I have preparing a BUNCH of stuff I was consigned for upcoming auctions, and
I notice that many of the items that come in bags (lobby cards, still sets,
etc) have price stickers on them. In the case of many "better" single lobby
cards or one-sheets, many have a price in pencil on the back.
What I have been majorly struck by is how often those prices are SO
MASSIVELY out of touch with the prices the items actually sell for! I see $5
items with $50 price tags, $20 items with $250 price tags, etc.
Years ago, I used to be consigned lots of items that had been bought in the
1960s where the pencil prices were a fraction of the then-current selling
price, but this is just the opposite, and is a more recent phenomenon.
I wish each item could tell its own sad story, but they can't, so I wonder
if you think those out-of-touch prices were a case of clever salesmanship on
the part of the seller (they put $50 so they could mark it down to $20 and
look like they were giving a real deal), or maybe the buyers actually DID
pay those prices, because they were fleeced, or maybe the seller was ASKING
those prices because they were misinformed, and they never sold any (like
the guys on eBay with the astronomical buy it nows)..
It reminds me of that guy in MCW who used to take out lots of full-page ads
for his sheet music, at prices 10 times what I ever sold it for.
Has anyone else ever noticed this, and what do you think is the cause of
this massive over-pricing? Does anyone ever pay those prices anymore?
Bruce
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