On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Rudy Franchi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now that brings back memories. I was spending a lot of time in Europe
> during the telephone card craze and I'd see tables full of them at the
> postcard shows I went to. Whenever I got tempted to get involved with
> them,
> I reminded myself that I was on the very continent that was home to
> the famed Tulip Madness madness, a series of events that lent its name
> to any display of mass irrational exuberance.
>
> As for 80s posters: In the article I was referring to the huge number
> of titles ( Mister Mom, Adventures In Babysitting, etc. ) that
> surface in roll after roll when some ex movie theater employee is
> moving.
> Sure there are some good titles. There are even some very good Mexican
> lobby cards or posters from India. But 99% of the stuff from that era
> is under $10 dross. Bruce has had success with such material and
> I've actually referred several large accumulations of 80s and 90s stuff to
> him.
>
> Even in the poster business there's room for a salvage company. rudy
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> As far as the eighties posters, I'll take a garage full of them, if you can
>> find them. They sell pretty well, if they are good titles.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kirby,
>>
>> I agree, however the GOOD titles do well from ANY decade, the question is:
>> What will be considered a 'good' title decades later?
>>
>> As in any other collectibles market, if you're buying for investment
>> purposes, you have to know what you're doing. This goes for posters from any
>> period, it's obviously not limited to the 1980s.
>>
>> If you had bought that garage full of 1980s posters for 10 cents a piece
>> twenty years ago, you could certainly make money today, if you paid $10 a
>> pop, hoping that each and every one of them would be worth at least $50
>> today, you would still have a hard time getting your money back...
>>
>> Let's face it, the number of RAIN MEN (still a solid $4 title at
>> emovieposter) far outnumbers the FERRIS BUELLER Internationals, that can
>> sell for $750-$1,000.
>>
>> While some titles are obviously more desirable than others, 1980s poster
>> certainly don't qualify as 'busted collectibles'.
>>
>> I don't know about the US, but over here, PHONE CARDS were THE big
>> 'investment opportunity' in the late 1980s and early 90s, the prepaid cards
>> made to be used in public phone booths. Within a few years, an whole
>> industry developed around them and the market was FLOODED by the darn
>> things.
>> For a few years, 'limited editions' were all over the place, with the 'top'
>> titles selling for four-digit amounts. Ten thousands of collectors believed
>> in the amazing 'investment potential', until one day, mobile phones came
>> along... ;-(
>> Now, if you're lucky, and you have enough time, I'm sure you can still find
>> someone who'll pay you 50c for what once was a '$1,000 phone card', but
>> 99.9% are worth exactly NOTHING these days... THAT'S what I call a busted
>> investment!
>>
>> Helmut
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