Over $7,000 ( with BP) for Giant lobby card #2 🤷♂️..please put me in touch with the decorators On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM Helmut Hamm < [email protected]> wrote:
> As stated before, I was more than sceptical upfront, but, alas, I stand > corrected. Lots of serious results, many great prices on outstanding > posters for totally obscure movies and a few overpriced classics (TAXI > DRIVER, KILL BILL advance and a few others are on my website for a fraction > of the Heritage results). > > For other formerly great titles (SUNSET BOULEVARD Onesheet) the prices are > still free-falling, showing that the collectors market has been saturated > and there is not too much interest with current decorators. > > I have the impression that both Dwight and Heritage reached a number of > decorators with this auction, and it positively showed in the price > results. It somewhat reminded me of Tony Nourmand's London auctions of the > 1990s and early 2000s, where a guy sitting in in front of me paid $5000 or > something for a TAXI DRIVER Onesheet he could've bought from me for $250. > Nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying... > > Our market is changing dramatically, with older collectors either > retiring, selling out, or, let's face it, simply dying. What this auction > showed is that there is still a strong demand for great graphics and that > there are new buyers as well. > Again, I strongly believe that many of the posters went to decorators. I > have no clue if anybody still collects George Bancroft, and I somewhat > doubt it. On the other hand, if you made another million dollars on the > stock market last night, a 1929 title card for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET for > a lousy $20+ might be exactly what you want to see on the wall opposite > your bathroom throne. > And in my book, that is the way it should be. Movie posters were made for > display, and if this auction is any guideline, there is still hope for the > rest of us as well. My honest congratulations to both Dwight and Heritage > for a job very well done. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
