Re: [MOPO] An Urgent Message for anyone who has consigned to eMoviePoster.com (or has considered it)!

[Greg Douglass]

No worries, Bruce. You are top-of-the-food-chain, the best place to buy, and THE place to go check realistic prices for any given movie poster (no "F**k You!" fees). Been doing business with you since the mid-Nineties and never been disappointed.

In short; you've earned at least a partial breather. We don't want you having a stress-related health event. If you stop selling, I'll start spending my money on ridiculous things like bills and health insurance. What fun is THAT?

Wishing you good health and long life...and, I admit, not for completely altruistic reasons.

Greg Douglass

 

 
 

Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2023 at 9:01 PM
From: "Bruce Hershenson" 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] An Urgent Message for anyone who has consigned to eMoviePoster.com (or has considered it)!


We at eMoviePoster.com no longer accept ANY consignments of sub-$30 items (and we are phasing out "bulk lots" completely)

Eight months ago we announced that the minimum realistic retail value for individual items at auction will be raised to $30, and the individual realistic retail value for bulk items at auction will be raised to $30 per bulk lot.

NOW, eight months later, we have an even bigger announcements. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, we no longer accept ANY consignments of sub-$30 items (and that we are phasing out "bulk lots" completely).

Why? Two main reasons. First, as with so many other businesses nowadays, EVERY single cost we have keeps rising and rising and rising (seemingly with no end in sight), but most importantly shipping costs. Given all this, it just doesn't make sense for us to be auctioning $5, $10, or even $20 items individually, because when we add up all our costs, we lose money doing so.

Second, and just as important, auctioning low value items (especially bulk lots) takes up tons of time, and after doing this 33 years non-stop, I want to "slow down" just a little! I THOUGHT that going to "every four week" auctions from weekly auctions would accomplish that, but actually we are now just as busy as ever!

I see that the answer is to completely stop auctioning low value (sub $30) items completely, EVEN IN BULK LOTS. That will allow us to get back to 1,000 or even 500 items in each set of auctions, and will slow our pace down considerably.

And when you think about it, taking inflation into account, having a $30 minimum for consignments is NOT "setting the bar very high"! Back in 1970 the minimum wage was $1.60 an hour. And now it is mostly at least ten times that! So having a "$30 minimum for consignments" in 2023 is like having had a "THREE DOLLAR minimum for consignments" in 1970!

And for those of you who love super low priced items, know that we will continue auctioning what was already consigned here, and we have a fair number of $10 and $20 single auction items here, and those will keep popping up in our auctions until they are all sold.

And for those of you who love BULK LOTS, know that we will continue auctioning the bulk lot items that are already consigned here, and we have enough of those items here to continue holding bulk lot auctions through the end of this year (or until they are all sold).

BUT REMEMBER, WE DON'T WANT ANY NEW CONSIGNMENTS OF SUB-$30 ITEMS AT ALL (except under VERY special circumstances; contact us if you think this applies to you!).

THIS CHANGE MEANS WE WILL HAVE FEWER, BUT BETTER, AUCTIONS (since every individual item is one that deserves to sell for $30 or more) AND THAT MEANS BIDDERS WILL NOT "LOSE INTEREST", AND WILL HAVE THE TIME AND WILLINGNESS TO LOOK OVER EVERY ITEM!

WE WANT TO BUILD AN EMOVIEPOSTER.COM THAT CAN KEEP BEING THESE BEST AUCTION HOUSE THERE IS FOR YEARS TO COME, AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH MAKING THE ABOVE CHANGES THAT WE CAN DO SO. IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERY COLLECTOR AND CONSIGNOR FOR THAT TO HAPPEN! THANKS FOR BEING UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR THESE CHANGES.
Over the past 33 years, we at eMoviePoster.com have been at the forefront of the evolution of the poster (and related collectibles) hobbies constantly improving and evolving. For example:
1989: Bruce Hershenson forms "Bruce Hershenson Vintage Movie Posters", to provide a place for collectors and dealers to sell their collections and inventories
1990: Bruce Hershenson organizes the first ever "all-movie poster" auction by a major auction house, and it takes in just under one million dollars, "waking up" a very sleepy hobby!
1993: Bruce Hershenson continues to hold annual major auctions, but adds semi-annual sales lists, with thousands of items that have fixed prices, and DECREASE in price just days after the lists are fully distributed!
1998: Bruce Hershenson moves his major annual auctions to a partnership with Howard Lowery Auctions in California!
1999: Bruce Hershenson sees the potential of the new "internet" in auctioning movie posters and starts weekly Tuesday sets of auctions on eBay, replacing his semi-annual sales lists!
2001: Bruce Hershenson sees how much of the poster 

