Author Topic: Mid-auction analysis - OMGs!, LOLs!, WTFs!, whatev.... (Read 2216018 times)

erik1925 · « **Reply #6750 on:** May 29, 2015, 01:06:17 PM »

Quote from: eatbrie on May 29, 2015, 10:32:14 AM

A lot of these 30s-40s posters are pure crap, imo. If it wasn't for age and title, people would not look at them twice. Just because it is Bella Lugosi, or Frankenstein, or the Werewolf, people are like Ooooh and Aaaaah and spend 1000s of dollars on them. But the designs are poor, unimaginative and I see a lot of what people hate in modern posters on these so-called beauties. Granted, it probably comes from the fact that I haven't seen a lot of these movies. I buy The Apartment even though the poster is crap just because I love the flick. But I can recognize that the poster is crap.

T

Much of the design factor you mention is very true, T. The floating heads...terrible.. and one can look back and see that the one style that was done for Dracula, back in '31, utilized the same look. Not good.. or 10 yrs later for a OS for The Wolf Man. Severed heads never were the way to go, horror or not, yet they seemed to be all the rage throughout those deacdes. $:-\$

MoviePosterBid.com · « **Reply #6751 on:** May 29, 2015, 04:44:23 PM »

Quote from: CSM on May 29, 2015, 11:12:33 AM

A lot of the 'Universal Horror Phenomenon' is related purely to nostalgia (and in some cases rarity). It's certainly not because these posters have the greatest artwork above all other paper...

nearly all movie posters are collected for nostalgia..

CSM · « **Reply #6752 on:** May 29, 2015, 10:46:01 PM »

Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on May 29, 2015, 04:44:23 PM

nearly all movie posters are collected for nostalgia..

I would disagree with that - there are many cases of collecting for artwork or myriad other reasons. Case in point - many people collect posters for movies they haven't even seen.

I collect film noir posters but I certainly wasn't alive when these films were in theatres...

timelessmoviemagic · « **Reply #6753 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:51:03 AM »

Quote from: Filmlobbycards on May 28, 2015, 12:59:18 AM

ooops...forgot the link

https://www.profilesinhistory.com/auctions/morris-everett-jr-the-auction-part-i/

Man, that's a feast for the eyes.

Undead · « **Reply #6754 on:** May 30, 2015, 09:47:06 AM »

Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on May 29, 2015, 04:44:23 PM

nearly all movie posters are collected for nostalgia..

I would also be another that does not collect entirely for nostalgia. Admittedly that the bulk of the posters I buy are but I would say a good 30% I buy are for the artwork like any other artists print. None of my WWI/WWII collection is for nostalgia and I really only collect work primarily from two particular artists with a few exceptions.

wonka · « **Reply #6755 on:** May 30, 2015, 12:15:37 PM »

Quote from: CSM on May 29, 2015, 10:46:01 PM

I would disagree with that - there are many cases of collecting for artwork or myriad other reasons. Case in point - many people collect posters for movies they haven't even seen.

I collect film noir posters but I certainly wasn't alive when these films were in theatres...

erik1925 · « **Reply #6756 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:15:28 PM »

Im also one that doesn't collect for pure nostalgia. A number of pieces I have are for films I have never seen, and what drew me to them was the artwork (also the decade when made). If anything else, the poster has sometimes made me want to seek out and watch the movie, even if that film might have been made back in the 1920s or '30s.

MoviePosterBid.com · « **Reply #6757 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:28:45 PM »

I have seen nearly every film I have posters for, including hundreds or thousands of films that came out BEFORE I was born.
Most people I know collect posters for films they like and enjoy. That doesn't mean people don't collect also for films they never have nor ever will see, but I don't know anyone who collects posters and is not a movie fan. These 2 parts go hand-in-hand.

erik1925 · « **Reply #6758 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:32:35 PM »

Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on May 30, 2015, 03:28:45 PM

I have seen nearly every film I have posters for, including hundreds or thousands of films that came out BEFORE I was born.
Most people I know collect posters for films they like and enjoy. That doesn't mean people don't collect also for films they never have nor ever will see, but I don't know anyone who collects posters and is not a movie fan. These 2 parts go hand-in-hand.

