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Genres / Re: Star Wars posters!
« Last post by Tob on Today at 08:13:23 AM »
Nice ones, Dale. I grabbed the final style of The Acolyte from the Disney Rewards site yesterday...also looking forward to it, although I usually wait until all eps are up before starting to watch. I just hope it's more Andor/Mando then Obi-Wan...
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General Discussion / Re: Film Art Gallery
« Last post by BwanaDik on Today at 05:44:33 AM »
Same here, I follow new arrivals in retailer and find most of them having ridiculous prices.  And I know that a few are even getting them from emovieposter  :-[
Tob, since you usually check FilmArtGallery, you can tell if he buys from there or not  girly2.gif

Totally agree, I won't be happy neither to know I paid x10 the price market... but most markets online are fuck*d up. Lot of ebay users posting stuff at ridiculous prices; some resellers will set their retail prices based on ebay and use indeed some dubious sale pitch.

There is thin line between "reselling" and "scalping".   "Reselling" means resell with a fair markup, based on market price.  "Scalping" means to make a huge markup on product by controlling its market price and scarcity and often done for event tickets, fine art and electronic (graphic card, PS, etc.) (this definition is different from the stock auctions definition which means to make huge profit on small prices changes by buying/selling large stock).

Definition of "scalping" can't be applied to movie posters as there are plenty of availability in the market. But still, some guys are doing it, hoping for a fool to buy it.
What annoys me much is that these guys are indeed bidding on almost everything, just to increase estimated/market value, this is part of their marketing strategy.  And if it is a registered business, even better, they can scalp/stock their posters as business assets for many years and continue to sell them at crazy prices.... until they close their business with a poor exit strategy, that is to sell their assets at low price/cost or insurance value (which is definitely lower than advertised prices) to another retailers.




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General Discussion / Re: All Poster Stuff
« Last post by BwanaDik on Today at 05:25:08 AM »
Thanks for sharing this, very nice!
A lot of French large posters, I know someone here dislike them  :-*
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General Discussion / Re: All Poster Stuff
« Last post by skyjackers on May 22, 2024, 01:43:09 PM »
It was nice of him to give APF that personal greeting and best wishes when the site first started. Obviously a man of great taste!
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General Discussion / Re: All Poster Stuff
« Last post by eatbrie on May 22, 2024, 01:39:07 PM »
Nice to see that Marty and I have the same taste in posters.  I also own the two Cocteau's "La Belle et la Bête" seen on the video, the single and double panels.

And I also own a lot of his posters haha

Thanks for posting.

T
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Genres / Re: Star Wars posters!
« Last post by ddilts399 on May 22, 2024, 01:05:57 PM »
Kind of anxious to see the Acolyte, looks intriguing.


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General Discussion / Re: All Poster Stuff
« Last post by Tob on May 22, 2024, 08:12:01 AM »
A peek into Martin Scorsese's home and some of the posters he has on the walls - that la Belle et la Bete... bed1

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General Discussion / Re: Film Art Gallery
« Last post by Tob on May 22, 2024, 06:06:12 AM »
Yeah, those are fair points. There is a dealer I follow on social media who is a bit loose with the truth in terms of his sales patter regarding scarcity and value and it annoys me. It's almost a rite of passage to get burnt by overpaying for a poster or two in the early days of collecting (or maybe it's just me that did it!), but it would be a great shame if that experience turned new collectors away.
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General Discussion / Re: Film Art Gallery
« Last post by eatbrie on May 21, 2024, 06:30:59 PM »
Yeah, I actually think that dealers like this are detrimental to the hobby.  Cool website, but they give potential buyers a wrong idea of value, of what is fair and what is not.  If I was just starting in this hobby and bought my first poster at Film Art, only to realize that I paid 10x what it is worth later, I'd be pretty pissed and would probably never want to collect again.  Now I'm stuck with something I cannot even dream of reselling for anything close to the purchase price.  I understand people need to make money, but even greed has its limits.

T
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Dealer's ONLY Board: For Sale/Auction/Trade / There are just THREE WEEKS AND THREE DAYS left to consign to our August Major!
« Last post by descposter on May 21, 2024, 05:15:21 PM »
While we at eMoviePoster.com have had 3,574 consignors (far more than any other poster auction), there are lots of you reading this who have never consigned to us!

If you have ever considered consigning, please go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign and read our "no fine print" simple explanation of how it works and exactly what we charge, which you WON'T find on any other major auctions' websites.

And also go to https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#absoluteproof for a clear explanation how we charge FAR lower fees than ANY other auction, at EVERY price level!

This explains WHY such a high percentage of collectors choose eMoviePoster.com over ANY other auction when it comes time to consign.

There are just THREE WEEKS AND THREE DAYS left in which to send consignments to our August Major Auction that starts 7/14!

We already have received a TON of excellent consignments for this August Major Auction, which will run from 7/14 to 8/4!

See just a few of them at https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#august2024 (and ALL of them are guaranteed to be in this special auction).

As always, we most want items that are rare AND desirable, and we most want ones that we either have NEVER auctioned before, or only auctioned once or twice!

You want to get your items sent NOW, because we always take the first example of each item we receive, so you can guarantee your items WILL be in the auction by sending them now (unless of course, we somehow already have it).

And if you send rare and desirable items now, you may well see them in future preview ads, which gets your items a lot of extra exposure, which may get you lots of extra money! Why not contact us today with what you have?

SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT CONSIGNING TO OUR MAJOR AUCTIONS! While all linenbacked or paperbacked posters (except those in lesser condition, unless they are EXTREMELY desirable otherwise) are fine for the major auctions, NON-backed items need to be TRULY rare and desirable items that realistically sell for $300 each or more, or they make more sense for our "regular" auctions.

All of you surely have seen that our regular auctions now contain MORE AND MORE "better" items (and of course FEWER AND FEWER "lesser" items) so please don't feel you are shortchanging your items by consigning them to our regular auctions instead of the major ones!

Look at our great recently added Tuesday auctions at https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/sort/4/13.html for absolute proof of how many high quality items are included, ones that not too long ago would have been included in the Major Auctions!

I have seen time and time again that these deadlines have a way of slipping by for many consignors, and every major auction we get some anguished last minute emails from people asking for "more time" to send.

But that creates MAJOR headaches for us, so we will have to stick firmly to our deadline, so why not start assembling your consignments NOW, so this can't happen to you?

So if YOU have items to consign to our August Major Auction, please contact us today with what you have, and you may see some of your items in one of our future preview ads!

And of course it is also fine to send consignments to our regular "every four week" auctions at ANY time, and now, thanks to our being more exclusive in what we accept, we can almost always get your items into the very next set of auctions!
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