the likelihood we dealers could split this up in any fashion and not
kill each other in the process is about zero
At 01:41 PM 11/19/2014, Richard C Evans wrote:
I don't know Rich.
They're your bunch of dealers, I'm just suggesting how they could
equitably split it up!
On 19 Nov 2014, at 21:34, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
> while I am sure there could be a profit motive, let me ask what
dealers do you think could afford such a lot Richard?
>
> Maybe Heritage could buy the collection and feed it through their
auctions for years to come, but beyond that, I don't think any
dealer with $6m in the bank would be interested as they would
already be near retiring with what they have.
> the economics of selling & trying to get back 6m would be at the
very least - a daunting task
> Heritage does 8m or so annually and to my mind would be the
singular sales possibility, but only if they can expect to double
or triple their money by the slow sales of 3-4 years time (I'm sure they could)
>
> I can't see any dealer involvement beyond that, unless someone
acts as an agent/bidder at the auction to shield the identity of the real buyer
>
> Rich
>
>
> At 01:22 PM 11/19/2014, Richard C Evans wrote:
>> Consigning to auction/s would be a solution for a group wouldn't it?
>>
>> Though admittedly, this just being idle speculation, haven't
looked at maths, whether likely profit outweighs risk or what time
frame market could bear.
>>
>>
>> On 19 Nov 2014, at 20:43, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
>>
>> > At 11:47 AM 11/19/2014, Richard C Evans wrote:
>> >> Would be interested to know what the view is on whether, if
this sells, it's likely to stay complete or be broken up.
>> >
>> > I can't imagine anyone buying this collection to break it up
>> > the starting bid is $6mil and the most likely buyers would be
institutional collections.
>> >
>> > the BFI or the Academy being the 2 most obvious interested partys
>> >
>> > someone asked me if a bunch of dealers would group together &
buy it, but here's the question to that "how would you expect a
bunch of dealers to actually split it up?"
>> > the fights that would be engendered would be epic.
>> >
>> > The collection has at least one lobby card from every Lon
Chaney movie and every Boris Karloff movie. how would such portions be divided?
>> >
>> > the collection will sell to one buyer, who will use it for exhibits
>> >
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