of all the ridiculous posts I see people make about collectibles in
general, and movie posters in particular, this one was an absolute laugh.
Pay attention folks: as far as 'investments' go, movie posters has,
sadly, shown itself to be among the least best candidates for a place to
invest money and after the author of this post says
"..what is something I can invest in that has not gone sky high in
recent years?". Can I self-servingly suggest vintage movie paper?"
the author follows it with
"..it is 100% true that a LOT of vintage movie posters sell for the same
or similar prices that they did 20 or more years ago, including both
great ones and lesser ones!"
and
"..most are at huge discounts to prices of the same or similar items
many years ago!"
does the author not understand that these statements are the opposite of
"posters are a good investment"
listen, I'm in this business and have been for a very long time, and I
would love for my Raymond Chandler collection, or my German posters for
Fritz Lang films or for gosh sakes my many thousands of gambling themed
movie posters & lobby cards to be worth an investment, but they aren't.
I think I'll be lucky to be able to get anything close to my money back,
should I ever be selling these holdings (likely I'll never get there,
seeing as I have 300,000 other posters to sell first as well as a couple
hundred thousand non poster items from comics to art to any kind of
paper you can imagine).
(note: 50s horror & sci-fi has topped out, as has, apparently, Universal
horror)
Sure, if you only have Star Wars posters, or a very narrow title range
of 1970s-2000's posters, there is some investment value. But as a
general rule, poster values are in the negative, not the positive.
Forbidden Planet was a keystone title in posters for decades, but it
hasn't really increased in value in any fashion at all, and if the one I
sold in 2005 for $8500 is only worth $8500 today, that is not an
investment, that is a negative money play, as that $8500, even in just a
2% bank account would be over $13,000 today. Any comic book I could have
bought in 2005 for $8500 - and I mean ANY - would be worth at least
twice that and more likely is a $20-50k item today. If you bought an
$8500 copy of Amazing Fantasy 15 in 2005, it is likely $100k today.maybe
more come to think of it.
I wish all the way down to my toes that posters were a good investment,
but unless you buy them at low wholesale rates, like dealers do, there
is literally no-investment and I think that every dealer, including the
one who posted that ridiculous email, knows the truth of this.
movie posters as investment.. what a laugh
"On 10/18/2023 5:47 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
People keep saying to me "Bruce, what is something I can invest in
that has not gone sky high in recent years?". Can I self-servingly
suggest vintage movie paper?
It might SEEM like I am saying this because that is my livelihood, but
it is 100% true that a LOT of vintage movie posters sell for the same
or similar prices that they did 20 or more years ago, including both
great ones and lesser ones!
This is something you can't say about just about ANYTHING else, from
real estate to the stock market to groceries to oil, to almost EVERY
other kind of collectible!
While many of the best examples of comic books or baseball cards or so
many other collectibles are "out of sight" to an average person, you
CAN still buy a wonderful movie poster for a surprisingly reasonable
price!
Want proof? Take a gander at my company's (eMoviePoster.com's) current
3,185 auctions currently running in our 3-part 24th Annual Halloween
Auction at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html
<https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>
These 3,185 auctions are FILLED with great horror/sci-fi/fantasy items
at every price level, and at the current bid prices, most are at huge
discounts to prices of the same or similar items many years ago!
But you can't get those great deals if you aren't bidding, so why not
go to the above links RIGHT NOW? We think you will surely find the
great rarities and many low prices an irresistible combination!
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