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« Reply #7151 on: November 30, 2015, 09:29:42 AM »
Looks in pretty nice shape, too, Tang, considering these first releases dont come around all the time.



I normally prefer not to discuss posters until after the auctions have closed... but in this case I think a word of warning is in order.  I have no proof, but but these auctions seem VERY SUSPECT.  Some flags:

1) The seller has unbelievably nice posters at absurdly low prices and very little feedback.  I asked and they said they would sell the blue-background For a Few Dollars more for 1500 euros.  The others are equally under-priced -- by at least 50% or more as compared with recent auction results.
2) The seller does not accept paypal.  Only international money order or bank transfer -- neither of which are covered by eBay's buyer protection policy.  3) If you look at "completed auctions" for this seller they are listing and then delisting the same posters over and over.  They rarely let anything go to completion.
4) The seller is using pictures I've seen before -- the ones laid out on the white tile.  I don't have any saved images to prove it, but they are suspect to me...
5) This seller had a rare "Rome" style silver Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2F listed several times (again, pulled before completion) -- the images are taken from Heritage's site. 
6) This seller also had a Thunderball "massage style" 4F listed several times and if you believe the results, it just sold for 1200 euros -- the images on this auction were also taken from Heritage's recent signature sale. 

Unless you are willing to pick up in person (which I'm sure this seller would find an excuse why you couldn't) I would avoid these auctions like the plague... tempting as they may be.

My $0.02 from experience dealing with a similar (the same?) Italian scammer a few years back.

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« Reply #7152 on: November 30, 2015, 09:54:32 AM »
and now....

"This listing has been closed by the seller because there was an error."

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« Reply #7153 on: November 30, 2015, 11:26:40 AM »
James Best was Rosco p Coltran in the Dukes of Hazzard, but I can't recall him in Hell Drivers.

He did do stunt work in his early days, and was in Hooper with Burt reynolds...
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« Reply #7154 on: November 30, 2015, 11:58:40 AM »
and now....

"This listing has been closed by the seller because there was an error."



Yes.. i did see that too.

Suspicious for sure, Matt and Ari.  hmmm.gif

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« Reply #7155 on: November 30, 2015, 12:10:03 PM »
I met James Best here at Cooters Place.  Good Food and James and Ben sang songs for everyone.




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« Reply #7156 on: November 30, 2015, 12:14:01 PM »
As a side note, Jason.. and purely from its imagery and historical POV --  that is ONE incredible b/w image of that train that plowed thru the station wall, ending up with the engine nose down, on the sidewalk! WOW!!   :o

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« Reply #7157 on: November 30, 2015, 12:59:36 PM »
As a side note, Jason.. and purely from its imagery and historical POV --  that is ONE incredible b/w image of that train that plowed thru the station wall, ending up with the engine nose down, on the sidewalk! WOW!!   :o



Grand Central station circa 1920s

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« Reply #7158 on: November 30, 2015, 06:06:57 PM »
Actually that was in Paris in 1895

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« Reply #7160 on: November 30, 2015, 06:14:03 PM »
Actually that was in Paris in 1895


Ha ha, yes, I just checked. Will Rich confirm his error?

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« Reply #7161 on: November 30, 2015, 08:22:24 PM »
What if I saved the image after reading Rich's error? would the results reflect it?
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« Reply #7162 on: November 30, 2015, 08:53:54 PM »
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« Reply #7163 on: November 30, 2015, 09:55:20 PM »
hmmm.. what train?

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« Reply #7164 on: November 30, 2015, 10:57:43 PM »
hmmm.. what train?

Ha! Ha! That was funny as shit.  happy1

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« Reply #7165 on: November 30, 2015, 11:05:14 PM »

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« Reply #7166 on: November 30, 2015, 11:36:07 PM »
Ha! Ha! That was funny as shit.  happy1

It was?

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« Reply #7167 on: November 30, 2015, 11:44:12 PM »
Perusing the EMP part 2 preview...

What are your thoughts on major auctions just before OR just after the holidays... buyers or sellers market? 

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« Reply #7168 on: December 01, 2015, 01:59:40 AM »
^ not sure I have any thoughts on the above...

