Very interesting reading. Guess it's all personal. I wouldn't pay 2 cents for a Johansson image.
Nathalie On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 1:36 AM David Kusumoto <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed similar trends of recent titles fetching higher prices. > Newbies tend to temporarily push up prices for posters still in release. (I > remember one-sheets from "Titanic" selling for crazy prices more than 20 > years ago before falling to earth - and recently, I saw the same for > one-sheets from "The Shape of Water" and "Parasite" after winning the Oscar > for Best Picture.) > > > > But there is another "outlier" of recent note, certainly not vintage - and > it's the posters from Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" > from 2019. The "wilding" Italian-style posters by old-school artists > Martin Duhovic and Renato Casaro fetch prices north of $1K - but even > standard one-sheets with collage art by another classic artist - (Steven > Chorney) - sell at or near the $100 mark in better condition. > > > > Almost exactly two years ago - "Once Upon A Time..." was "teased" as a > summer 2019 release - and two one-sheets were shipped to theaters - an > international "COMING SOON" - and a domestic "JULY" - the latter was tagged > with a "This film has not yet been rated" in the lower left. Both were > popular - but the international versions were more - and still remain - > plentiful. > > > > https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/6972/krbNwK.jpg > > https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7235/yfEDhd.jpg > > By the spring of 2019, though, the MPAA issued its "R" rating for > Tarantino's film. Theaters were already displaying the other one-sheets. > Nevertheless, Sony-Columbia went ahead and printed a third one-sheet - a > small batch with the "R" rating in the lower left corner. This became > the true domestic "final" - even though few theaters displayed it. > > > > It took me FOREVER for me to find this version and the difficulty made it > obvious there weren't many - and those that I did see - were unused but > roughly handled by re-sellers. I mention this because it was right here > on MoPo - that I first talked about the differences in the three one-sheets > and why I was looking for the "R" rated final. I solicited dealers > everywhere, including here on MoPo. Not even the reliable Dale Dilts - > who specializes in newer release posters, could help. Many months later > - I finally found one in nice condition - from an amateur re-seller in > Pennsylvania. > > > > https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/8048/Hs9kJW.jpg > > Well, earlier this month, for the first time ever - eMoviePoster put up > all three known 1-sheets featuring the Steven Chorney art - up against each > other. Apparently, a few others had the same info that I did. > > > > 1. International double-sided advance (which is the most plentiful) - sold > for $108. > > 2. Domestic USA single-sided advance with no rating - sold for $142. > > 3. Domestic USA double-sided advance FINAL with the R rating - sold for > $285. > > > > eMoviePoster had sold the "R" version just once before - a typical "fair" > condition example that still fetched $90. I'm not sure if Heritage has > ever sold the "R" version - but it and eMoviePoster have both sold the > international and the unrated domestic enough times - to rack up a track > record of prices realized. > > > > What I'm leading to is I have a funny feeling that no matter how one feels > the Tarantino film - this "standard theatrical" one-sheet - has a shot at > joining this century's "Lost in Translation" - (Johansson image, 2003) - > for being consistently sought after by collectors. I remember consigning > a giant vinyl banner with the Johansson image (I had nowhere to hang it) - > I was shocked when it sold for more than $1,000. Even high grade DS > one-sheets with her image fetch hundreds of $$$. I could be wrong, but > prices for the Tarantino poster haven't dropped yet. > > > > Forgive the long ramble, just musings sparked by Helmut's and Tommy's > observations. - d. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Tommy Barr < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2021 6:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Ewbanks Auction today > > I watched the auction sporadically and agree that there were some strange > results. I think, however, that prices have been volatile on all the > auction sites recently, even HA and emovie showing some anomalous > results.Some posters which normally fetch mid double figures have been > going for three figures, and the bids on many mid-level items seem to have > grown exponentially. No idea why, but I can't accept the premise that there > are lots of new collectors suddenly coming in to the market. I would have > thought that anyone starting to collect now would initially be looking for > posters from the comic-inspired superhero movies, Bond or Star Wars, but > there weren't many of those in the Ewbank's auction. > Tommy > > On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 21:34, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Over the day, I watched the Ewbanks auction on and off and the results > were quite astounding: The best thing they had was a GET CARTER quad, which > hammered at 3,800 Pounds. A few other lots sold in the 1000-2000 Pound > range. > > Much more interesting was the vast amount of low-end material that sold > for astounding prices: A french petite for THE GOONIES hammered for 100 > Pounds. That‘s about 125 with premium, plus VAT, plus shipping. It > shouldn‘t be too hard to find one of these on ebay France for 10 to 15 > Euros. There were tons of stuff like that, including bulk lots, Argentine > posters, Spanish US posters, a lot of bottom end ebay material. The auction > lasted overall several hours and I had other things to do in between, but I > did not see a single pass. > > Most of the lots sold today are totally boring for the seasoned collector, > but exactly the sort of material that might appeal to beginners. > > It seems to me there was A LOT of new blood present in this auction. > Obviously, it makes online buying a lot harder for me, but in the end I > guess it can only be good for the hobby. > > HH > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
