Non-Alamo Graphic Art Movie Posters

[brude]

Something else you said that picked my interest: "Scarcity/rarity doesn't enter the equation when I see something I like -- that is, unless I can't afford it."  Maybe we should start with this: What can you afford?

Very little.
Once in a while I'll spend $40-50 on a poster that I've been hunting for...a must have for me.
Once in a blue moon, I'll drop a c-note on a poster that I really, really want, like THE PARISIENNE one-sheet.
I think I've only done that 4-5x in this lifetime.
But, I don't buy items because of their scarcity.
Does that make any sense?

As for Moviegoods reprints, no thanks.
Though, there are a few studio-issued reprints I have bought (DRACULA, THE MUMMY) because I will never have the finances to buy the originals.
I have only bought those because the quality was impeccable.
That has led me to the S2 prints, which are still too steep for my wallet.

[eatbrie]

Scarcity usually comes from a lot of people wanting the same thing, thus raising the price of the piece.  If you don't spend a lot of money on posters, you probably don't go for that much scarcity in the first place.  The posters that everybody wants are usually way over $40, Ted.  I think we're talking about 2 different things here.

T

[CSM]

There are two main motivations behind collecting - those who see it as a competition ("MY posters could beat up YOUR posters na na na!") and those that collect for the what I believe to be the right reasons (because they trully appreciate the art or the movie or the nostalgia).

So, in my opinion, those who collect from a competitive mindset have got it completely ass backwards...

[brude]

There are two main motivations behind collecting - those who see it as a competition ("MY posters could beat up YOUR posters na na na!") and those that collect for the what I believe to be the right reasons (because they trully appreciate the art or the movie or the nostalgia).

So, in my opinion, those who collect from a competitive mindset have got it completely ass backwards...

Bingo.
That's what I am trying to understand.
Why would someone turn down a ubiquitous print for $10 but spend $400 for the same print if it is intentionally 'limited.'
It seems to me that if we rejected that mindset, there would be more art available, better artists making better profits and the profiteers would soon disappear.

[eatbrie]

Well, the only person I can think of competing against is Ron Borst.  He's the only one I know with a real collection that I have seen.  I have yet to see one great rare poster in any of our collections.

T

[eatbrie]

Why would someone turn down a ubiquitous print for $10 but spend $400 for the same print if it is intentionally 'limited.'

I've explained it all before.  If you still don't understand, it's because we're from different planets.  Kinda like your boy Gingrich and my idol Obama.  We'll never understand each other, and it's okay.  I still like you, Ted.

T

[CSM]

I have yet to see one great rare poster in any of our collections.

T

That's a very subjective opinion Thierry.

[eatbrie]

That's a very subjective opinion Thierry.

Sure, but it is mine.  I don't think great collectors go on poster forums.  For one, they don't want people to know what they have.  I suppose Rich and Bruce are great collectors, but they are also dealers, thus their presence amongst us.  But after all these years, I still don't know what they own, and I understand their predicament.  If I had great pieces, I wouldn't want people to know that I have them, if anything for security reasons.  This is why I don't think any of us who display our collections have great rare pieces.  Or if we do, we don't show them, because I have yet to see them.

T

[Under The Floorboards]

Well I guess I make the best of both worlds. I'm afraid I'm shallow enough to love owning something very limited, but I also love to own things that are old i.e my ongoing quest for Laurel and Hardy movie posters.
I buy when I can regardless of rarity, as long as I like the artwork and it's not from the dodgy 70's - 80's period (talking about L&H posters here).
Example below, I have no idea of what these movies are and even what the posters are. They're even glued to thick cardboard.
But I liked the images. And the price was right at the time.

[eatbrie]

Don't take me wrong.  I don't buy to speculate.  I own 6,500 posters, and I don't intend to sell any in my lifetime.  So I really don't care either way.  It just happened that a lot of posters I like are liked by others, and thus difficult to get.  The search and the find, knowing that you own something that others desire and have trouble getting, makes it much more enjoyable.  Maybe it's a personal thing, but the enjoyment I get from the hobby would be greatly diminished if I knew that everyone can get what I found because it is mass reproduced.  In my 10 years or so of collecting, I have never bought anything for future appreciation.  Again, I do not sell.  But hunt and rarity is what keeps me going.

T

[stewart boyle]

Don't take me wrong.  I don't buy to speculate.  I own 6,500 posters, and I don't intend to sell any in my lifetime.  So I really don't care either way.  It just happened that a lot of posters I like are liked by others, and thus difficult to get.  The search and the find, knowing that you own something that others desire and have trouble getting, makes it much more enjoyable.  Maybe it's a personal thing, but the enjoyment I get from the hobby would be greatly diminished if I knew that everyone can get what I found because it is mass reproduced.  In my 10 years or so of collecting, I have never bought anything for future appreciation.  Again, I do not sell.  But hunt and rarity is what keeps me going.

T

I think all of us are big game hunters...our target is just paper... go figure.

Stew

[brude]

If I had great pieces, I wouldn't want people to know that I have them, if anything for security reasons.  This is why I don't think any of us who display our collections have great rare pieces.  Or if we do, we don't show them, because I have yet to see them.

That is why I will NEVER post a pic of my FRANKENSTEIN 6-sheet.

[eatbrie]

 

[Freefall]

That is why I will NEVER post a pic of my FRANKENSTEIN 6-sheet.

Nor will you see me post a picture of my Original Metropolis OS

[brude]

Nor will you see me post a picture of my Original Metropolis OS

  to you and T.

[archie leach]

Sean has posted some pretty exceptional pieces, Oliver posted some of his amazing quad collection and then there are these... pics that I wouldn't have if the owners hadn't posted them on NSFGE...

[stewart boyle]

Sean has posted some pretty exceptional pieces, Oliver posted some of his amazing quad collection and then there are these... pics that I wouldn't have if the owners hadn't posted them on NSFGE...

I`m lost for words.
Stew

[CSM]

Is that THE 3 sheet?

[eatbrie]

Now THAT'S a poster!

Wow!

T

[archie leach]

Is that THE 3 sheet?

Yup...

[CSM]

Yup...

It's the kind of poster that would cause a dilemma - you spend $700,000 on it so you want to look at it all the time (understandably) but then you have to fear what could happen to it being outside a vault...

[stewart boyle]

If you find no poster buddy love elsewhere, let me know and I will give it a go for you.
Thanks to my bundle of joy...I'm usually up by then!

This print is for sale now at $60,my pay pal balance is zero just now,is anyone helping Ted out on this one ?

Stew

[theartofmovieposters]

I got one...just in case.
Was up anyhow...sent him a PM.

[stewart boyle]

I got one...just in case.
Was up anyhow...sent him a PM.

He's going to be stocked Ves.. Classy

Stew

[archie leach]

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