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

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Surprised Bonham's scored this over Heritage.  Amazing this has come to market - replacing the daybill as the largest piece to be sold

it had been offered on ebay before

[Mirosae]

it had been offered on ebay before

Oh...wow   do you know how much it was sold for?

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Oh...wow   do you know how much it was sold for?

it did not sell.. another Todd item. I don't recall what his listed price was

[Mirosae]

Thanks Rich, very helpful to know.

[erik1925]

I saved the pic file from that listing... it looks like it was last listed on ebay in Sept of 2013. 

[Tang Lung in Rome]

Bruce Lee's H.K posters are so undervalued considering the amazing art/rarity......but maybe in the future they'll get real expensive when sources dry up , on the down side it'll get more expensive for collectors. Can't have it both ways........

[erik1925]

This cool & rare insert for Fox's 1935 production of Dante's Inferno went unsold on the bay, back in Sept and is now in HA's Sig auction.  


http://www.ebay.com/itm/DANTE-039-S-INFERNO-1935-INSERT-POSSIBLY-THE-ONLY-ONE-FROM-THE-DENNIS-THOMAS-COLLECT-/261569276542?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce6be6a7e&nma=true&si=4cIrX7uWhPHg0Ik6a7W2EwDrQxI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://movieposters.ha.com/itm/drama/dante-s-inferno-fox-1935-mp-graded-insert-14-x-36-/a/7101-86360.s#1194611946798

 

[Harry Caul]

Interesting that Gresham was the one trying to sell it.  Wonder if he ended up with most of the collection? 

[erik1925]

And best of luck that Mr JG does well on this, in a few weeks, too!

 

[Mirosae]

This litho reproduction is going for pretty penny Love the artwork, and the film..
http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3648738

[erik1925]

I seem to recall this commercial poster for the Film Classics Library being offered for sale by the Captain Company, in the back of issues of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine. They might have been a few bucks. I need to pull out an issue to double check, as i'm not 100% certain.

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3642480

[CSM]

What is going on with these S2's sometimes...

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3648738

[erik1925]

What is going on with these S2's sometimes...

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3648738

And that one isn't even signed by Fay Wray. 

 

[Undead]

One thing that may be having an effect is that there are no more cheap ones. The company that sells them was sold and is no longer in bankruptcy. As a result they have killed the nice cheap prices they had while liquidating and are now charging $2,200.00 for the Kong Three Sheets. At the rate this one is going it will go for more than the printers proof I had. The auction though does not mention the certificate of authenticity that comes with them if that makes a difference to anyone. Glad I found my autographed one when I did.  

[erik1925]

One thing that may be having an effect is that there are no more cheap ones. The company that sells them was sold and is no longer in bankruptcy. As a result they have killed the nice cheap prices they had while liquidating and are now charging $2,200.00 for the Kong Three Sheets. At the rate this one is going it will go for more than the printers proof I had. The auction though does not mention the certificate of authenticity that comes with them. Glad I found my autographed one when I did.  

 

Indeed, mr undead... indeed.

[Crazy Vick]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251695394162
Looks like a dandy

[erik1925]

I never knew the fiend, in The Human Monster, was a redhead.     

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3648308

[Mirosae]

and in need of a dentist... 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

it doesn't take much looking at the recent sales of horror sci-fi as someone said to me, you would have to be in complete denial to even suggest that area was not on a serious downswing

[Crazy Vick]

sorry, there's a double negative in there I am having a hard time deciphering...are you saying that genre is declining?

[MoviePosterBid.com]

sorry, there's a double negative in there I am having a hard time deciphering...are you saying that genre is declining?

don't know what double neg you mean as I don't see one.

but yes, horror-sci fi is seriously declining and has been on a falling trajectory for 5 years now..
not talking about modern era stuff or rare Star Wars, but clearly the 30s-50s era is falling of seriously and here is the measure: would I have paid more for a large percentage of the material as a dealer for resale in 2008.. and the answer is, oh yes.

[Crazy Vick]

don't know what double neg you mean as I don't see one.

but yes, horror-sci fi is seriously declining and has been on a falling trajectory for 5 years now..
not talking about modern era stuff or rare Star Wars, but clearly the 30s-50s era is falling of seriously and here is the measure: would I have paid more for a large percentage of the material as a dealer for resale in 2008.. and the answer is, oh yes.

Sorry its been a long day...maybe it can be attributed to a decline in all thing above $100 generally?

My collection is probably worth 10K (retail, I like to think so) but the prospects of buying 2 five thousand dollar posters to me is insane.  I wonder if, growing hobby, more people and more posters, but less big guns out there willing to do such crazy puchases.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Sorry its been a long day...maybe it can be attributed to a decline in all thing above $100 generally?

My collection is probably worth 10K (retail, I like to think so) but the prospects of buying 2 five thousand dollar posters to me is insane.  I wonder if, growing hobby, more people and more posters, but less big guns out there willing to do such crazy puchases.

the hobby is not growing. it is at best, stagnant and there are plenty of big guns, but it would be obvious that they have fled from things like Unihorror and 1950s  horror/sci-fi

look at this card that sold on ebay this week
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291280178666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

yes it was incorrectly described as 9x11, but the size was easily answered in an email.
$800 is unconscionably low, but the problem is that the market in this area is to some degree collapsing.

a realart pressbook for Mummy's Tomb sold for $15 and a Son of Dracula for $15 also

it's not currently an investable area

[Charlie]

the hobby is not growing. it is at best, stagnant and there are plenty of big guns, but it would be obvious that they have fled from things like Unihorror and 1950s  horror/sci-fi

look at this card that sold on ebay this week
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291280178666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

yes it was incorrectly described as 9x11, but the size was easily answered in an email.
$800 is unconscionably low, but the problem is that the market in this area is to some degree collapsing.

a realart pressbook for Mummy's Tomb sold for $15 and a Son of Dracula for $15 also

it's not currently an investable area

Whew!  Glad I don't collect that stuff. - Wait maybe I should start!

[oldposterho]

I also welcome the flatness and decline in fiddies sci fi.  Maybe one day I'll finally be able to grab a Tobor one sheet or anything from Man from Planet X.  Same thing goes for B Westerns.  Have been trying to add some representation of them for years but everything was luda criss-ly priced.  Still mostly above my cheapskate level but hope springs eternal.

I was wondering if anybody else had noticed, but I didn't want to be the one to bring it up...

--Peter