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

[Zorba]

Mel, it's Rita Hayworth at the peak of her appeal in a strapless gown flippantly saying "FU" to the establishment through her sly smirk and casually held cig.

That's all that needs to be said!

Yes...That thing is beautiful...Its not a cigarete I see her holding when I look at that   

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

It's no secret that Hollywood - in part due to product placement payments from the tobacco industry - has always glamorized cigarettes, which of course kills 25% of smokers and damages the health of the rest.  

But enough preaching from me.  And hell yes Rita Hayworth is spectacular.

[brude]

$14,000+ for this? I don't get it - maybe the movie was great but this is just a cigarette ad to me:

Now, now, Mel.  GILDA is a classic and that iconic poster is worth every penny.  What a gorgeous piece of classic film memorabilia.

[eatbrie]

Man, this is just absolutely gorgeous.  Just incredible.

T

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

The Italian 2 panel beats it by a country mile - plus no cig!

[brude]

That's a beauty, no doubt...
But I am still partial to the one sheet....va-va voom!!

[Zorba]

That's a beauty, no doubt...
But I am still partial to the one sheet....va-va voom!!

Gotta agree with you.

Love the way she fills all the way out...That V shaped transition from that green to purple is so PERFECTLY placed...........

[Bruce]

Mel

You gotta admit she is one smokin' babe (and she just passed $20,000!).

I imagine you know that practically every man and teenage boy in the 1940s fantasied about being with Hayworth in this role and when she was asked why she had had so little romantic success in her personal life she replied (remarkably candidly) "Men go to bed with Gilda, but wake up with me"!

Bruce

[Zorba]

You gotta admit she is one smokin' babe (and she just passed $20,000!).

Wowza! I guess Im out then. 

That broad was always outta my league.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

I imagine you know that practically every man and teenage boy in the 1940s fantasied about being with Hayworth in this role...

If a picture tells a thousands words, ....

[Bruce]

Is there no stopping her? Now she's at $21,500, with 4 hours to go!

Bruce

[CSM]

Wow...trully impressive price for a trully impressive poster...

[Bruce]

$23,833.00 with 12 minutes to go!

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1883506

[Bruce]

$ 25,157.00 with 5 minutes to go!

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1883506

[Bruce]

$ 25,657.00 CLOSED!

I am envious of the new owner, and hope he/she displays this wonderful poster in a prominent place!

Bruce

[Zorba]

Nice....$25,657

I was tempted to bid $26,000 but I would have been 25,000 short  

Not the Stanley Cup Finals but still fun to watch.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

just in case my friends haven't seen them

there is an ET flying saucer advance ending on Ebay in a little more than 1 hour
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140437280087

and the same seller has a Star Wars birthday poster
http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-Star-Wars-birthday-1-sheet-original-movie-poster-/140437295687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

[Freefall]

just in case my friends haven't seen them

there is an ET flying saucer advance ending on Ebay in a little more than 1 hour
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140437280087

and the same seller has a Star Wars birthday poster
http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-Star-Wars-birthday-1-sheet-original-movie-poster-/140437295687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

Too pricey for my blood.

[Harry Caul]

Yeah, that seller has a high opening bids which is a turn off for most buyers/bidders... too bad as he's got a nice selection.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

the ET poster is most certainly NOT a high starting bid

yes, it's more than 99 cents, but that poster is exceedingly rare and retail, in that condition is at least $700-800

for such a rare poster, I think the seller is being reasonably fair (for a non-99 cent starting bid)

[archie leach]

the ET poster is most certainly NOT a high starting bid

yes, it's more than 99 cents, but that poster is exceedingly rare and retail, in that condition is at least $700-800

for such a rare poster, I think the seller is being reasonably fair (for a non-99 cent starting bid)

Apparently not.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

apparently not what? that it isn't a bargain..? jason, really.. how stupid can you get? Just because it didn't sell this morning doesn't mean the poster wasn't cheap.
The economy sucks if you haven't noticed and while Bruce may have trumpeted his results of last week, the reality is that even those results sucked. babe Comes Home for $9700? That poster got higher bids just last year in Morry's auction. House of Dracula insert at $5901.. Heritage has gotten as high as $15k not too long ago. I Walked With a Zombie insert $2100.. if you think that's a good result, then you clearly have no idea. That ET poster is a great poster, though the condition isn't top notch

here is a Heritage result $3107
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=693&Lot_No=64334

Bruce hasn't sold a copy since 2006 and got as high as $1600 in 1996

The poster is an absolute bargain for any collector looking for the poster, and it's rarity adds to that as who knows when another will come up.

[CSM]

Obviously the demand has slipped and/or the right collecter/bidder/investor was not aware of the auction.

In the end, the market dictates value not past sales results...

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Obviously the demand has slipped and/or the right collecter/bidder/investor was not aware of the auction.
In the end, the market dictates value not past sales results...

only if you desire to micro-manage a value, however the reality is somewhere in between, especially in a market that eschews a price guide for standardization (I agree with this to great extent in posters).

[Bruce]

"while Bruce may have trumpeted his results of last week, the reality is that even those results sucked"

Rich, Rich, Rich.

Untrue and beneath you. Those results from other auctions you love to quote likely were never paid for, or were made by a house bidder, or were a consignor buying back their own items.

My results (good and bad) were the results of real bidders bidding against real bidders (just as your results are). They may have been lower than some imaginary results in some cases, but in many other cases they were much higher.

Bruce