Yes, advantage of accessibility and longer traditions so they've built up a
greater head of steam. Can't see too many reasons why film posters shouldn't
catch up. There was zero awareness, hugely increased now, just don't think the
adverse publicity is going to help, especially when it comes to investing
substantial sums of money. (Besides, beginning to find these scandals very
tiresome, and like whining about it.)
Stamp collecting is the other one. We've had 150 years of being accustomed to
the idea, and gradual rises in value, so if we hear of a stamp selling for a
couple of million, the reaction will probably be to just yawn. Give it a little
consideration and it seems absolutely insane. Just postal history and
remarkable rarity on a couple of square cms of badly printed paper.
Really don't understand the appeal of collecting coins and stamps or what type
of people would collect them. Think vast majority of people would feel the
same, and that movie posters have an infinitely broader appeal, presumably it
is just a matter of it becoming more established.
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On 12 Oct 2013, at 16:12, Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gee, the top sports auction house owner was arrested by the FBI and has since
> admitted massive fraud, including trimming the Gretsky Honus Wagner card (to
> get a reduced sentence), in order to try to get a reduced sentence, and THAT
> not only didn't seem to hurt that hobby, but it also received little
> publicity.
>
> I don't think "dishonesty, questionable practice and rank incompetence" is
> the reason movie posters are priced on such a lower level than other
> collectibles.
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:41 AM, <evan...@mac.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, just needs a few more high profile news stories publicising
>> dishonesty, questionable practice and rank incompetence.
>>
>> Can't imagine anyone reading about the top end of the market and not think
>> it's shady as hell.
>>
>> Though I don't doubt coin and comic collecting can be similarly hazardous,
>> I'm just not seeing those stories so much.
>>
>> Presumably the responsibility for breaking the million dollar mark rests
>> solely with Ralph DeLuca. Assume he's aiming for that press release. I'd
>> like to think it will happen, worth it in my opinion.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 12 Oct 2013, at 13:56, Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Coins, stamps, vintage photos, baseball cards, and comic books currently
>>> all have million dollar plus items on a regular basis, and tons of items
>>> that sell in the tens of thousands. Yet movie posters are far more rare,
>>> and far more enjoyable (because you can better display and enjoy them), and
>>> yet the price levels of vintage movie posters is many steps down from that
>>> of the above collectibles.
>>>
>>> To me it is just a matter of time before the movie poster hobby catches up
>>> to those other collectibles.
>>>
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