But I do on all of a kind auctions such as all animation or all large posters. Usually I set a fixed budget to spend in an auction which might mean getting one or two items, adding up to say one or two hundred dollars. If animation posters for example were spread over different auctions like every week I'd have more money to spend for more of them than sit through weeks of non interesting stuff. Sure I could set aside some money like an allowance every week but I'm not that disciplined as I spend what I get


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« Reply #7169 on: December 01, 2015, 01:20:05 PM »
I have no money to spend on posters right now, so expensive major auctions are counterintuitive in my case.  Obviously when they are timed just right you get folks on the holiday spending craaaaaaze.  And we all know what craze leads to… cra-zy!  So it must be a seller’s market.  On the other hand, maybe it’s just one big extended Black Friday, with so many businesses competing they all need a figurative “major auction” at this time of the year.  If that's the case, and if you're careful, maybe you actually come out on top and knock-out a deal of the year.

Fuck if I know.  I do know that when the bill comes in January, many will need to take a step back, backwards walk of shame type thing, or whatever, and cool those credit jets.  “January?!?  But this is the absolute worst possible time ever for a consignor to auction my items!  I hate my life!”  Or, maybe it isn’t, young grasshopper.  Maybe many of us have reasons to hold out for those loser January auctions, maybe some of us are more likely than others to wake up hungover as hell in 2016 realizing there have 4 godforsaken months of ass chapping snow storms and ice punches to the gonads to look forward to, and maybe (one of) the only things that will get us through the darkness are dead-of-winter poster auctions.  So we lie in wait, ready to pounce when others are still licking their wounds.   >:D

So take care of yourselves this holiday season APF!! please make sure to give generously to those less fortunate in the coming weeks, and, if you absolutely must spend on major auction posters, for gods sake, spend wisely!

"Baby It's Cold Outside"
I really can't stay - Baby it's cold outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's cold outside
This evening has been - Been hoping that you'd drop in
So very nice - I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
My mother will start to worry - Beautiful, what's your hurry
My father will be pacing the floor - Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I'd better scurry - Beautiful, please don't hurry
Well Maybe just a half a drink more - Put some music on while I pour

The neighbors might think - Baby, it's bad out there
Say, what's in this drink - No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how - Your eyes are like starlight now
To break this spell - I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
I ought to say no, no, no, sir - Mind if I move a little closer
At least I'm gonna say that I tried - What's the sense in hurting my pride
I really can't stay - Baby don't hold out
Ahh, but it's cold outside

C'mon baby

I simply must go - Baby, it's cold outside
The answer is no - Ooh baby, it's cold outside
This welcome has been - I'm lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm -- Look out the window at that storm
My sister will be suspicious - Man, your lips look so delicious
My brother will be there at the door - Waves upon a tropical shore
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious - Gosh your lips look delicious
Well maybe just a half a drink more - Never such a blizzard before

I've got to go home - Oh, baby, you'll freeze out there
Say, lend me your comb - It's up to your knees out there
You've really been grand - Your eyes are like starlight now
But don't you see - How can you do this thing to me
There's bound to be talk tomorrow - Making my life long sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied - If you caught pneumonia and died
I really can't stay - Get over that old out
Ahh, but it's cold outside

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« Reply #7170 on: December 01, 2015, 01:23:58 PM »
Great analysis there, Sir Vick!

And love that song, too!! It's great, in so many ways.  thumbsup.gif


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« Reply #7171 on: December 01, 2015, 02:32:41 PM »
Perusing the EMP part 2 preview...

What are your thoughts on major auctions just before OR just after the holidays... buyers or sellers market?  

It's funny you mention that, as I a few months ago, I figured maybe this time of year is good for selling.  That was a contributing factor for me deciding to sell/consign a bunch of stuff this holiday season.

The main factor to the question is, of course, whether there will be two or more folks participating in spirited bidding.  Or, depending on the venue, whether there will be one spirited bidder and a high secret reserve.

In any case, whether people are statically more likely to really "go for the win," during one time of year or another, would be mighty difficult to prove statistically, due to so many other factors.


Interesting reasoning there, CV, and the "ass chapping snow storms and ice punches to the gonads" are really brutal here in Florida.   8)
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« Reply #7172 on: December 01, 2015, 03:59:25 PM »
Good perspective Crazy Vick. Always loved that song.  I also have a fondness for the version they did last year on SNL that showed a certain tenderness.
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« Reply #7173 on: December 01, 2015, 04:19:41 PM »
In Part I of the December Major at eMovie, Females is Fickle (1940).



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« Reply #7174 on: December 01, 2015, 04:23:42 PM »
Thats a great Popeye poster.

And the early, Popeye B/W cartoons were the best, too.

Like many (Tom and Jerry, for example), they went downhill fast, animation-wise, and sometimes story-wise, too, as the decades went by.


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