Helmut What do you think it means when an item "sells" for $7,100 in one auction and then the exact same item sells to you for $2,600 at the same auction company the following year? Did the buyer of the item re-sell it immediately at a massive loss? Why would anyone do that? Did he never pay for it, so it reverted to the auction house? Was there an original consignor who got paid for the $7,100 "sale", or did that "sale" get cancelled?
Whatever the answers, I guess that person's massive loss is your great gain, so congratulations! Bruce On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > I consider myself extremely lucky after this auction: Fortunately, there > was hardly any interest in PLANET OF THE APES this time, so I could fill the > last two MAJOR gaps in > my personal POTA collection: > I could add the complete set of advance subway posters (I was the only > bidding at $2,000). There are a few of these sets around, so I somewhat > expected to win this. > > Also, they had the complete set of POTA door panels, all in great > condition. I believe that this is the same set that sold at Heritage for > about $7,100 last year. > In the meantime they were linenbacked but nevertheless, there was hardly > any interest, so I got them for $2,600 hammer price (about $3,100 all in). > Now these are probably not the prettiest posters you can find, but for me > it closes the last major gap in my Apes collection, and the price was FAR > from my maximum, so I'm one happy camper right now! > > You will see these (along with the other POTA posters I own) in the GALLERY > section of my website sometime in the near future! > > Helmut > > Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:13:43 +0100 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] I think the economy is getting better > To: [email protected] > > you've bid on the wrong items! Seriously, there is a definite shift in > collection taste. I noticed that the Ossessione fotobusta set did not sell > for a $300 opening bid. Just two years ago they were making 3 or 4 times > that price easily. > I am the happy winner of a Thief Of Bagdad onesheet in very fine condition > for $365 including BPM. A year or two ago I bid $1200 for a similar( or the > same )one at Bruce's without a chance of winning it. > > On the other hand the halfsheet (indeed best poster for this title) for The > Killer Shrews already notched up $400 before I could even click the bid > button and this poster was not in the best condition by all means. > > One thing's for sure, by the time I wanna sell my posters off, they're > probably not in fashion. > Wim > Op 16 nov 2009, om 17:03 heeft Walton, Jeffrey het volgende geschreven: > > For I was outbid on every single item in the Heritage auction....every > item….didn’t get any of them….oh well..more money for next time I guess > _____________ > > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the > message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message > in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please > be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving > and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. > _____________ > 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. > > > 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.
