Nah, destroying any old art/collectible that has managed to survive into
the current era is just flat out criminal. But there's no reason not to
do as many on this list have suggested: Keep a couple for yourself and
trickle out the rest very slowly into the market. This is so obvious
you'd think everyone would understand it -- yet I see people on Ebay all
the time listing 4 or 5 of the same item at the same time and calling it
"rare" in their descriptions.
And then there's this ever-popular Ebay ploy: An item that is reasonably
scarce (but not truly "rare") sells on Ebay for a decent price (usually
because no one has put one of those particular things up for a month or
two). Suddenly every seller in the world who has the same item
immediately lists it on Ebay within a few days of the first sale -- all
of them thinking they are also going to get the good price, when in fact
all they are doing is guaranteeing they will not. They think they will
pick up the second bidder who missed the first item by only a buck or
two? Not if that second bidder suddenly sees 4 or 5 of the same item
turn up right after he lost the first auction. What he's going to do
instead is wipe his brow and say "Whew... lucky I got outbid on that
first auction... I almost paid way too much for one of those."
-- JR
Holiday Russell wrote:
How about keeping a few and destroying the rest? I've known first
edition book dealers that have done this.
Holiday
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*From:* Richard Evans <[email protected]
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*Date:* August 1, 2010 8:14:26 PM EDT
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* *Re: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market*
*Reply-To:* Richard Evans <[email protected]
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Hi, I think the point is that, wrong or not, (as Wolfgang confirmed),
this has happened, in the case of the Peeping Tom quads at least.
I really don't know exactly what happened with The Outlaw 6 sheet(s).
I'm not advocating it, just pointing out that it happens.
On 2 Aug 2010, at 01:04, Ken Farrell wrote:
Hi, I just thought that I would chime on this one...
I think the point is being missed...If all of a sudden you have 75
copies of a rare item, the value is automatically changed by the
laws of supply and demand. Anything you do to control this is some
sort of insider trading. If you lie to numerous people, you are
protecting your own interests at the expense of others. What if you
auction one copy and get the record setting price? All the bidders
will feel cheated when the next 74 come up for sale. You would feel
the same.
The deflated value is a reality...these posters should be sold at an
estimated new, readjusted value and all will work out. You just
won't become rich.
Also, once a number of these posters show up, try to convince the
market that there are only 75 in the find. The gossip will fly (75
or 750?) and the item just might loose all of its value.
I have purchased large quantities of rare items many times over the
years and have sold them for prices related to the find.
Ken
Just Kids Nostalgia*
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]
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To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 4:00 pm
Subject: Re: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market
At 12:44 PM 8/1/2010, Richard Evans wrote:
>Yes Rich, you describe the best method.
>Alternatively, there's:
>Approach a dealer with your find of perhaps half a dozen max,
>(that's all there is, no really).
>Approach second dealer (that's all there is, no really), third etc,
>etc, etc, and endeavor to get it done as swiftly as possible.
>Change telephone number, move to a nicer house.
the only problem with that Richard is this:
after you call the third dealer, seeing as we all talk to each other
(more or less) it would be pretty fast - maybe just hours - that
everyone would know you have multiples of the items
of course, if you lie to every dealer so you can sell them fast, I
imagine that Guido will be looking for you
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