....lack of inventory? That's not the problem! How can prices be stagnant, or going down, with a lack of inventory? If anything, there is a profusion of product on the market. Bruce Hershenson alone offers 1000 of items, 3 times a week, 52 weeks a year, all beginning at $1.00 ! and that includes all the items you listed in your post.
Zeev -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Thienes Sent: February-26-15 11:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Auction fees I left the hobby in 2004 and recently returned. I was an avid eBay buyer/seller. From my experience I can say that a few posters have greatly gone up in value since I left: Jaws (these used to go for $75-$100) Night of the living dead Good, Bad, and the ugly ($150 easy) Cool hand luke ($300-$350 any day) But most poster prices have stayed stagnant. The problem I see is that no one uses eBay as an auction site. It's mainly being used to sell posters at above auction house prices (some prices are quite ridiculous). The excitement is gone. Ten years ago I found myself in a bidding war on multiple posters everyday. Now I might not see an actual eBay auction for weeks. The other problem causing the decrease in excitement is hoarding. I think a lot of collectors horde posters in boxes never to see the light of day. To me if you don't have the wall space to frame and display it, why keep it to yourself? Let someone appreciate it and display it. If you think your children will appreciate inheriting a box of posters you might want to think again. They will probably just end up sending that box to Bruce or Heritage to sell off. There simply is no reason for anyone to own and horde hundreds of posters; your actually causing major part of the problem...the lack of inventory. I'm sorry if this comes across as controversial, but I doubt you can argue with it. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Philipp Kainbacher <[email protected]> wrote: > > I still cannot believe people paying such high fees consigning their posters to the auction houses if they could get a much higher price selling directly....I have not seen any increase of prices of most posters during the last 15 years not counting the top pieces over 5,000....incredible > > Sent from my iPhone > 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. 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. 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.
