Questions: Why was it not described as a re-release? I thought that was the scurviest eBay trick (listing the year only, but not the re-release aspect).
*WHO* determined *THIS* is the "Holy Grail" piece for 2001 collectors? How and when did it get a $2000 reserve? Before or after the bid of $2,000 was placed? If I were a rich casual collector, I might well bid on this poster, never realizing I was bidding on a re-release, or that the piece is a "Holy Grail" in the minds of the consignor and the auctioneer only. But once I found out the truth, I would be mightily pissed off. Penny wise and pound foolish! Bruce On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Brude <[email protected]> wrote: > Waaaay over-priced for a 1970 RR half-sheet. > Opening bid of $200 is more in line (and I still wouldn't buy it). > > > > > > > --- On *Sat, 3/20/10, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Any bets on METROPOLIS? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12:08 PM > > > Of course, we won't hear the end of every story out there, but I'm pretty > optimistic, that the majority of 'recorded' sales actually go through. Of > course, sometimes the same copy of a poster comes back to auction, but I'm > under the impression that quite a number of high-priced posters are not > nearly as rare as they are (were?) assumed to be. > > Be that as may, what do you guys think of this $2,000 poster: > > I think I've seen it somewhere before, but $2,390 for an R70 halfsheet on A > SPACE ODYSSEY? And only one bidder. > > http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7019&Lot_No=85470 > > I think I've seen it somewhere before, but I'm not sure. $2,390 for an R70 > halfsheet on A SPACE ODYSSEY? And only one bidder. > > HH > > Am 20.03.2010 um 16:45 schrieb Bruce Hershenson: > > > Remember that items that "sell" for high prices often return to the > auction block in the very next auction (or a couple of auctions later). > Maybe the buyers never paid, or maybe the consignors bought their own items, > or whatever. We are never told "the rest of the story". > > > > But LOTS of people have been sucked in to buying a poster for say, $2,000 > because it is a bargain since it previously "sold" for $4,000, when it may > well be that the $4,000 "sale" was never consummated. > > > > Bruce > > > > 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]<http://mc/[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.
