Post-auction analysis - OMGs!, LOLs!, WTFs!, whatev....

[Ed_209uk]

£500! Jeez... that's utterly bonkers 

[110x75]

 

Holy balls.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290626717704?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649&autorefresh=true#ht_500wt_1413

[eatbrie]

Can someone tell me why people are even attracted to this poster?  I never bought it because I always thought it was so ugly.

T

[110x75]

Can someone tell me why people are even attracted to this poster?  I never bought it because I always thought it was so ugly.

T

The film is kind of a modern horror classic, and IMO the poster looks good. Just not GBP 500.00 good...

[Harry Caul]

Well, I for one think its a beauty.  And that film scared the pants off me as a little one... I think I saw it when I was like 11 or 12!  (rocks back and forth in fetal position) I can still hear his knives/fingers screeching across the hand rail down in the boiler room!  Everyone gets attached to the movies from their childhood, and clearly horror is probably the most influential genre to our hobby.  This flick is probably one of, if not the most important horror movies of the 80s.  In retrospect, I think "The Thing" is a much better movie.  But as a wee one, I never even heard of The Thing.  EVERYONE'S heard of Freddy.

[Zorba]

Can someone tell me why people are even attracted to this poster?  I never bought it because I always thought it was so ugly.

Its not a unicorn?   

Matt I love the post auction commentary. Holy balls indeed.

BTW. I do not dislike the poster.

[brude]

Can someone tell me why people are even attracted to this poster?  I never bought it because I always thought it was so ugly.

T

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET quad ugly?
I think Humphries did a brilliant job.

The BACK TO THE FUTURE poster...now that's ugly.

[Harry Caul]

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET quad ugly?
I think Humphries did a brilliant job.

The BACK TO THE FUTURE poster...now that's ugly.

+1

[MoviePosterBid.com]

they are both boring posters

[110x75]

they are both boring posters

Only comparing them with those Haggards.. 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Only comparing them with those Haggards.. 

the one I think is really hilarious is Crab Haggards.. the body position and his smile just says how overjoyed he is

and of course, those big red lips on Bride of Haggard and that crazy hair are just too funny.
On Bride, I actually did make a "frankencard"
I sanded down a vintage lobby card to get rid of the image, and pasted a full size print onto that & had it displayed at Cinevent in 2010.. Many dealers and collectors came by asking "I heard about the Bride of Haggard card. Where is it, I'd love to see it". It gave everyone huge laughs.. Oh by the way.. it was $25,000, but I haven't sold it, if anyone is interested

[50s]

I still don't know why people bid early. If every bidder refrained from bidding until the final seconds, with a mass snipe blitz, the final price might have reached $20

[CJ138]

To each their own.  The NOES quad is the LAST poster I would sell.  As mentioned, it is a modern classic.

Conor  

[Zorba]

I still don't know why people bid early.

I always thought it was cause they wanted to screw me. 

[eatbrie]

I don't know who this Humphries dude is, but based on NOES, I'm not a fan.  Tastes differ, Ted.  You seem to love the guy who did the Hobo With a Shotgun poster, and I think it's atrocious (even though I own it because I got it for free.)

T

[brude]

I don't know who this Humphries dude is, but based on NOES, I'm not a fan.  Tastes differ, Ted.  You seem to love the guy who did the Hobo With a Shotgun poster, and I think it's atrocious (even though I own it because I got it for free.)

T

You never cease to amaze me.
For a guy with an arts background and a huge collection of movie posters, you come up with a blank stare on many of the artists who make our hobby so damn cool.
The world is not just Stout, Struzan and Grinsson...

Graham Humphreys is the genius behind many memorable UK quads from the 80s. Here is his website: http://www.grahamhumphreys.com/
APF member ed209uk conducted a great, in-depth interview with him here: http://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/an-interview-with-graham-humphreys/
You should read it. I read every word of it when he posted it to this forum and found it very informative. Thanks, Eddie!

As for Tom Hodge, if you think his art is "atrocious" and you got HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN for free, maybe you should pass it on to someone who cares. Like me. 

[Ed_209uk]

Cheers Ted. I'm a big fan of Graham's work and IMO his quad for The Evil Dead is one of the best horror posters of all time.

With that being said, collecting posters would be a frustrating hobby if we all liked the same thing!

[brude]

With that being said, collecting posters would be a frustrating hobby if we all liked the same thing!

This is true.
The world would suck if we all had the same opinion.
 

[eatbrie]

You never cease to amaze me.
For a guy with an arts background and a huge collection of movie posters, you come up with a blank stare on many of the artists who make our hobby so damn cool.
The world is not just Stout, Struzan and Grinsson...

Graham Humphreys is the genius behind many memorable UK quads from the 80s. Here is his website: http://www.grahamhumphreys.com/
APF member ed209uk conducted a great, in-depth interview with him here: http://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/an-interview-with-graham-humphreys/
You should read it. I read every word of it when he posted it to this forum and found it very informative. Thanks, Eddie!

