Grey, In the case of the Black Cat one-sheet that you sold this past week I certainly know that to be true. I talked to the buyer recently, and he informed me that the proxy bid he left with Heritage was much higher than the hammer price on the poster and he was very pleased.
----- Original Message ----- From: Smith, Grey - 1367 To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] I think the economy is getting better Helmut, Thank you for your response here. I am assuming that your bid was the low end of what you thought you would pay or were willing to pay, was it not? Many if not most of our bidders know this to be true of Heritage Auctions. From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] I think the economy is getting better Bruce, I hear what you're saying, BUT... In this case, I know both last year's consignor and last year's bidder, and the deal was 100% legit. (I wouldn't have revealed the information if hadn't been completely sure about the background story.) Plus, individual door panels show up occasionally, but they are usually in rather bad shape (take a look at your own sales records), and it's almost impossible to find a complete set, especially in such great condition. (Knowing where they come from, I also know that they were in excellent shape before backing.) It's just something I never thought I'd own. (And while I would have paid more, it wasn't even near 7G.) Helmut Am 17.11.2009 um 14:24 schrieb Bruce Hershenson: 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. 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