some of the Forties black cast titles. It
keeps the hobby fun for me, and that's why I got into it in the first
place. Hopefully, sellers hawking $3,500 WASP WOMAN lobby sets (a crap
set, except for the title card) will eventually tire of seeing them
sitting and gathering dust and rethink their pricing policies. Until
then, I'm a happy "bottom feeder."
Greg Douglass
Doug Taylor wrote:
I think Bruce has it exactly right on this. I too, am tired of the
current cycle driven by investors. It will change, though, and when it
does the fun will return along with the collectors and lovers of movie
paper.
Regards
DBT
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*From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
*Bruce Hershenson
*Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 8:13 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] I'm growing tired of this hobby
The same thing happened 30+ years ago in the comic book "hobby". Once
the Price Guide took hold, you NEVER saw anything listed for less than
"guide price", and slowly all the collectors, who had a love of the
actual comics themselves starting getting out, and the "investors"
moved in.
But eventually the investor types get tired of buying high and selling
low, and move on to some other hobby, and when that happens you will
surely find some real bargains. Have patience!
Bruce
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Walton, Jeffrey
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
It used to be fun hunting for the next poster, even hunting on the
internet used to be fun….not anymore…it seems a lot of dealers are
afraid of fair market value….again I use the same scenario as I have
done before…if you go to movie posters on ebay list by the highest
posters first, auctions only, you’ll see what I mean. You have to
scroll pretty long for anyone selling something without an extremely
high reserve, you’ll have to scroll pretty long to find someone
actually bidding on a poster….the only one that seems to be generating
some interest is a saul bass window card. Don’t even get me started on
the buy it nows…3 breakfast at tiffany’s one sheet the cheapest
starting at $7500 most say rare…rare? Really I just saw three in three
seconds…show me a British quad for war of the worlds and I’ll show you
rare….an insert for 50ft woman for 10 g’s….didn’t a one sheet sell for
a lot less just less than one week ago.
Go ahead nail me to a cross but I’ve become so disenchanted lately
with the dealer mentality (and it’s not just movie posters). Hey I
understand about profit, cost analysis, and all that jazz …I’ve said
this before and I’ll say it again…profit is one thing…blood from a
stone is another….now everyone seems to wait for their piece to bring
in the next big coinage….years gone bye, one would buy a poster for
$25, sell if for $75…a tidy profit…now if one buys a poster for $25
and hears one just for $500….guess what the new price of the poster
they have in stock…$500….or even $450 to make it seem like a bargain.
I used to add probably a poster once a month to my collection…not
anymore…it’s not that I have it all, I see a ton of material out there
that warrants a bid, it’s just everyone wants a kings ransom for it
now so guess what…they can keep in their stock rooms and I’ll find
something else to keep the economy rolling.
Bruce aside, why can’t we bring back fair market value, why be afraid
of the knowledge of the collector….if you want to sell a poster let
the people decide on the price it should sell…dealers should deal..not
be in retail.
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