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

[Neo]

Results Show...  I ended up not bidding on the other Pearl Harbor because it had exceed the $15 mark...

$134 +$15 for other PH = $149 w/o consignment fees...

With Consignment Fees: (100% minus EMP %)
Almost Famous = $82 * 70% = $57.4
Dogma = 19 * 40% = $7.6
Pearl Harbor1 = $26 *50% = $13
Pearl Harbor2 = $17 * 40% = $6.8
Somersault = $1 * 25% = $.25
Unfaithful = $9 * 34% = $3.06
My Summer of Love = $8 * 34% = $2.72

Total - Consignment Fees = $90.83

Difference = $149 - $90.83 = $58.17 a 60.95% loss...  You could have probably asked me to send you a check too...

That's a heck of a breakdown there, Charlie.  Congrats on the wins.   

[Cyborg]

Yeah but the seller offers free shipping!

And apparently the seller knows the poster came from a smoke free home 

[guest8]

Results Show...  I ended up not bidding on the other Pearl Harbor because it had exceed the $15 mark...

$134 +$15 for other PH = $149 w/o consignment fees...

With Consignment Fees: (100% minus EMP %)
Almost Famous = $82 * 70% = $57.4
Dogma = 19 * 40% = $7.6
Pearl Harbor1 = $26 *50% = $13
Pearl Harbor2 = $17 * 40% = $6.8
Somersault = $1 * 25% = $.25
Unfaithful = $9 * 34% = $3.06
My Summer of Love = $8 * 34% = $2.72

Total - Consignment Fees = $90.83

Difference = $149 - $90.83 = $58.17 a 60.95% loss...  You could have probably asked me to send you a check too...

You have the profit and commish backwards .. Total was $149 - $90.83 (my profit) = 58.17 (Emovie Profit)

This isn't really the thread for this though, Ill be creating a new thread following my consignment journey here in a bit (unless I get sidetracked with actual work ) We can discuss my thoughts on the costs, downfalls and benefits in there.

[Charlie]

You have the profit and commish backwards .. Total was $149 - $90.83 (my profit) = 58.17 (Emovie Profit)

This isn't really the thread for this though, Ill be creating a new thread following my consignment journey here in a bit (unless I get sidetracked with actual work ) We can discuss my thoughts on the costs, downfalls and benefits in there.

Ok not the thread but the $58 is the difference in what is you got and my max bids... this number is different and is lower than Bruce's cut... $162 (winning bids) - $90.83 (Your take home) = $71...

[guest8]

Ok not the thread but the $58 is the difference in what is you got and my max bids... this number is different and is lower than Bruce's cut... $162 (winning bids) - $90.83 (Your take home) = $71...

Sorry I misread your numbers then.
http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,7146.msg134683.html#msg134683

[Silhouette]

Sure it's a sort after title and (IMHO) the design is better than the original but at $475 that's 10 times the price of the last one auction a year ago...

Ooops good point Charlie

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3197521

[Charlie]

Sure it's a sort after title and (IMHO) the design is better than the original (IMHO) but at $475 that's 10 times the price of the last one auction a year ago...

?

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Up and up it goes, where it stops, nobody knows....

[Silhouette]

Up and up it goes, where it stops, nobody knows....

Pretty sweet piece, I would not be surprised if there are some Houdini collectors in the shape of professional magicians chasing it.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Pretty sweet piece, I would not be surprised if there are some Houdini collectors in the shape of professional magicians chasing it.

there's a pretty good chance I would think that the poster winds up in a building here in Vegas on Russell Road.

http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/Tour-David-Copperfields-Private-Magic-Museum-Video

[wonka]

Yeah, that Houdini piece is just mind-blowing. Such an incredible piece of art and history rolled into one.

I hope Criss Angel bids up Copperfield and they have a showdown like The Prestige over this bad boy.

[erik1925]

I think this seller (who always has very fine posters listed) may have also seen the result on the Houdini poster Bruce auctioned last night, The Grim Game (Houdini is mentioned in the auction title description).

A US OS, linen backed, for the 1923 documentary, Is Conan Doyle Right? (Nine-Ten Corp)  

BIN: $25,000 / obo

*

*(color and white balanced, as the ebay photo was too blue/lit with daylight)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IS-CONAN-DOYLE-RIGHT-Arthur-Conan-Doyle-Houdini-Spiritual-Original-Poster-1923-/310812939426?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item485de514a2

Slate writing was well touted in the late 19th and early 20th century, as a way for the dead to communicate with the living. A fascinating period in time, when held seances were also the rage.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Funny that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote all those brilliant logical Sherlock Holmes stories and believed in all that hocus-pocus hokum!

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

How high will this Kong climb?



On the lower end of the scale, another one of these "Canadian" LA Confidentials has popped up.  Will it go for $1,500 this time?  I paid $750 for another copy from Ebay and a certain Monsieur on this board told me I had drastically overpaid

[Bruce]

This is the second (and only other one) from the Warner Bros exec. After this, good luck finding one!

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Bob Brooks is going to sell his eventually but he's currently incommunicado.

http://neugo.com/rare-movie-posters-6.html

[marklawd]

That LA Confidential is incredibly difficult to find and a true modern unicorn - I am very relieved not to have to compete in Bruce's auction.

Mark

[Bruce]

This poster has been extended for 40 minutes and the two bidders keep battling!

[Bruce]

What a battle royale! After 46 minutes of extended bidding, during which time the two combatants took the bidding from $650 all the way to $1,550, the winner is Cinemaicons, one of the foremost dealers in the hobby (perhaps bidding for a customer)!

[Bruce]

That LA Confidential is incredibly difficult to find and a true modern unicorn - I am very relieved not to have to compete in Bruce's auction.

Mark

You called this correctly Mark! $ 1,877.00 and it still has a few more minutes!

A new auction record.

[Bruce]

$ 2,127.00!

[Bruce]

It is done. 2,327.00!

And no, Thierry was NOT the high bidder!

[CSM]

It is done. 2,327.00!

And no, Thierry was NOT the high bidder!

The PPP in me wants to say someone has more dollars than cents

[eatbrie]

It is done. 2,327.00!

And no, Thierry was NOT the high bidder!

Funny Bruce, but no.  I would not bid more than $200 on this poster.  Bidding such ridiculous amounts on modern posters is crazy (imo, of course.)  Unless money means nothing to you.  Like that Pulp Fiction advance.  $1,800 in September, $1,100 today, $500 tomorrow.  Maybe people are finally coming to their senses on that title.  The Bass Schindler's for $2k...    $800 next time maybe.

T

[wonka]

Yeah, its a cool poster, but I would only pay around $200 for it as well. Different strokes, different folks.