The main reason you are seeing some lower prices is that many of the people who once championed larger sized posters have either passed on, stopped collecting, or greatly slowed their buying.
Any size or genre gets "hot" when there are a few wealthy collectors laying out serious money for them. When those serious collectors lose interest and sell out, that area becomes ice cold until some new collectors with deep pockets re-discover that area. Witness expensive cartoon movie posters. Everything goes in cycles. If you wanted to invest, you should look for an area where prices are far lower than they once were, and where they have been depressed for quite a while, as those items could easily suddenly get hot again. Of course I personally advise against buying solely for investment, for, just as with the stock market or real estate market, most "investors" end up buying high and selling low. Bruce On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > when i first started collecting, i never purchased a poster that i did > not intend to display. > at that time, i typically sold posters that were displayed but later > replaced with a different poster. since then, i repurchased many of those > great pieces that i sold.....and they are not displayed. > > now, i buy posters that i know i will store flat in plastic and cardboard > so that i can at least look at them from time to time. > > but.....an unbacked three-sheet seems to be too fragile to buy just for the > heck of it. i have just 2 or 3.that remain folded, undisplayed. > > i am debating buying a 3 sheet poster tonite.....but prob won't. i have > the 2 diff styles half sheets, the insert and os. none are > displayed......just stored in plastic. > > IS THIS ONE REASON WHY THREE SHEETS ARE NOT AS POPULAR AS THEY ONCE WERE? > titles of one sheets seem to increase in val, while the same title of the 3 > sheets seems to not increase in price. > > who many of you buy 3 sheets in the same way as an insert or half? > > > mbb > 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.
