I agree with all James Richard's comments on this issue.
Those who feel that Heritage have an obligation to get the fair market price
for their consignors (and, by a happy coincidence, for themselves) should
reflect upon how these practices might have pumped up these fair market
prices in the
When $2000 posters start jumping $5000 to $6000 in the space of twelve
months, I feel as though there's something wrong, steady growth is always
healthy but when prices jump so drastically I have to start wondering if the
real market is really talking, unfortunately I haven't seen what I feel
At 02:57 AM 9/16/2009, Neil Jaworski wrote:
I agree with all James Richard's comments on this issue.
Those who feel that Heritage have an obligation to get the fair
market price for their consignors (and, by a happy coincidence, for
themselves) should reflect upon how these practices might
I think a concern a lot of people are expressing is that we have all seen
how a poster that used to always be around say $5,000 suddenly sells for
$25,000, and we have all wondered how it is that TWO totally separate people
suddenly took it into their head to bid five times what previous people
Incidentally, I am not saying that only one auction house likely does this.
I have seen many many results at Christie's and Sotheby's that fit this
profile. When I left Christie's in 1997, and was looking for another auction
house, I made it very clear to Howard Lowery (who I then did three
I've actually seen this happen and not at the big auction houses you
mentioned. Two bidders on the floor got into a pissing match and each
attempting to top the other, sometimes upping the bidding price by as
much as $5K in one bid for a poster(s) that was clearly not worth the
astonishing levels
There are 418 lots in this week's Heritage Internet Auction. Once again, we are
featuring a great selection of original movie posters, lobby cards and stills.
The auction closes Sunday, September 20th at 10pm CT.
http://movieposters.ha.com/?ic=task-movieposters
To view all 418 items, please
HOWDY!
MORE STUFF - LOWER PRICES!
http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts_MOVIE-POSTERS
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - STYLE B -HALF SHEET!
LOTS OF STAR WARS POSTERS, STILLS (SMALL TO 20X30, TOYS, AND STUFF!
LOTS OF TWIN PEAKS AND DAVID LYNCH MATERIAL
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Yeah, I've seen this as well...but what ticks me off - the new price for
that poster across the board is this over inflated cost thanks not to
the bidders who drove up the price but to the news of it's saleso
now everyone who has this $5000 poster in stock and if sold for 5k would
probably
Hi,
We are looking for the following:
MOON (2009) U.S. One sheet
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970) U.S. One sheet (black background style
only)
SLAVES OF NEW YORK (1989) U.S. One sheet
ROMANCE (1999) Japanese
FITZCARRALDO Czech poster
Thanks.
Best,
sam
Posteritati
239 Centre Street
New York,
This sort of pricing happens all the time. All one needs to do, as an
example, is go to ebay, and find an expensive poster up for sale or
auction. Somewhere in the description, one will often find a Heritage
data base reference, for what this same poster sold for 6, 8, 12
months prior, for
Hi Jeff:
I think you're laboring under some misapprehensions concerning the way the
Heritage bidding system works. As the auctioneer of record for most of Grey's
auctions, let me address a couple of your concerns.
You've mentioned reserves in this post and several others, and seem to be
Only 4 hours left
the current auction will End Today starting at 5:00 PM Pacific Time
As usual there are lots of interesting titles cool collectible
http://www.comic-art.com/auctions/99cent/index.htmClick
Here to See a Gallery of the posters being sold in this auction
Rich,
Here's where you and I disagree: You say that is how it is supposed to
work. I say that is how it has often been worked in the past, but not
how it is supposed to work. Even though you personally don't like
hidden reserves, you seem resigned to there always being hidden reserves
and
John,
Apparently I was under a misapprehension as well because I thought
Heritage still used hidden reserves. If not and, as you say, no one at
Heritage ever pushes the price above the reserve, then what was N.P.
Gresham doing? I realize you probably can't comment on that because of
the
Hi, Everyone,
I have about 35 TO 40 Auctions closing on THURSDAY, filled to the brim
with BARGAINS! From THE BEATLES to WESTERNS to SINBAD to 60s + 70s HORROR to
CARRY ON/ BRITISH COMEDY TO HAYLEY MILLS---I'm offering 3 Original US
1-SHEETS on Each Star or Genre FOR ONLY $19.99!!! That's
I am seeking the following in the first section, and have for sale or trade the
items in the second section. I collect noir, Hitchcock, 40s---so if you want
something….tell me what you have. In the past 3 months, most of the posters I
have purchased have NOT been on my WANT LIST, so let me
RE: the Heritage suit,
from Reuters, dated today.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS164010+16-Sep-2009
+PRN20090916
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I've been happy with Heritage and will continue to bid. Having said that...
The problem with all of this remains the blot on the family escutcheon.
