Yes, provenance is the most important thing with signed posters and many of the
signed movie posters that turn up for sale only have a CofA which usually
doesn’t prove that it was signed.
Over the years, I have had a lot of low value posters signed at The Hollywood
Show and nearly always get
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Just an FYI only. Even though Chri
a huge range of movie poster collecting
categories. It is also interesting that a huge number of movie posters are
bought and sold on these pages with no fees or commission.
I think it illustrates that Movie Poster collecting is more popular than ever.
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Congratulation Scott
That’s quite an achievement. Lots of interesting discussions and topics over
the years and I recall the time when we used to have almost daily posts about
Mexican lobby cards too, particularly when someone died.
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Yes, its not much of a guarantee.
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Sent: 7 January, 2024 5:34 PM
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Note that the item must be offered by the same seller elsewhere. Others can
offer it at reasonable prices
Yes, their prices are indeed high but they say that they have a price match
guarantee. It would be interesting to see if that actually works with the high
priced movie posters!
Price-Match Guarantee
We expect all our sellers to offer their lowest price. If you discover the same
item listed for
old at that age as
thetime in storage can age the posters and acid breakdown of the poster paper
stock there were quite a few beautiful reprints of Breakfast at Tiffanys hope
that helps Kind regards Tom Hollywood dream factory® since 1977 Merry Christmas
On 2023-11-28 01:02, Moviemem Original
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He has an Australian email address but he did say that he had checked your site.
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I have been contacted by a person who thinks he has an original rolled
Breakfast at Tiffany's US one sheet. I think it is a repro despite it being 27"
x 41" approx. It doesn't have the full NSS details (ie 61/262) on the bottom of
the poster and is very similar to one that Bruce
Thanks Grey
Looks like it will be great auction
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ENDING DEC. 7 & 8, PROPSTORE U.S. POSTER
Yes. Very sad news. I met her a couple of times at The Hollywood Show and she
was great to talk to about her films. The most recent time was in 2020 and I
she dressed in her Dark Shadows costume and looked beautiful.
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ne had used them for restoration, etc. I would appreciate any feedback that
I can pass on to him
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Hi Alan
I agree with you that there is still interest in those genres but perhaps not
as much as there was 20 years ago, particularly amongst younger collectors.
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please post a list of these titles that are increasing in value
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a shift in
collectors tastes. That should not be unexpected.
Interesting that the MoPo list is now showing up as 249 recipients. I remember
when it was well over 350 members.
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I think it is a case of collectors tastes changing and evolving over the years.
There are plenty of examples of posters that have increased massively in value
over the last 15 years or so. However, some of the posters that were considered
high value years ago have decreased in value
Thinking of you Tom and wishing the best for you.
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David-Thank you Sir for the wisdom and kindness!! God
Congratulations to Grey on producing a truly superb catalogue. Best of luck
with the auction which I am sure will be a great success.
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Hi to you all
Back in 2010 there was a quite lively discussion on MoPo regarding the French
Line lobby card #3. There was a theory that Marilyn Monroe became very friendly
with Jane Russell and visited her on the set of French Line. In the scene in
Card 3 one of the dancers looks remarkably
Maybe it will happen sometime in the future
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Oh, OK. I get it now. That's a shame!
I guess
I am in Australia and ship everything from Queensland. My understanding is that
eBay’s Global shipping is not available for sellers in Australia.
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From: Todd Feiertag
Sent: 3
> you about this when they take your insurance money.
> >
> > All you could do is to get your own insurance policy, which is very
> > costly.
> >
> > There are no custom duties on posters, only Import-VAT. As a business
> > seller, it is easily refundable for me.
to properly insure
high end posters is to take out a separate policy and even then, you have to go
through hoops to make a claim.
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Hi Helmut
I paid around $400.00 for insurance but I do agree that I might have wasted my
money. I also get a lot of packages delivered from the US and UK and always
have to pay the c
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John,
when shipping from Germany, there is no way to insure any collectibles beyond a
value of €500
Hi to you all
There have been lots of comments on Social Media about an increase in damaged
packages, no matter how well they are packed.
I recently sold some high end posters to a collector in Europe. Thankfully it
all went very smoothly.
However, much as I tried to anticipate any potential
Pretty sure that it would be one of the popular reproductions that have been
produced in huge quantities like Star Wars, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Casablanca,
etc but no idea specifically which one would be the most popular.
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Yes, I think this is a case of a lawyer seeing a golden opportunity to rack up
some additional fees from the estate. Lots of billable hours "investigating".
