[MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Coins, stamps, vintage photos, baseball cards, and comic books currently all have million dollar plus items on a regular basis, and tons of items that sell in the tens of thousands. Yet movie posters are far more rare, and far more enjoyable (because you can better display and enjoy them), and yet

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
There must be hundreds of thousands coin collectors in the world. Our local Yellow Pages list 54 coin dealers for Berlin alone! As of today, I'm still the ONLY movie poster shop not only in Berlin, but in Germany. Movie posters may have a slightly better stand in the US, but obviously we still

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Richard C Evans
Yeah, just needs a few more high profile news stories publicising dishonesty, questionable practice and rank incompetence. Can't imagine anyone reading about the top end of the market and not think it's shady as hell. Though I don't doubt coin and comic collecting can be similarly hazardous,

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Kirby McDaniel
This is a question that is a correlative question: are there any million dollar posters -- of any kind? Kirby On Oct 12, 2013, at 7:56 AM, Bruce Hershenson brucehershen...@gmail.com wrote: Coins, stamps, vintage photos, baseball cards, and comic books currently all have million dollar plus

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Gee, the top sports auction house owner was arrested by the FBI and has since admitted massive fraud, including trimming the Gretsky Honus Wagner card (to get a reduced sentence), in order to try to get a reduced sentence, and THAT not only didn't seem to hurt that hobby, but it also received

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
You are likely correct, Kirby. I know that the non-movie poster poster hobby had posters in the tens of thousands back in the days when movie posters did not, but over the years I got the sense that the two have become quite similar in price structure, but I could be way off. On Sat, Oct 12,

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Freeman Fisher
I think all my posters are worth a million bucks. I just charge far less because I want to make them affordable to all and play nice. freeman On Oct 12, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote: This is a question that is a correlative question: are there any million

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Richard C Evans
Yes, advantage of accessibility and longer traditions so they've built up a greater head of steam. Can't see too many reasons why film posters shouldn't catch up. There was zero awareness, hugely increased now, just don't think the adverse publicity is going to help, especially when it comes to

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Simon Oram
: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:43:09 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Reply-To: evan...@mac.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters? Yes, advantage of accessibility and longer traditions so they've built up a greater head of steam. Can't see too many reasons why film

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread David Lieberman
are there no million dollar movie posters? Yes, advantage of accessibility and longer traditions so they've built up a greater head of steam. Can't see too many reasons why film posters shouldn't catch up. There was zero awareness, hugely increased now, just don't think the adverse publicity

Re: [MOPO] Why are there no million dollar movie posters?

2013-10-12 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
I liked Sean's response posted to the same question at APF http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6913.0.html Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the