I have been searching ebay almost daily since 1997. My areas of search
are US originals Pre-1940 through 1960. I collect mainly posters in the
upper price brackets. In the last few years the amount of listings by too
many
sellers with ridiculous prices has proliferated to the point
As someone explained to me when I asked a similar question , if someone
sells just one ridiculously priced poster at say $500, it's equivalent
to selling 25 posters at $25 and it's a lot less work. And if you wait
long enough, someone will buy the poster for $500. Now that Ebay offers
dealers
I cannot explain seller motives, but I can offer some possible insight:
Quite a few people at my workplace know about my passion for movie posters;
there is the infrequent request for info regarding possible purchases. Last
winter, 2 different nurses inquired about whether I thought if a Caddy
Claude
I have found that there are a few sellers left on eBay who regularly offer
quality items at reasonable starting prices with accurate descriptions, who
can be trusted to pack well. I have simply bookmarked those sellers
directly, and check their offerings weekly. I do a quick cursory scan
So basically, P.T. Barnum is alive and well at eBay?
Maybe they could adopt that as their new slogan to attract new sellers:
Come sell at eBay where you'll find a new sucker every minute to buy your
overpriced treasures?
Bruce
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 8:15 AM, allen day aday_5...@yahoo.com
I'm not going to defend sellers who ask, as you say, ridiculous prices. But I
will say that comparing them to Bruce or Heritage may be a bit
apples-and-oranges.
The sellers you refer to (though I don't know specifically who you're talking
about) are retailers who purchase inventory, then offer
Hi, Everyone,
I have about 35 to 40 Auctions closing WITHIN 12 HOURS, including MANY
CLASSIC TITLES + STARS---mostly in 2, 3 or 4 Orig US 1-Sheets for a BARGAIN
PRICE of $19,99 or $24.99---that's ONLY $5.00 TO LESS THAN $9.00 per ONE
SHEET! PLEASE Scroll down and take a look!!:
Hello all,
I am selling an item in my collection to fund business needs.
Dave
YOU clearly don't have ridiculous prices, and you are one of the sellers
whose items I look over regularly. But I was just on eBay and I DO see lots
of items that wouldn't auction for $15 with Buy It Nows of $100, and that
IS ridiculous.
I would think that Claude was surely not referring to
Hi, Bruce:
Sorry, I actually wasn't responding to your post, which I only read after I
sent in my comments. I was addressing Claude's concerns directly. And I know
you weren't referring to me.
That said, I finally looked at the listing Claude gave as an example: the Three
Sons 1-sheet.
I agree with Dave. It is a free market system.
I would imagine all MOPOers would buy an original Black Cat for $10,000 and
run. 99 % of the people I know don't collect posters. Of the 99 % a 100%, not
knowing what one person has paid in the past, would not give $100, let alone
$10,000. It
there is no doubt anyone can sell whatever they want for whatever
price...
but such over pricing makes the dealer suspect.
One presumes the auction is there to sell an item. But seeing the same
high
price for over a year means the seller is not responsive to the market.
It's also
To make it irresistible to all of our bidders to participate, we give *
THREE* of our best full-color books (60 Great Horror Movie Posters, 60 Great
Sci-fi Movie Posters, and 60 Great Cowboy Movie Posters) to every buyer in
this very first set of Sunday auctions WHICH CLOSE IN JUST FIVE HOURS,
Dave
I wasn't referring to you because you don't list prices in the thousands.
Please let me explain a little further.
I look at posters 3 ways.
Ending today
Newly listed
Highest prices first
The Ending Today I search at 6:30 am
The Newly Listed I search at 10 to 11 pm
The highest first when
Hi, Claude:
You know, this kind of reminds of a Brecht quote (I can't believe I'm quoting
Bertolt Brecht on Mopo, but anyway), from when he was living in Hollywood in
the 40s and had just got his driver's licence:
I finally learned to drive a car, but really I should have learned to drive
two
Just thought that if someone on the MoPo list has a beef with another
member, rather than letting your blood pressure rise to dangerous levels, this
website might provide a solution. Hey, I don't know Chris Cloutier (he's
probably yesterday's news anyway)---but maybe he could be the first
I'm going to go out on a limb on this one and just say that Ebay has
changed. It clearly appeals to Fixed Priced buyers now, not Auctions. I
think Claude you're frustrated because you're looking for a return to
the days when you could bottom-feed on Ebay and pick up really great
posters at
I LOVE THIS LOL!!!
