I agree with John here. A $35 sale is not going to set the world on fire. But we do quite well with low value posters. And you know what? I get a kick out of selling these posters to customers who really want them, or want to give a gift. The real problem is the shipping, the costs for which have skyrocketed.
Kirby McDaniel MovieArt.com <http://movieart.com/> There are about 5000 posters on my website. That’s a fact! > On Jan 7, 2026, at 3:08 PM, Moviemem Original Movie Posters > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I quite understand that the major auctions don’t want to sell low value items > because their costs in terms of staffing, etc don’t make it viable. > > However, there is actually a huge market for posters and lobby cards that are > priced between under AUD$50.00 or US$30.00. In the last five years. my sales > have increased massively through my website and eBay. During that time, > retail prices have increased significantly so it has been a win / win > situation. Whilst I do sell many higher value items, a percentage of the > transactions that I process on a daily basis are for items of lower value. > > Some sales this week include: > > RAPID FIRE Original Daybill Movie Poster Brandon Lee Powers Boothe AUD$25.00 > BURNT OFFERINGS Original US Lobby Card 1 Karen Black AUD$15.99 > BLACK MOON Original Lobby Card 1 Joe Dallesandro AUD$15.99 > CONFLICT Original 1956r Lobby Card 6 Humphrey Bogart AUD$35.00 > THE IDOL Original Lobby Card Set Jennifer AUD$35.00 > OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN 2 Original Daybill Movie Poster AUD$15.99 > > I doubt that major auctions or some other dealers would even consider listing > those items so that is good for me! > > > Regards > > John > > John Reid > Moviemem Original Movie Posters > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > Phone: 0414 720 369 > > > From: MoPo List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm > Sent: 8 January, 2026 2:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Heritage .... Ouch! > > Rich, > > I am fully aware that the cost of living in the US is going up and up. I > don't want to go into politics, so let's not the discuss the obvious reasons > here. > > I'm still selling a lot of posters under €100, or $100 or whatever. I'm not > actively buying low-end material anymore, but a couple of low-end poster > sales will buy me dinner, and that's still good enough for me. Also, I always > kept a low overhead and I still work alone, and that makes a hell of a > difference. Let's be realistic here, there are A LOT more people out there > willing and/or able to pay €30 for a poster than €3000 buyers. And the higher > the price goes, the thinner the air gets. Would I love to sell a €10,000 > poster every week? Of course I would. Will that ever happen? Not in my > lifetime. > > As far as that new $49 minimum goes, that's just another case of Corporate > Greed and nothing else. Like any other Corporation, Heritage couldn't care > less about you, me, or anybody else. All they care about is raking in more > money than last year, and even more money next year. Everything I have bought > from Heritage in recent years was way over $200, so personally I couldn't > care less. There was a time when I frequently looked over their Sunday > auctions. In recent years, I have browsed them every now and then, but with > their new $49 minimum that is a waste of my time. > > I'll be 62 this year, and this business has kept me alive and kicking for 30 > years by now. I still have no clue what a 'business plan' even is, but > apparently I'm doing something right here. At this point, I have aquired a > vast amount of knowledge and a reasonably large amount of merchandise, so I > am reasonably optimistic that this will carry me through to the end. That > said, if I was 30 years younger, I would be seriously afraid. And, of course, > there is no such thing as a 'retirement plan' either. > > Helmut > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Januar 2026 um 20:37 > Von: "Rich Halegua" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > An: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] Heritage .... Ouch! > Helmut > > I already did this three years ago, or just removed these low valued items. > It isn't worth the time to sell stuff below $100 for me, because my business > costs only keep increasing and I'm needing to make more and more money to > cover the bills and my own paycheck. > > fact: it costs at least $25 to cover the expense & time of selling anything, > and then there is merchandise costs, so where is the profit margin? > > also, I honestly have no idea why people send low value posters to any > auction, beyond their own ability to sell them or having any interest to do > the shipping part. > > Campbell's soup isn't even $1 anymore and unlike poster dealers, the > supermarket sells through daily. I'll let Wal Mart & Wal Mart type auctions > sell $1 posters. > > Even the non-Heritage auctions that sell posters for $1 aren't selling $1 > posters. They're selling $50 posters for $1 (and being proud of it, for some > odd reason, as their daily promotions exclaim) or if it's on linen, they're > selling a $100 poster for that dollar, because as stated in their promo, they > won't take posters under $50 value and when they do, they bundle them up in > lots of 50-100 posters or more (netting the consignors pennies per poster) > > selling low value posters for any business is in reality, a dead end, and the > only people who can afford to do that are those that sell from their garage > after they get home from their regular job, and just doing it for extra cash. > > Auctions only take low value stuff in in order to get the higher value > material anyway. > > Rich > > > > > > On 1/6/2026 4:43 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > Mmmh... If that's the road to success, I should probably copy it and stop > selling movie posters for €20 or €30 or €40 and introduce a minimum price of > €50 for everything I have. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net <http://www.filmposter.net/> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Januar 2026 um 05:42 > Von: "Larry Brooks" <[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > An: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Betreff: [MOPO] Heritage .... Ouch! > Just received this in their new email. > > Important Buyer’s Premium Change Notice: Please note that for all Movie > Posters auctions closing after January 1st, 2026, the minimum Buyer's Premium > will be $49. > > 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 > > > 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.
