Here's the thing about expensive movie posters. It doesn't amount to a hill of beans what all the "rooters" think a poster *SHOULD* sell for. All that matters is what the few well-heeled bidders think, and when one of the major players (Kirk Hammett) switches from buyer to seller, that is a *HUGE *reversal in the tiny high end part of the hobby.
The entire hobby is a pyramid. I have sold to 31,000 movie paper fans, and maybe 20,000 of those would never spend even $100 on a single item. Probably another 8,000 would never spend $500, and probably another 2,000 would never spend $1,000. That last 1,000 or so *HAVE *spent $1,000 or more on a single poster. How many have spent $40,000 or more? A couple of dozen or so. And it is what *THEY *think of the Metropolis insert that matters, not what anyone else thinks. I am content to keep mostly selling to those 20,000 who like posters between $1 and $100. THAT part of the hobby is doing quite well! Bruce P.S. My estimates are wild guesses, although I could, if I wanted, analyze my sales and see the actual numbers. The true numbers might be off, but the basis concept is 100% sound. The top of the pyramid is incredibly tiny, just as it is in comic books, or baseball cards, or Van Gogh paintings. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > first time I said $75-125k > then I said $100-125k > > I still think at $100k, I was closest.. LOLOLOL > > > > At 08:41 PM 3/19/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > So who was closest? > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:26 AM, allen day <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll take some of that action. > > $168k (includes BP) > > ad > > --- On Fri, 3/19/10, Brek Anderson < [email protected]> wrote: > > From: Brek Anderson < [email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Any bets on METROPOLIS? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 12:45 AM > > > $268,361 Bet 25 cents. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:24:36 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Any bets on METROPOLIS? > > much less than that I think.. $100-125k > > > At 11:13 AM 3/18/2010, James Richard wrote: > Is there a betting pool going on what the METROPOLIS poster will go for > this weekend at Heritage? > > I'm thinking around $200,000 (since it is "only an insert" and doesn't > actually have the image of the robot-Maria on it). > > http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7019&Lot_No=85446 > > This Friday, March 19th the 'Rarest Of The Rare' 1927 Metropolis Movie > Poster is up for Auction <http://??> > 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. > > 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.
