Absolutely! There are over 400,000 eBay auctions for posters alone, and another half million or more of all other types of movie memorabilia.
If all of those would just "go away" there would be *WAY *more buyers for auctions like mine and Rich's, and lots more buyers for dealers like you and Kirby, but of course that is unlikely to happen, until the eBay implosion is complete, and that might be a year or too off. I don't know about new buyers coming in, but I do know that the current over-supply will surely get absorbed (except on the bottom end stuff, which will NEVER get absorbed) and then the prices will steadily rise and that is when people will look back at today's prices as a golden buying opportunity. Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]>wrote: > Bruce, > would you say the number of weekly auctions at this point in time has > something to do with there being more items for sale than buyers? > And do you see a few thousand more collectors coming into the hobby the > next few years and that is why it is a golden buying opportunity? Or can > you explain a little further? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:26:32 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... > > I think this has more to do with the size of the hobby than anything else. > If there were more than a few thousand active collectors, there would surely > be buyers for posters like these. > > Right now, there is an imbalance in the hobby, with more items for sale > than there are buyers. This creates lots of buying opportunities, except > among those dealers who choose to "wait things out" and not lower their > prices (which is absolutely their right to do!). I am 100% certain that a > few years from now collectors will look back at this time as a golden buying > opportunity (even if some prices fall even further). > > Bruce > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Michael Spampinato < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, honestly there is certainly a difference between "buying" a poster >> for 99.99 and having a starting bid of 99.99. >> >> ----- >> May the holes in your collection be filled and the ideas in your head be >> shared. >> >> >> --- On *Thu, 8/12/10, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 11:53 AM >> >> >> I was curious because I have two linen backed one sheets I'm selling on >> eBay right now. Both are listed at 99.99. With a couple more to follow next >> week. >> >> I can't believe they wouldn't sell at this price no matter what the >> graphics. >> >> I decided I wasn't going to bombard MOPO with another >> ho-hum listing only to annoy people. >> >> If anyone is interested. I am also offering free shipping on one of the >> posters. If you took more than one the shipping would still be free! >> >> Here is the link to my auctions... >> >> >> http://shop.ebay.com/gomex/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 >> >> Best - >> >> Glenn >> 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.
