Tommy, the 'poster investment' question pops up again quite frequently, here's my two cents on the matter: I believe that posters can be an excellent investment IF you are willing to put a lot of time, effort, and money into your building your collection AND if you are willing to constantly monitor the market, all the time buying and selling. In a word, if you become a movie poster dealer.
The same thing could be said about buying art or participating in the stock market. Buying something and hoping to sell it for a profit when the market has developed in your favor is nothing but a gamble, pretty much the same thing that hedge fonds do on the billion dollar level. Like any other game of chance, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Helmut > Am 10.03.2021 um 13:05 schrieb Tommy Barr <[email protected]>: > > Since the recent discussion on poster prices I have been wondering about what > the long-term trend of values might be. I am thinking especially of those > which fetch higher prices at the moment, and might be considered as > investment vehicles. Obviously the best reason to buy anything is because it > is something you appreciate for itself, and simply owning it gives you > pleasure. Nevertherless, having spent sometimes fairly considerable amounts > of cash you would naturally hope the item would at least hold its value. > > It is not uncommon to see posters for sale described as ‘investment > quality’, so the idea that they will increase in value must sometimes be the > raison d’etre for buying them. Certainly over the past few years it would > appear that certain titles have appreciated considerably in value, and I have > no doubt that in the near future that will probably continue to be the case. > But what about twenty or thirty years from now? > > I recently met some young people who had never heard of the Beatles. I found > that quite shocking, but it does seem that many of the present generation are > more concerned with the present than the past, and that applies to all forms > of entertainment, including films. So in 20 years time will someone pay > $1000+ for A Hard Day’s Night one sheet? While Star Wars posters might still > be highly sought, and other contemporary movies, what are the chances that > even a Casablanca original release will fetch anything like current prices? > Will Universal horror films of the 30s have any avid collectors? Time will > tell, but unfortunately I will hardly be around to find out. > > 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 > <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.
