Speaking of prices, I was stunned that a rolled Raiders of the lost Ark one sheet went for over $1400, with buyers premium, at Sunday’s heritage auction. Also, did anyone on MoPo win the original Metropolis poster in the seized forfeiture auction last month? It went for 1.2 million I believe. What a strange place to auction that piece but obviously it did not hurt the bidding.
Chris Quarles On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 8:10 AM Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
