We at eMoviePoster.com regularly receive consignments from collectors who have decided they simply have "too much", and they go through their entire collection, culling out those items they don't want. The only downside to doing this is that what *YOU *don't want will probably prove to not be all that desirable to other collectors!
On the other hand, what are your alternatives? Dealers don't want to buy groups like these, unless it for pennies on the dollar, and you *CAN *offer these items one by one (either on eBay or on forums like these), but you will likely not sell very much, and then of course you will have to deal with taking pictures, writing descriptions, mailing them, etc. Is it worth your while to send the low-priced items in your collection that you don't want all to us? Absolutely! You will turn them all into cash, and while you likely won't get as much as you would like for them, you will do *FAR *better than if you had any other type of collectible, like comic books, baseball cards, etc, where low-priced items are almost unsellable. One collector who sent us several hundred pretty low-value posters posted about the results of his consigning experience on a forum, and with his permission, we are re-posting it here, so *YOU *can get a sense of what it is like to consign pretty low-value items, and see it will be right for you. *Here is what he wrote:* "I have been selling many posters by consigning through eMoviePoster.com. I thought I'd share some experiences here. First, some background: I am moving, and when I packed to put my collection in storage, I decided to cull some posters to sell. I ended up with around 300 (I don't actually have an exact count). This was not my best material for the most part, and included quite a few that I received free in lots, or where I was not happy with the condition, or where I was simply not interested anymore, etc. My collection has a lot of low-budget horror and sleaze from the 60's and 70's, and is quite international, including posters from US, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Mexico etc. A lot of it is for virtually unknown films where the art is better than the movie, and thus it is hard to put a proper value on much of it. My reasoning was that with consigning a large number, I would still make out OK. Even with an average selling price of $10 and a 50% commission, I should be getting about $1500. Now the first numbers are in and it seems I am actually doing better than that! Some general remarks on consigning with eMoviePoster.com: I sent my stuff (two tubes and a very large box) with U.S. mail, and two of the shipments arrived soon; the third took another two weeks for some reason. The first items were up for auction two weeks after they arrived. Since then, there has been a steady stream of items auctioned, 217 so far. In my opinion, this is very fast work, and I don't really see how anyone could have sold my items faster. Also, eMoviePoster.com's listings and descriptions *ROCK*! A lot of the stuff I sent was very obscure, and from many different countries. The folks at eMoviePoster.com were able to bring incredible detail and enthusiasm to *EVERY *listing, and often contributed information that I myself had no idea about. Of course much of this comes from them auctioning so many posters and having most of the info "on tap" from previous sales, but still, I was very impressed and could not have done nearly as good a job myself. Finally, the results. I just received the proceeds from the first month of auctioning. I sold 120 posters averaging $17.16 per poster, for a total of $2060. My payment from eMoviePoster.com was $1044.30, making for a comission of 49% and an average take of $8.70 per poster. I am quite happy with these results and although the comission for lower-value items is indeed high, I think I made out OK all things considered It should also be said that this first month contained quite a few of my lesser items; in fact I am amazed that all of them actually sold! [image: Grin] The average sale price for the second month is higher at $23 and included a few that sold for 200 or more. Thus I am hoping I will get a slightly better rate for the second month. My overall average sale price so far is $19.22, which I hope is close enough to the $20 or so that they want to see from consignors! Overall, I highly recommend selling through eMoviePoster.com. Every collection is different and your mileage may vary, but for my very eclectic selection, I think eMoviePoster.com did a stellar job and realized as close as can be hoped for to the best possible prices. I would definitely not have been able to put in the work and do this myself." *We thank this collector very much for taking the time to write this all out!* If *YOU *are a collector who has more "stuff" than you know what to do with, but has not wanted to see it for pennies on the dollar (or take on a second job selling it yourself one at a time) then we hope you will consider sending it to us! But first read all our consignment terms at *http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign* <http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign>. Once you do so, you can be sending us some or all of your unwanted items, and you can be on your way towards getting back monthly checks (and an uncluttered house!). -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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