As for Tom Hodge, if you think his art is "atrocious" and you got HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN for free, maybe you should pass it on to someone who cares. Like me. 

I may never cease to amaze you (which is a good thing), but what you just said doesn't make any sense to me at all.

First, as we all know, art is super subjective.  Second, because I have an art background and a collection of posters doesn't oblige me to like what I find displeasing to the eye.  Which, like Ed said, is probably a good thing for collectors.  There are many artists, past Stout, Struzan or Grinsson, that I like, just not the two you mentioned, and it is my prerogative, Ted.  I don't think it makes me less of an art lover, dumber or whatever you want to call it.  It is true that I have very classical tastes when it comes to fine art.  I like older stuff, I grew up with French Impressionism, and as a general rule, I am not too impressed with modern art past Picasso or Matisse.  It doesn't mean that I hate it all, it just means that I am more selective and more inclined to turn my back on it.  Art to me should not be aggressive, but pleasing, melodious.  What I see of the two artists above, along with people like Strausfeld, makes me grimace, and not in a good way.  I'm sorry if you don't like it, but this is the way I feel.

T

[CJ138]

odd-couple-posters by CJHORROR, on Flickr

Much love,
Conor

[Zorba]

odd-couple-posters by CJHORROR, on Flickr

I loved those guys. 

[brude]

I may never cease to amaze you (which is a good thing), but what you just said doesn't make any sense to me at all.

First, as we all know, art is super subjective.  Second, because I have an art background and a collection of posters doesn't oblige me to like what I find displeasing to the eye.  Which, like Ed said, is probably a good thing for collectors.  There are many artists, past Stout, Struzan or Grinsson, that I like, just not the two you mentioned, and it is my prerogative, Ted.  I don't think it makes me less of an art lover, dumber or whatever you want to call it.  It is true that I have very classical tastes when it comes to fine art.  I like older stuff, I grew up with French Impressionism, and as a general rule, I am not too impressed with modern art past Picasso or Matisse.  It doesn't mean that I hate it all, it just means that I am more selective and more inclined to turn my back on it.  Art to me should not be aggressive, but pleasing, melodious.  What I see of the two artists above, along with people like Strausfeld, makes me grimace, and not in a good way.  I'm sorry if you don't like it, but this is the way I feel.

T

Did I miss something here?
I didn't ask you to like what you find "displeasing to the eye."
Personally, I could care less whether you like the works of Humphreys and Hodge.
Your loss, not mine. 

What puzzles me is your utter disinterest in learning more about this art form and the artists responsible, especially when it is right under your nose.
Eddie went to a lot of effort to educate the rest of us in the work of Graham Humphreys by sharing his exclusive interview on this very forum.
I'm sure many of us read it.  Why you didn't is of no concern of mine.
But to say "I don't know who this Humphries dude is" after that post boggles my mind.

On the other hand, I routinely research poster artists that I learn of on this forum.
Before Eddie posted his Humphreys interview, I was unaware of the man's body of work.
That read broadened my horizons and further honed my assessment of the artistic abilities of others.
The appreciation of art -- and the development of a collection -- is a personal evolution we enthusiasts all go through.
Trust me, I don't want anyone to like what I like because I like it.
Variety is the spice of life.
 

(Now, ship me that "atrocious" HOBO, you narrow-minded bastard!  )

[ddilts399]

Can someone tell me why people are even attracted to this poster?  I never bought it because I always thought it was so ugly.

T

Best poster to come out of the 80's.

[eatbrie]

It's already up on my website, it's buried somewhere in roll 3 of 2011, and I only have one of those posters, so I can't send it to you.  What comes in never leaves.  Plus, Dale has one for $22, you cheap bastard.  Buy it, if you love it so much.

And sorry if I don't read everything on the forum.  Luckily enough, we're thriving.  If Ed had posted on MPF, I would have had all the time in the world to read it... Months, maybe.  No, in all seriousness, I probably saw it (or didn't, I really don't know) and did not read it because I don't like the guy.  

My father, who was arguably one of the world's most esteemed art dealers, said something very smart to me one day.  I think we were at the Met.  It went something like this: Art connects your heart to your brain.  You may feel for something, and not understand it, or you may find something interesting, but feel no connection to it.  What makes a piece complete to the viewer is when the heart and the brain converge to make one.  If a piece does one and not the other, don't try to force it, just keep walking until you find what speaks to you.  You will then have a chance to see the entire museum and not get tired or frustrated half way through.

This is why I didn't read Ed's post.  I just kept walking to something that appealed to me.

T

[brude]

My father, who was arguably one of the world's most esteemed art dealers, said something very smart to me one day.  I think we were at the Met.  It went something like this: Art connects your heart to your brain.  You may feel for something, and not understand it, or you may find something interesting, but feel no connection to it.  What makes a piece complete to the viewer is when the heart and the brain converge to make one.  If a piece does one and not the other, don't try to force it, just keep walking until you find what speaks to you. You will then have a chance to see the entire museum and not get tired or frustrated half way through.

That is a very interesting and thought-provoking lesson your father shared with you.
Thanks for sharing it with us.