We had a set of auctions of "newer" one-sheets (from the 1970s on, for the most part) close on Tuesday, April 15, and we achieved some world record prices for unfolded titles that are normally *VERY *hard to find unfolded!
Among the top results were: *JAWS* unfolded one-sheet *$2,109* *RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK* unfolded one-sheet *$650* *EMPIRE STRIKES BACK* style B unfolded one-sheet *$584* Why did these auction for so much? Starting in around 1980 the studios would print unfolded versions of posters, but the National Screen Service (NSS) mostly kept folding their posters for a few more years, but the above three posters are NSS versions that were never folded, and they date from 1975, 1980, and 1981, which makes them extremely rare and sell for a huge premium over the folded NSS versions. But in addition to being really rare, people know that they can trust our condition grading. If the same posters came up in a random eBay auction, or at many other auction houses, they might have bid a fair amount less, simply because they had to leave room for the possibility of overgrading, which I call "the fear factor"! I believe we have completely eliminated this fear factor, both because anyone who has bought from us in the past knows that we grade completely honestly, and of course, we also have a lifetime guarantee of authenticity, which we have backed up over and over. You can see all of our results from the above auction of one-sheets here: *http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/date/2014-04-15/sort/4/archive.html <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/date/2014-04-15/sort/4/archive.html>*. The prices of the best of these "newer" posters continue to set records, so if *YOU *have any of these you have considered selling, why not consign them to us, and it can be *YOU *getting prices like the above? Of course, the above posters were also greatly helped by being in excellent condition, and the fact that they were unfolded, when they are normally found folded. There are collectors with a "comic book/coin/stamp/baseball card" mentality who want the "highest grade known", and in movie posters, grading is very subjective, but rolled/folded is completely *NOT *subjective, so these guys love unfolded posters that are normally found folded, and they will pay world record prices for them, when they know that they can trust the seller 100%. Incidentally, this set of auctions also proves something else. People often ask me if there is a "good" time of year (or specific dates) to auction movie posters or if there are "bad" times or dates. My finding, after doing this for 25 years, is that the time of year and date is almost completely irrelevant! If you have good items, they do good regardless of the date. The 15th is a case in point. It is the final deadline for paying taxes in the U.S., and you would think that many people would be either depressed or broke on that day, and yet we achieved world record prices! Go to *http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign <http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign>* for complete info on consigning. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616417-256-9616 (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> * Complete Buyer Protection <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype 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.