[MOPO] FS: NEW ITEMS

[Yakob J Zentner]

Dear all we have lots of new items up for grabs on our eBay site

https://www.ebay.com/str/bluerobin76yakob

plus some wonderful items in the prop store auction...
check some highlights out here...

https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/358/lot/109097?url=%2Fmy-items%2Fwatchlist

https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/358/lot/109546?url=%2Fmy-items%2Fwatchlist

https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/358/lot/109678?url=%2Fmy-items%2Fwatchlist

https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/358/lot/109408?url=%2Fmy-items%2Fwatchlist

KR Yakob Jakubowski- Zentner
www.bluerobincollectables.com

Te: +49 (0) 1791674325

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[MOPO] FA: 1,616 folded US & non-U.S. posters, lobby cards, stills & MUCH more closing NOW!

[Bruce Hershenson]

*I just saw how extremely low the prices are on many of the 1,616 folded
U.S. & non-U.S. posters, lobby cards, stills, and MUCH more that that my
company, eMoviePoster.com has that will begin closing in just a few hours
TODAY beginning at 7 PM CST TUESDAY
at http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/13.html
Note that some people feel
these last minute reminder posts are "too long", or have "too much
information", and if YOU feel this way, then please stop reading this now,
and simply go to http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/13.html
 right now and look over
these 1,616 items that will begin closing later TODAY!HOWEVER, IF YOU DON'T
MIND READING MORE, PLEASE DO READ ON, because there is much useful and
helpful information below!Please look over these closely, because
currently, with 12 hours left (as of this writing) until these start to
close, there are 203 of these at just $5 each or under, 493 at just $10
each or under, and a whopping 812 at just $20 each or under!And remember:
WE are the only major auction with NONE of those awful 20% or 25% "buyers
premiums" (and one auction's "minimum buyers premium" is a truly INSANE
$29, meaning they will never sell any item for under $30 AND that their
poor consignors RECEIVE pennies from a $30 sale).It is not just the lowest
priced ones ending in HOURS that represent exceptional values, as there are
items at every price level that are far under where the same (or similar)
items have sold for before, and these make great unique gifts (for yourself
or others) that don't have to cost you an arm and a leg!Because our "every
four week auctions" combine all different types of items into one auction,
there are a number of groups of items very worthy of special mention:There
is a fine selection of 347 folded one-sheet auctions
at http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xtype%253Aone-sheet/13.html
!
They contain a goodly number of lesser condition one-sheets from MUCH
"better" movies that we were consigned (some are in MUCH lesser condition,
and some are "not too bad").The person who owned them intended to get them
linenbacked, and properly restored, but circumstances caused them to never
get around to doing that, so we are auctioning them now. Certainly these
one-sheets, after proper restoration, will display well, but bear their
defects in mind before bidding.There is also a great selection of 239 lobby
card auctions
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xtype%253Alobby%2520card/13.html

(an
excellent selection of 149 singles, 34 complete sets, and 56 incomplete
sets!). Most are currently far below where the same or similar lobby cards
have sold for in the past, so there is the potential for GREAT deals on
these!There is also an truly wondrous selection of 508 vintage 8" x 10"
still auctions (390 singles, plus 128 sets of stills with 2 to 37 stills in
each)
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xtype%253A8x10%2520still/13.html
,
THIS TRULY IS ONE OF OUR VERY BEST OFFERINGS OF STILLS EVER!We also have
SIXTY THREE window card auctions
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/xtype%253Awindow%2520card/13.html

(a
lot of really nice ones included!).There is also an excellent selection of
119 Italian posters
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/nation:Italy/13.html
, and 77
French posters
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/nation:France/13.html
! Yet many
of these are currently at very affordable prices. Here is a great chance to
get BIG posters for LITTLE money!In addition the Italian and French
posters, there are also18 Australian posters
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/nation%253AAustralia/13.html
,
22 British/English posters
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/nation%253AU.K./13.html
, 44
German posters
at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/tag/nation%253AGermany/13.html
, and
a lower number from many other countries!Use the above links to go directly
to galleries of just those sizes, and you can easily find other types of
interest to you, by using our great Search Filters (located to the left of
each of our galleries) if you are wanting to quickly see all we are
auctioning on a particular star, genre, decade or whatever!So if you want
to quickly see solely the selection of 46 items from James Bond