I fully support Tom in every possible way and maybe we all should
indeed buy an attic for our homes
on another subject, my auctions close tomorrow and almost everything
listed are still at ridiculously low low prices
I also encourage all consignors to send me their posters so I can get
outrageously high prices for them
: - )
At 01:57 PM 6/12/2012, Johnson Tom wrote:
I keep hearing from consignment houses that they can get the best
prices for my posters. But the same outfits bombard me with notices
about the outrageously low prices on the items they are selling, and
the "steals" that are to be had. So which is it? By my simple math
one of those claims is bullshit. I'm preparing to sell some of my
collection, but don't want it to be "stolen," or sold at
outrageously low prices. But as a collector of course I want those
"crazy" deals. I think my foolproof solution is going to be that I
will buy only from the outrageously low prices guys, and sell only
through the "outrageously high," "truly ridiculously expensive."
But I do not encourage you all to do the same, because if everyone
followed my foolproof method, then nobody would consign to the
outrageously low fellows, and nobody would buy from the outrageously
high fellows. The consignment biz would grind to a halt, plunging
our already fragile economy back into another dark age. But if that
happens, I have a plan to get me through the downturn:
My attic needs insulation, so until this dilemma gets sorted out by
sharper minds than mine, maybe I'll stuff the posters I would
otherwise sell into the gaps in the joists, and let them age. I've
heard that posters treated like this are sometimes incredibly
valuable. Most formerly-used-as-attic-insulation posters I've read
about went for thousands of dollars each. Those of us with attics
will all be rich, if we are patient. If you do not have an attic,
you should buy one before housing prices rebound--they are thick on
the ground around here.
Discussion question: Do one-sheets make better insulation than half
sheets? The lighter paper makes the former easier to crumple--I know
this from much practice in shipping things I sell on Ebay--but maybe
the heavier half-sheet paper is a superior insulator? "R-Value" is
the term used for rating insulative quality, so maybe R-rated
posters are better, or Rereleases? I'll leave this to you experts,
if you have some spare time in your rigorous backbiting schedules.
-Tom
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