You know it, Rich. If there is not some tie in or like/love of films in general, a huge part of what a poster represents is lost.

monocle · « **Reply #6759 on:** May 31, 2015, 07:13:08 AM »

Well I collect posters and I'm not what anyone could call a movie fan...but I assume you mean collects movie posters and is not a movie fan? ! I collect antique posters and I enjoy watching some films but not 'going to the movies'. I go out to the cinema a massive...once a year. Between 1980 and 2001 I didn't go at all. From the comfort of my own home I dipped into what was available on four television stations, subtitled European films and splendid Czechoslovakian animation...

Mirosae · « **Reply #6760 on:** May 31, 2015, 06:27:59 PM »

Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on May 30, 2015, 03:28:45 PM

I have seen nearly every film I have posters for, including hundreds or thousands of films that came out BEFORE I was born.

Well put Rich. Same here.

MoviePosterBid.com · « **Reply #6761 on:** June 01, 2015, 02:40:00 AM »

Quote from: Mirosae on May 31, 2015, 06:27:59 PM

Well put Rich. Same here.

brude · « **Reply #6762 on:** June 01, 2015, 08:36:05 PM »

Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on May 30, 2015, 03:28:45 PM

...but I don't know anyone who collects posters and is not a movie fan.

Well that explains the whole Mel debacle and the subsequent liquidation.
From what I recall, he hadn't seen any of the many movies he was scooping up paper for.
I got a feeling he's gonna experience some severe seller's remorse down the road...

wonka · « **Reply #6763 on:** June 02, 2015, 04:39:45 PM »

Quote from: brude on June 01, 2015, 08:36:05 PM

Well that explains the whole Mel debacle and the subsequent liquidation.
From what I recall, he hadn't seen any of the many movies he was scooping up paper for.
I got a feeling he's gonna experience some severe seller's remorse down the road...

Did he send everything to Bruce? Where is he dumping them?

erik1925 · « **Reply #6764 on:** June 02, 2015, 04:54:23 PM »

Looks like ma500969 is swooping in, on emovie, for more early stone litho goodness, this afternoon.

Neo · « **Reply #6765 on:** June 02, 2015, 05:20:21 PM »

Quote from: wonka on June 02, 2015, 04:39:45 PM

Did he send everything to Bruce? Where is he dumping them?

There are a few pieces that are suspected to be from his collection, that have distinct features, that some people spotted at eMovie. Someone else here said he saw several at Heritage.

erik1925 · « **Reply #6766 on:** June 02, 2015, 05:32:30 PM »

Its always so nice when this lovely shows up, in whatever venue.

BIN: $ 1.25 M / OBO

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-BRIDE-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1935-KARLOFF-TEASER-ONE-SHEET-UNIVERSAL-HORROR-/381281797208?hash=item58c62a8458

wonka · « **Reply #6767 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:24:05 PM »

Quote from: Neo on June 02, 2015, 05:20:21 PM

There are a few pieces that are suspected to be from his collection, that have distinct features, that some people spotted at eMovie. Someone else here said he saw several at Heritage.

Thanks for the heads up. I am sure he has calculated the best place to sell each and every poster to maximize his take. Hope it works out for him.

brude · « **Reply #6768 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:18:02 PM »

Quote from: wonka on June 02, 2015, 06:24:05 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I am sure he has calculated the best place to sell each and every poster to maximize his take. Hope it works out for him.

Btw, the seller's remorse comment I made has nothing to do with price.
In a short time, Mel built a very nice collection.
If he liquidates it, he'll be sorry.
I hope he has sense enough to keep some of his favorite pieces.

CSM · « **Reply #6769 on:** June 02, 2015, 11:10:33 PM »

Quote from: brude on June 02, 2015, 07:18:02 PM

Btw, the seller's remorse comment I made has nothing to do with price.
In a short time, Mel built a very nice collection.
If he liquidates it, he'll be sorry.
I hope he has sense enough to keep some of his favorite pieces.

Nah he's going to turn those liquid assets into a 5 star Russian bride