Arguing the rights and wrong of shill bidding and its disclosure really doesn't
much matter in that, either way, Heritage will now carry the
family escutcheon
Glenn,
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JR,
Do you have any interest in posters at all or just in the workings of Heritage?
If you've ever seen their auctions you will know that when they go live they
will either say no reserve or reserve not yet posted/met, so you know
immediately if there is a reserve or not. Then as Grey and John
Hey Sean
Maybe it's best to see how this all plays out before you make too
many definitive statements about the working practices of a company that you
don't work for?
Incidentally, I see your website's main page still carries a
prominent endorsement for Jaime Mendez Restoration (Tell Them I
I thought you'd all be interested in seeing the response I just got
from Ebay when I reported that dealer selling the Casablanca portal days
ago. (Note Ebay's worthless automated response didn't even include my
Ebay user name.) Here it is:
Dear ,
Thank you for writing eBay in regard to your
http://www.comic-art.com/auctions/99cent/index.htmClick Here to See
a Gallery of the posters being sold in this auction
http://www.movieposterbid.com/search.asp?nsearch=*comic-art.com*Clickhttp://www.movieposterbid.com/search.asp?nsearch=*comic-art.com*Here
to Directly Go to the Auctions
as
please let me know.
David Lieberman
_CineMasterpieces.com_ (http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/) | 15721 N.
Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az 85260
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Appt. Only.
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a typical, uncaring response.
IMAGINE-He sells a portal for 600plus, and perhaps, perhaps,
perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
perhaps,perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps be told...BAD
BOYDont do it, again!!! or acct
I sold a NM Tomcats 1-sheet through my website a while ago for 20 bucks!
Just another reason people should be buying directly from
http://www.posteropolis.com!
I'm just sayin'...
Dave
Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters
http://www.posteropolis.com
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From: Greg
Dave,
I can even beat your Tomcat's story. A little over a year ago, I sold
THREE Original X-Rated or Adult-themed US one sheets for a stinking
$19.99...and one of them was Tomcats!
Rick
Sean,
While I have no obligation to vet myself with you, just for the heck of
it I will say this: I've collected movie posters since the 1960's. I've
given up counting them, but I have hundreds from all times and genres. I
have bought at auctions and from retail dealers. I obviously don't buy
I am not sure what kind of a discount you could get.
How much work is needed?
As for making definitive statements, I am just trying to help out a fellow
collector who seems a little slow in understanding and drolls on about things
that really don't matter (ie. why do they start an auction
Not that you seem to need any help, J.R.,, but here is the latest from the
blog generated by that news story from a couple of days ago, and it sure
paints a completely different picture:
As a former employee of Heritage, nothing in the Hendershott suit surprises
me. Based upon the practices I
Hi Bruce, Glad to see you are feeling better.
I don't blame a company that is interested in purchasing material for resale
wanting to buy it for less than the low estimate.
But if something is going on, maybe they will learn from when you were
suspended from eBay for having employees bid on
Just provide me with the list of dealers and auction houses that sold the
fakes and I will gladly tell you which ones I know of that gave refunds and
which ones didn't. Unless of course there were no dealers and auction houses
that sold the fakes (other than PIH), and then there would be no list.
I don't have such a list, not have I ever claimed to have such knowledge in my
email newsletters.
You have claimed to have this knowledge and I guess you are holding it out so
that maybe more people get burned?
My only direct knowledge is from the fake I bought at PIH, which was quickly
OK, to play your game, let's say four are refunding and one isn't. Now we
are just saying, right?
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Sean Linkenback slinkenb...@comcast.netwrote:
I don't have such a list, not have I ever claimed to have such knowledge in
my email newsletters.
You have claimed
So are you saying we shouldn't deal with Sotheby's?
It is very disingenuous to say that you possess such knowledge which could
obviously do many people good (I have told you point blank I would like to stop
dealing with these auction houses, and I am certainly not alone) and yet you
refuse to
One of the best and greatest voices of the urban folk revival of the
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I had seen them many years ago at a concert festival and they were a
very fine listen
I'm sure she's blowing in the wind that is leaving on a jet plane and
she has a hammer
At 08:15 PM 9/16/2009, Kirby McDaniel wrote:
One of the best and greatest voices of the urban folk revival of the
Today's MoPo Quik Poll:
Assuming you have finished polishing your escutcheons and have time
to watch a movie, which would you rather see (basing your decision
solely on the following poster art):
A) Mind Warp
http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/large_size.php?lot=7e281
B) Galaxy of
me too - but not if that woman is Erin Moran.
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If we can superimpose Mara Corday on the GOT poster and the creature ripping
her to shreds On second thought I better not mention her name or she might
sue me... Never mind
Rick
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