Andrea
On Jun 28, 2009, at 12:18 PM, rixpost...@aol.com wrote:
Just thought that if someone on the MoPo list has a beef with
another member, rather than letting your blood pressure rise to
dangerous levels, this website might provide a solution. Hey, I
Franc
That is not the case. I have never been a bottom feeder. In fact when I
want something I bid very high. I will give you an example. Many years
ago there was a 1951 Realart insert of Frankenstein on ebay. I felt a fair
high bid around $4,000 should get it. This was based on
Claude ---
If you didn't bottom-feed, you were the exception. Everybody I know in
this business, used to bottom-feed. I picked up some really great
original release cards from Pinocchio on Ebay for under $200 a piece in
the early days on an off-night on Bruce's auctions. That's
Remember when MTV used to play music-videos??? Then Reality-TV hit and the
music died...
... seems like up until this weekend, I could rely on Cartoon Network to
help me escape from that Reality TV with some silly animated entertainment,
however now, we're stuck with kids playing
_http://www.tmz.com/_ (http://www.tmz.com/)
What will Oxy=Clean do now? My kid even does impressions of him.
**Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the
grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood0005)
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wait a cotton pickin minute I thought this was a sick joke.
But I googled it and whalla its all over
I think perhaps there is a revoltion to get rid of 50 year olds that
sold stuff...
In this case will more Oxy clean sell because he croaked?
should oxy vcleen run more
Franc
You are a seller and are always on the lookout for items to sell at a
profit. I am a collector. I am only interested in buying and when I want
something I go for it regardless of fair market value at the time but I have a
limit to what I am willing to overpay and it does not border
Think there will be a rush on Oxy-Clean? I don't think he'll cut much into
Michaels coverage...
Rick
www.ilovefilms.com
From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:48:37 PM
Subject: [MOPO]
it appears that someone slipped off his medications prior to sending this
posting?? better double up on the demerol and oxycontins.
good grief. it sounds like this player is about 10 cards shy of a full deck.
lol.
--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Tom Martin dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com
Dave
you have made a mistake in this post. Heritage does indeed sell items
that they own. They have a whole warehouse of stuff from which they
sell and at the Profiles auction they spent a stack of jack for
posters to sell. In addition they get contacted by people who wish to
sell and not
one sandwich short of a picnicto you Bubby:)
.
jeff po wrote:
it appears that someone slipped off his medications prior to sending
this posting?? better double up on the demerol and oxycontins.
good grief. it sounds like this player is about 10 cards shy of a full
deck. lol.
The brilliant Tom Martin actually has 10 more cards than the rest of
us. That's why he is so difficult for us to understand.
-rk
On Jun 28, 2009, at 11:57 AM, jeff po wrote:
it appears that someone slipped off his medications prior to
sending this posting?? better double up on the demerol
Roger - my dear friend .. Not only have I been NOT playing
with a full deck of cards...
I also must confess all the cards appear to be BLANK im holding !!!
so Guess what ?
not difficult to understand at all
sorry to disapoint you Roger,
Th only cards im holding are Charged up!
:)
Roger
We love Tom!
He can't write.
But then most of us can't read.
If we could, we'd be reading more and watching dumb films less.
LOL That means LAUGH OUT LOUD, Goofballs. Be sure to
remember
to do that.
K.
On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:57 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
Roger - my dear friend .. Not
ohhh yeahhh??? who says I cant write!!! well. all this time I
thought LOL meant last Out lives
Or Lots Of Luck
maybe its my avante Garde way of looking at thingsdo you think?
Like today I was thinking of going to the park and chaseing squrirrels
and hunting them down
That's invaluable. Thanks so much for bringing this to
our attention. This is so useful. Christmas will be different this
year.
Kirby
On Jun 28, 2009, at 11:18 AM, rixpost...@aol.com wrote:
Just thought that if someone on the MoPo list has a beef with
another member, rather than
It's definitely your avant garde way of looking at things...always a treat to
get a peek at the world thru that unique perspective.
And who says you can't chase squirrels if you feel like it?
Richard Del Belso
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:31:48 -0400
From:
that's a genteel way of putting it...LOL
jeff
On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Richard Del Belso wrote:
It's definitely your avant garde way of looking at things.
