Holy Macaroni, how did *THAT *card (certified to be "fine to very fine") sell for four hundred smackers? I sold that for $750 over 20 years ago! Like I have been saying, this is the best time in over 20 years to buy quality movie paper, even if you have to go through the annoyance of "de-slabbing" your item.
Bruce On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Richard Evans <evan...@blueyonder.co.uk>wrote: > Very nice, the best card. > And very similar condition to the one sold last Nov, (though judging by > pics, the colours appear to be stronger on yours), but at 2/3 the price. > > > Since taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it >> comes time to resell it >> > > We can probably reserve judgement on that. > With this particular card, (albeit in a difficult climate), it doesn't > appear to have had a particularly positive effect. > > > > On 19 Jul 2010, at 17:41, Reel Classics Posters wrote: > > As the purchaser of a slabbed lobby card from Heritage this weekend, and a >> collector who's younger and much less experienced in this hobby than most of >> you, I thought I'd throw in a couple cents... >> >> The slabbed card I bought ($325 bid -->$400 all told) is the portrait card >> from MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939), CGC graded 7.0, Heritage graded >> Fine/Very Fine: >> >> http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7025&Lot_No=83797 >> >> I'd never seen a CGC encapsulated lobby before this Heritage auction, and >> I actually emailed Heritage asking about it -- whether I'd be devaluing the >> card by removing it from the plastic, which I'm inclined to do so that when >> I frame it, it will look the same as my other framed lobby cards. (Though I >> have a large box of posters under my bed, I always buy them with the >> intention of framing and hanging them; I'm just out of wall space for >> anything bigger than a window card at the moment. I buy posters as >> decoration, not investments.) >> >> In addition to my query about CGC, I also asked Heritage about their >> *original* description (no longer up), which noted a tear in the top border >> (that I couldn't see), but said nothing about what appeared to be a large >> tear in the bottom middle that went up into the image area. What's >> interesting is the reply I got from Bruce Carteron at Heritage: >> >> "Thanks for your inquiry. You can certainly take these out of the sleeves >> to hang them up. You would just have to have the card regraded again if you >> resold it. None of the defects were supposed to be mentioned when it was CGC >> graded. The tear was taken into consideration when it was graded >> originally." >> >> As I wanted the card to frame and hang (MR. SMITH being one of my "top >> five" favorite movies) and I didn't see the tear in the bottom as being too >> detrimental to its display value, given the limited bidding, I put in a >> small bid and won. Still, I thought it interesting that for CGC cards, >> Heritage seemed to think that putting the CGC grade in the description was >> good enough. Personally, I would have preferred the "tear here, crease >> there, three pinholes" kind of description they give for the rest of their >> lots, especially since this was a "Signature" auction. >> >> Long story short, I bought this card IN SPITE of its CGC encapsulation, >> not because of it. I know I'm less sophisticated than most of you long-time >> collector/dealers. I bought my first posters in 1997 from a price list I >> received in the mail. I knew nothing about "sheet" sizes or even "R" >> re-release dates, let alone condition, and hadn't even seen an image of the >> posters I bought (based on film titles) until they arrived. Needless to >> say, I've learned a lot since then (and replaced most of those original >> purchases with better quality posters in more reasonable sizes with better >> images from those titles). Now I pay attention to things like condition and >> previous purchase prices (mostly from Bruce and Heritage's online >> databases), and buy fewer, better posters than I did when I started. I also >> only buy from reputable dealers and haven't purchased a poster on eBay in at >> least five years. >> >> Since taking my new lobby out of the plastic only de-values it if/when it >> comes time to resell it, and in the meantime increases its value to me, >> that's probably what's going to happen to it when it arrives. Thought that >> might interest some of you. >> >> Elizabeth >> ReelClassics.com >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> lists...@listserv.american.edu >> 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: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
