Now we're getting somewhere. Regards
Doug Taylor Profile -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:03 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] [FA] World's Largest Collection 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 > >> > > >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >> > ___________________________________________________________________ > >> > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >> > Send a message > addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > >> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >> > The author of this > message is solely responsible for its content. > >> > >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >> > >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >> > >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message > is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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