The Star Wars posters are an exception because of the Star Wars fan base. We've found that unlike a lot of other movie posters, we've gotten good prices on ebay, but have not fared well at auction.
An example is the Chaykin poster, which was produced before Star Wars was released and sold at fan conventions for $1.75. In our first 2010 Heritage auction, Heritage sold this poster for $850. We sold several of these posters on ebay for $2000. ________________________________ From: MICHAEL ARCHIBALD <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Article On Busted Collectibles Mention Movie Posters I read an article a few months basically saying the same thing. Posters from the 70s or 80s aren't comamanding high dollar amounts (exceptions Star Wars, "Lucky Stripes", Dirty Harry) but they are maintaining/increasing in value. One of the things I think about now that I'm buying is - should I need to sell down the road - will there be a market? For example, take films like "Boomerang!" or "Kiss of Death". Most (if not all) of my social circle have never heard of them. Everyone knows the big names like "lawrence of Arabia" or "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid"...but how many people aged 20-40 have seen "Les Doulos", "Ride the High Country", or even "Laura"? For that generation their movies will be "Inception", "Dark Knight", "The Terminator", etc. Similary, I may know "Modern Times", "the General", or "Only ANgels have Wings" but often pass on films from the early days of Hollywood which are relevant to some of you long time collectors. Each generation will define its own nostalgia and their worth. Mike From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 7:04:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Article On Busted Collectibles Mention Movie Posters Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I completely disagree that "1980s posters are a huge waste of money". The best of the 1980s (along with the best of the 1970s on) are actually some of the HOTTEST posters there are! While many of the older posters "from the early 20th century" are lucky to sell for the same prices they sold for 20 years ago, many of the modern posters keep setting records. But what do I know? I only auction 110,000 movie posters a year. Bruce On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Toochis Morin <[email protected]> wrote: Great article, Rudy! Do you think my original Fleischer GULLIVER'S TRAVELS animation cel is junk? I'd love to know. > >Cheers, > >Toochis > > > > > >From: rudy franchi <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Fri, June 1, 2012 12:24:34 AM >Subject: [MOPO] Article On Busted Collectibles Mention Movie Posters > > >I gave an interview to Business Insider on collectible trends and movie posters >were covered: > >http://tinyurl.com/7q3p988 > > 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. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 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 our auctions 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.
