I type fast... Obviously I knew it was 2001... the subject line says
2001. Don't know why Star Wars came out in a slip of the tongue (or
fingers)... expect maybe it had something to do with hose who don't
consider 2001 the seminal sci-fi film of the last half of the 20th
century are those who consider Star Wars the seminal sci-fi film of the
last half of the 20th century.
And I don't follow 2001 posters any more than I do Star Wars posters.
But if pressed I would personally pick Blade Runner as the seminal
sci-fi film of the last half of the 20th century. While I did think 2001
was the greatest when first released... I thought Star Wars was as
well... but I watched all three again recently -- along with several
other contenders -- and Blade Runner holds up better overall as a film
and a vision of the future.
-- JR
Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote:
JR
FYI, Star Wars has very little, if anything to do with what many consider to be THE
seminal science fiction film of the latter part of the twentieth century, Kubrick's
"2001."
On Nov 28, 2009, at 12:35 PM, "James Richard"
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm not saying that a 100% markup is necessarily out of line... although I
don't know of any other businesses that can get it these days. It's just that
there is a big difference between putting a 100% or 200% markup on a poster a
seller got for $20... or even $2,000... and putting a 100% to 200% markup on
something the seller bought for $5,000 or $50,000. The higher the initial
acquisition cost, normally the less likely it is that a buyer can be found
willing to pay double or triple what the seller got it for recently -- unless
the seller just picks up one incredible bargain to begin with.
Not being a collector or follower of Star Wars posters, I really have no idea
if the $12,500 is a reasonable/realistic price or not... or even if $5,500 was
a great bargain. I just found it very strange that the same set of posters
would sell for such a huge disparity in prices within a few weeks of each
other. We'll have to wait and see if the buyer with zero feedback actually pays
for them.
P.S. -- Dave, I didn't follow the auction, but I didn't think it was a Buy It
Now -- weren't people talking about it having a minimum starting bid of $10,625
and finally selling for $12,500?
-- JR
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