Michael B.
It goes two ways. I have taken the time to dig out posters on the Mopo want list, offer then at what I felt was a reasonable price only to get comments that they are way too high. They wanted them at low wholesale or a garage sale price. I have sold a couple of autographed pictures from Mopo watch list, but for the most part it can be a waist of time for the seller. If you tend to use the cheapest example of a non-one sheet price in all sale achieves, you are not going to inspire sellers like me who might have something to take the time to go to my warehouse and dig something out knowing it is going to be a waist of time. Especially if it is a poster under $100. Sure you shouldn't expect to pay 200 or 300%, but don't expect sellers like me to take the time if you are not willing to pay a fair, close to retail price. One time it worked out well for me. I had a three sheet I offered to a Moper's want list for $3000 and it was kindly turned down. Since I had taken the pictures it inspired me to put it on eBay and it sold for $3500. Brek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael B" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:51:06 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [MOPO] WANT LISTS---QUESTION FOR COLLECTORS Although dealers post the size and titles they are seeking for customers, so do collectors like me. i am rarely successful. The dealers who respond to Want Lists more often than not, offer items at inflated prices. The WANT LANT i posted last week was another wasteful endeavor. My WANT LIST posting is printed below. One item i sought was HITLER'S CHILDREN. The half sheet was offered to me at 200. Bruce at emovieposter sold an insert (i remember seeing it with some damage) last year for 33.00 !!! Another----someone offered me a one sheet of a diff title almost 3 times what Heritage sold it for last year. Another----offered me 2 reissues of 2 diff titles at MORE than the orig would have cost---and the re-issues of these titles always sell for a small fraction of the orig. YES----BUT, INFREQUENTLY, DO I MAKE "BUYING CONNECTIONS" ON MOPO. Just because people post their WANTS, doesn't mean they are desperate or stupid. I recently had a great off-ebay transaction with Channing. So.....you can use MOPO for acquisitions---but be careful. I got LOST WEEKEND OS many years ago from a truly great collector. It had some damage, and this super-honorable person refused to sell it to me until he took explicit close-ups of the damaged areas. Recently, i traded some Hershenson Books..... michael ((((see below------------- I am seeking the following in the first section, and have for sale or trade the items in the second section. I collect noir, Hitchcock, 40s---so if you want something….tell me what you have. In the past 3 months, most of the posters I have purchased have NOT been on my WANT LIST, so let me know what quality pieces you have. ((((I ONLY COLLECT AMERICAN ORIGINALS))) Most of the posters at the bottom will be consigned, shortly……. WANTED: THE MORTAL STORM – 1940 SPIRAL STAIRCASE (half style A only) THE THIRD MAN (insert) A PLACE IN THE SUN (half style A only) SORRY WRONG NUMBER (insert or half style B) THE WOMAN IN WHITE – 1948 ( half style A only) THE LONG DARK HALL – 1951, rex harrison (half only) TOMORROW THE WORLD (insert or half style B) HITLER’S CHILDREN (insert or half only) TOMORROW IS FORVER (half only) BOOMERANG (insert or half) TO EACH HIS OWN (insert or style B) THE PROWLER (insert or half) THE WINDOW (half only) SHADOW ON THE WALL (half only) THE STRANGER, 1946 (half style B only) THE BIG CLOCK (insert or half only) DORIAN GRAY (half style B only) THE UNKNOWN MAN (half only) AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR TRADE: ALL ABOUT EVE, insert PSYCHO, insert BIRDS, half NAZI AGENT, one sheet linen BACKSTREET, 1940 one sheet linen KABARET, POLISH one sheet CROSSFIRE, insert, linen restored ROPE, half MOST OF YOU KNOW ME, SO PLEASE BE REASONABLE AS TO YOUR OFFERS…… thanks--- michael 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.
