Rick, it was exactly the same thought on my part that caused me to start the first major auctions of movie posters in 1990. I thought that if art collectors (who are on the mailing lists of major auction houses) were exposed to beautiful 1920s and 1930s posters they would appreciate their beauty and their relative value, and snap them up.
Well, that did work in 1990 to 1992, but in the next few auctions fewer and fewer of these crossover buyers appeared, and that, combined with Christie's going to an outrageous 15% buyers premium (little did I know that was soon to be 20% and then 25%) made me leave Christie's for Howard Lowery and then my own auctions, for the entire purpose of those fancy "big city" auctions was to attract new buyers from the art world. I feel that if those auctions in 1990 to 1992 (which had many of the coolest posters that have ever surfaced) failed to attract new buyers from the art world then it likely will never happen. Bruce On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Many years ago, I had the belief that in the future (ie. 2010) vintage > movie posters would be viewed as fine art..since the cost of purchasing an > original painting was then and is now so prohibitively high...I thought to > some degree that vintage movie posters would fit into that "slot"---limited > pieces of "art" (extremely limited in some cases) that would one day be > viewed as such and be priced accordingly. > Well, many years have passed...and somehow I think my "vision" from 20 > or 25 years ago has gotten lost along the way. I'm sure there are many > collectors and dealers who had (and very possibly still have) the same > perception of movie posters as I did. Somewhere along the line, it seems to > me as if my vintage movie posters-as-art concept ran aground. Does anyone > agree with me or disagree? Any thoughts? > Thanks very much, > Rick > > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> 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.