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And who says you can't chase squirrels if you feel like it?
actually Jeff.. this is much more precise
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i found this interview online:
Debbie Rowe's interview to journalist Rebecca White in Britain's News
of the World paints a picture of a lonely woman who felt her
friendship with Jackson was reason enough to gift him with her eggs
and womb services so that along with an anonymous sperm
...who has probably kissed more boys than Tab Hunter and Aldo Ray combined.
I'm tired of waiting.
wiz---7---MJackson---com15/us745.JPG
http://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/USTitles2#5185540711813560770
We probably have 7 or 8 or 9 of these 11x14 Lobby Cards left---and might even
have a good
. . . Billy Mays? Thanks, Channing
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Send a message addressed
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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRa8Aa6fEE)
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First I thought it was the baseball player then I re-read the e-mail.
He's the guy with pitch black hair who does commercials for Oxyclean and
OrangeClean and BamRags and a host of other items. He talks loud and
fast but is not as offensive as Crazy Eddie. FRANC
-Original Message-
From:
About as long as we'll sit shiva for you which is only long enough to
crack open the champagne bottle.
-Original Message-
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of
rodxmorgan
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:26 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] How
it's nice that we can now add homophobia and lump-hammer wit to rodxmorgan's
hearse-chasing antics and his slop-bucket-quality merchandise.
a fuller picture of rodxmorgan emerges, and what a dashing, david niven-style
figure he cuts.
--- On Mon, 29/6/09, rodxmorgan rodxmor...@yahoo.com wrote:
LOL
At 05:50 PM 6/28/2009, Neil Jaworski wrote:
it's nice that we can now add homophobia and lump-hammer wit to
rodxmorgan's hearse-chasing antics and his slop-bucket-quality merchandise.
a fuller picture of rodxmorgan emerges, and what a dashing, david
niven-style figure he cuts.
--- On
Best to make sure which, before you start offering your nuts.
On 29 Jun 2009, at 14:47, Tom Martin wrote:
I think maybe I meant GIRLS instead of Squirrels It just came
out wrong... a typo/// maybe?
I dont want anyone to think Im illiterate ro have poor grammar
I might be
I don't need to know if Rod Morgan is a girl or not.. I'll offer him my nuts
At 07:15 PM 6/28/2009, Richard Evans wrote:
Best to make sure which, before you start offering your nuts.
On 29 Jun 2009, at 14:47, Tom Martin wrote:
I think maybe I meant GIRLS instead of Squirrels It just
thier always after me Lucky charms..:.
Richard Evans wrote:
Best to make sure which, before you start offering your nuts.
On 29 Jun 2009, at 14:47, Tom Martin wrote:
I think maybe I meant GIRLS instead of Squirrels It just came out
wrong... a typo/// maybe?
I dont want anyone to
I guess nobody liked the pricing Czar suggestion. As far a reality goes, I was
just selling at a show where a guy came up to me and said he had the two of the
coolest posters and wanted to know how much they were worth as he was looking
at the price of my Dr. No. The first was Raiders of the
Yet another loss..Actress Gale Storm, best known for the 1950's sitcom My
Little Margie, has died at the age of 87. Here's a link to the AP story
for those interested:
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..Actress Gale Storm, best known for the 1950's sitcom My
Little Margie, has died at the age of 87. Here's a link to the AP story
for those interested:
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090628/D993UD103.html
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MOPOers,
I have not sold many posters on ebay over the last year, but I am considering
doing so again soon. Therefore, I found these recent discussions fascinating.
Over the last ten years or so, any time I listed an ebay auction I started it
under $10 with NO RESERVE. I estimate that
of 87. Here's a link to the AP
story
for those interested:
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Your examples really are conjecture without making any real sense. There
isn't a single person in the entire world that would pay $900 for a Roger
Rabbit. What is the meaning of what the ill informed person thought the
posters were worth? Nothing is the answer. The only thing that
I don't know what expectations you might have, but if it is the same as the
past,as a bottom feeder, I would be interested in the 5% that doesn't meet your
expectations. Only if they're good.
On a more serious note, my opinion is that the rare posters will do better and
common posters
Don't take me so serious. There are no poster shows where I am so I sell at
antique shows. The Roger Rabbit guy was serious that his poster must be worth
allot because he liked it. And I know the 99% I mention really don't have a
clue what posters are worth. I personally don't think poster
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