I think all the reasons suggested are valid - be interesting to see what happens when some sort of social normality returns.
On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 16:08, Jeffrey Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > For other new collectors and existing, buying at an auction house may give > more security in knowing the posters are less likely to be fakes. Many > posters on Ebay are becoming less likely to be originals. > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Helmut Hamm > <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 1, 2021 9:03:18 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Auction prices > > Tommy, > > I think there is one simple reason: With shops, bars, and restaurants > closed in wide parts of the world and no holiday trips in sight either, > many people have a lot of extra cash to spend. Many of them are working > from their home office right now, and no commuting means more extra time to > spend. And with the kids going on your nerve all day long, online shopping > might deliver a much needed self-gratification. Well, that was three simple > reasons... > > Plus, many new collectors may have the false impression that buying at > auction sort of guarantees a 'fair market price'. In cases like a rare and > desirable Tarantino poster, this might even be true. If you are bidding > against another newbie, it's not. Last not least, people are lazy. Ooops, > that five simple reasons now. > > Helmut > > > Am 01.03.2021 um 12:50 schrieb Tommy Barr <[email protected]>: > > After our musings on the prices fetched at the Ewbank's auction I notice > that HA has also seen some strange price hikes at the weekend. For example, > Battle of Britain o/s folded 7.5 @$300; The Lion King o/s rolled 8.5 @$324: > Titanic 2xo/s rolled 8.5 @$324. Given that those can be bought online for > a lot less, as has been the case with quite a number sold at auction > recently, it leaves me perplexed as to what is going here. I don't think > there is any one simple reason but at the moment movie poster values are > proving weirdly unpredictable. > > Tommy > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