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Subject: Aw: Re: [MOPO] Legality of selling movie posters
In the US, resale of movie posters (and any other copyrighted materials like
CDs or books) is pr
Nearly 2 million images is quite incredible! I have around 50,000 on my website
and that creates bandwith issues, etc. I can only imagine the cost of hosting 2
million images.
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I know this topic comes up every so often but a collector
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I know this topic comes up every so often but a collector has just been
contacted by a lawyer
Hi to you all
I know this topic comes up every so often but a collector has just been
contacted by a lawyer who has said
"In this regard, it has come to my attention that some (or all) of the posters
may remain property of the distributors and unsaleable. I will look into this
issue as
Congratulations Scott
From memory, I initially joined about 20 years ago and I particularly remember
a spirited discussion about minty whites. Many thanks for keeping it all going
after such a long time.
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I have purchased around 20 Mondo prints primarily because I like the
alternative and creative artwork. I went to a Music poster show in San
Francisco a few years ago and many of the prominent artists were there selling
their artwork and I think they have probably been doing this with Music
That’s an incredible collection Garth! Thanks for making the video.
Have you ever come across any early Cagney Australian posters? It’s a pity that
Daybills for The Roaring Twenties, Public Enemy, Angels with Dirty Faces, etc
don’t seem to exist.
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I have a few. Anyone else?
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Hi Sam
This doesn’t sound good. I hope it can be sorted out for you.
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Hi all,
We
Jolson and it was NOT in black face.
Just thought "what the heck" and carried on. I also cannot list any movie
photo that contains Hitler in the title.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 05:25:32 PM CDT, Moviemem Original Movie
Posters mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com>> wrote:
Th
There are currently many images of Al Jolson from Mammy in various listings on
eBay and also a load of images of Hattie McDaniel in GWTW listings. They don’t
seem to be consistent in enforcing their policies.
John
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These mistakes happen too often. Same thing with Tanya Roberts and others.
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I see that he is under
nds, then we have to collect the VAT and submit it to the UK
government.
I am just curious as to how other sellers deal with this issue when selling to
the UK.
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egulations in the UK but it still seems to be a problem
as people in the UK are not aware of the changes.
Just curious as to how other dealers are coping with the customs regulations.
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They love terms like "giving buyers a better buying experience". They use it
for many of their weird ideas. It really is getting to a point where it is not
worth selling on eBay.
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I think they probably just show promoted listings from sellers who have chosen
to pay extra commission to have their listings given priority. I have found
that those listings appear at the top of searches and often have much higher
prices than others.
John Reid
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sales have escalated
over the last few years to the point where we don’t have the time or the need
to advertise or try and hawk business on Social Media. I have no doubts that
there is now more interest in movie posters than ever.
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on my website for the vast majority of my sales although I
have had to restrict sales to the UK and Europe because to the new customs
regulations.
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dn't think that they included the VAT
when calculating the final value fee but I could be wrong.
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I am looking for an original Breakfast at Tiffany's lobby Card 6. Please let me
know if you have one available with price and condition.
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Great collection!
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To:
Congratulations and thanks Scott. It is an incredible achievement to last 27
years and still going strong. There will always be lots to talk about in the
Movie Poster world and looking forward to more discussions in the years to come.
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John
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out here).
John
Good question! If the right person came along, I would take them in as a
partner tomorrow. I know that after a transition per
Best wishes to you Tom and all at MoPo
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of losing the package.
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in killing off every small business in the world.
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$29.00 will certainly affect how I bid. I guess they are doing it to cover the
costs of selling low value items.
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Thanks for posting this David
I would love to be in New York and have a close look at the collection!
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that it is most
definitely not in Australia. They told me that they are fielding many
complaints from customers asking why the USPS tracking shows international
packages as having arrived in Australia when in reality they haven't even left
the US.
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a week from the US to
Australia and are very reliable (so far).
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Hi to you all
I am looking to buy lobby cards for the following titles…
Goldfinger
Thunderball
Dr No
You Only Live Twice
Please let me know price and condition.
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I am looking for original Australian Daybills for the following:
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train
Marilyn Monroe films
Please let me know if you have any lurking in your collections.
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is that there is very little research into prices by either
buyer or seller.
I am fortunate that my website gives me more than enough business but I do see
things changing with more people ignoring eBay and moving to Social Media to
sell their posters.
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Creative accounting at its best. It’s like charging a fee on postage costs.
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will differentiate between eBay
transactions and separate website transactions and how they will work out
whether the VAT has been paid or not.
I would be interested to hear how Heritage and Emovieposter are dealing with it.
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Good question Stan
I would also be interested to hear how other sellers are dealing with the new
customs requirements throughout Europe as well as the UK.
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to the UK, I spoke to an eBay rep about it a few days ago
and they had no idea how it worked and couldn't find anyone who could help.
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