please post a list of these titles that are increasing in value ________________________________ From: Moviemem Original Movie Posters <johnr...@moviemem.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2023 4:48 PM To: sales comic-art.com <sa...@comic-art.com>; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: RE: Re: [MOPO] Heritage fees
Rich I think it is a case of collectors tastes changing and evolving over the years. There are plenty of examples of posters that have increased massively in value over the last 15 years or so. However, some of the posters that were considered high value years ago have decreased in value because the reality is that some of the younger collectors have no interest in them. I think this trend will continue. Regards John From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> On Behalf Of sales comic-art.com Sent: 18 June, 2023 8:03 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage fees Helmut, not sure why you call them 'freaks' the poster hobby was once thriving and increasing in value & new collectors. none of that is true today. values have been static for 99% of the hobby, or going negative. a poster that sold for $5000 in 2010 and still sells for $5000 today is a serious loss of money, not just in investment dollars but in real value on the inflationary scale. That 5k only has half or less of it's buying power now. I don't know about you, but that's not where I want to be with my money. a car costs 2-4x as much as they did in 2010. a house costs 3-10x a loaf of bread is 3x a poster is the same or less. that's just brutalizing your money Rich ________________________________ From: texasmu...@web.de<mailto:texasmu...@web.de> <texasmu...@web.de<mailto:texasmu...@web.de>> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2023 9:06 AM To: sales comic-art.com <sa...@comic-art.com<mailto:sa...@comic-art.com>>; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Aw: Re: [MOPO] Heritage fees Rich, every major auctions tends to have it's number of 'freaks', posters that sell way above their market value. Problem is, with the massive fees you actually NEED at least a couple of those to make it worth your while. It's been a long time since I have been selling at auction, but looking back, I mostly had mixed results. One example: I sold several copies of the large Italian LA DOLCE VITA dancer style over the years directly. Heritage has auctioned this for around $48,000 once, which (give or take) should've left about $30,000 in the consignor's pocket. I sold a couple of top condition ones directly in the same ballpark. On the other end, they also auctioned this poster for about $18,000, so the consignor probably got about $12,000. I got a good deal more than that for the worst condition copy I ever had. I still have one in stock, and since I'm in no desperate need for money right now, I prefer to keep it around for at least another while. That said, I have recently sent a number of super-rare but also super-obscure early posters to Bruce, but this is all material that needs a huge audience. As always, some will fail, some should do great and in the end I'm sure it will be worth the effort. Just my two cents. Helmut Here's what I say about Heritage: when I can get the prices they get, which are in general - better than what can be achieved by myself, or in ANY other auction house in the USA - then I will stop sending them posters to sell for me. There's no chance that another US auction would have gotten $12,000.00 for a 1949 international style Casablanca one sheet, and the proof is the $106 that one auctioneer got for the same poster 3 weeks later. Considering I had it for sale for $2000, I don't care if HA took 1/3 of the result. HA under Grey's tenure also got me $1680 for a Pulp Fiction regular style one sheet, $600 for a 1989 Batman one sheet or a variety of other incredible results since I started consigning material to them. Recently they even got $10,000 for a Star Wars one sheet I sent in. When other sellers can match these results, I think they have a box to stand on and chirp. Until then, they're blowing farts in the wind ________________________________ 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
