What's the most expensive poster you've damaged and then thrown away...

[Chop-Top]

I've done this with two of them. One was $50 and the other was $25.

[Ari]

I saw a man cut a $20k banknote with scissors by mistake. It was in an envelope. Poor bastard was so embarrassed he pretended he didn't care.

[erik1925]

I've done this with two of them. One was $50 and the other was $25.

What were the 2 posters, Chop?

[Chop-Top]

I saw a man cut a $20k banknote with scissors by mistake. It was in an envelope. Poor bastard was so embarrassed he pretended he didn't care.

He should have been able to tape it back. Thanks for replying.

[Chop-Top]

What were the 2 posters, Chop?

Can't say don't want to crowd the market for my replacement purchases.  

Actually, one was a duplicate and that was a rolled Masters of the Universe poster. The other I haven't replaced just yet.

[Ari]

He should have been able to tape it back. Thanks for replying.

Haha even a vertical fold decreases the value by half. An edge trimmed off is detrimental. Banknote collectors are 100x fussier than poster nerds .

As to posters. Probably a dozen in the sub $50 range I just decided to pin to my wall and enjoy.

[Chop-Top]

Haha even a vertical fold decreases the value by half. An edge trimmed off is detrimental. Banknote collectors are 100x fussier than poster nerds .

As to posters. Probably a dozen in the sub $50 range I just decided to pin to my wall and enjoy.

I thought you meant non-collector currency.

[Ari]

No.  A ten pound note worth $20,000.

[Chop-Top]

No.  A ten pound note worth $20,000.

I don't want to even ask why he wasn't more careful.

[CSM]

No.  A ten pound note worth $20,000.

Ouch

[erik1925]

I've done this with two of them. One was $50 and the other was $25.

Chop, what kind of damage was done to these 2 posters that you decided to throw them away?

A major tear, or worse, maybe torn in half?



So far, I've not thrown any poster away (knock on wood).

[eatbrie]

Too many to count, that's for sure.  Since I want all my modern posters (post 1985) to be mint, which is something foreign to most sellers not named Dale, I have trashed a lot of posters.  The most expensive one would probably a Psycho poster a few years back, but that was an accident.  I threw it away with a stack of newspapers.  I had to re-buy it.  Otherwise, just modern stuff I guess.

T

[MoviePosterBid.com]

40 years ago at a NY comiccon, a guy was trying to sell a Batman #2 for $250

he went to every dealer in the room and they would offer $75, $100, $150.

no one would pay the $250 for a book that was well worth the buy.

so he walked over by the entrance held up the book and said, loudly "is there any one of you that will give me $250 for this book?"
"any of you jackals?"

no answers.

so he takes the book out of the bag, grabs it with both hands and rips it in half, throwing each half up the air, says "fuck you assholes" and leaves

you should have seen how fast some dealers descended on that ripped book...

[erik1925]

Too many to count, that's for sure.  Since I want all my modern posters (post 1985) to be mint, which is something foreign to most sellers not named Dale, I have trashed a lot of posters.  The most expensive one would probably a Psycho poster a few years back, but that was an accident.  I threw it away with a stack of newspapers.  I had to re-buy it.  Otherwise, just modern stuff I guess.

T

Ouch! 

How long after the newspapers and poster got dumped, did you realize the poster was also gone?

[erik1925]

40 years ago at a NY comiccon, a guy was trying to sell a Batman #2 for $250

he went to every dealer in the room and they would offer $75, $100, $150.

no one would pay the $250 for a book that was well worth the buy.

so he walked over by the entrance held up the book and said, loudly "is there any one of you that will give me $250 for this book?"
"any of you jackals?"

no answers.

so he takes the book out of the bag, grabs it with both hands and rips it in half, throwing each half up the air, says "fuck you assholes" and leaves

you should have seen how fast some dealers descended on that ripped book...

Hopefully, the same dealer managed to grab both halves. 

[paul waines]

I would say around 50p worth ....if I was lucky.

[eatbrie]

Ouch! 

How long after the newspapers and poster got dumped, did you realize the poster was also gone?

The next day, after the trash had come and gone.  I can't remember how much I paid for the first one, but I did pay $1,000 for a mint folded copy.

T

[ddilts399]

I got a Jaws 2 advance many years ago, when the guy was shipping it and cutting the craft paper, he lobbed off the top left edge of the poster.

Not a real high dollar poster, but heart breaking at the time.

[Crazy Vick]

40 years ago at a NY comiccon, a guy was trying to sell a Batman #2 for $250
he went to every dealer in the room and they would offer $75, $100, $150.
no one would pay the $250 for a book that was well worth the buy.
so he walked over by the entrance held up the book and said, loudly "is there any one of you that will give me $250 for this book?"
"any of you jackals?"
no answers.
so he takes the book out of the bag, grabs it with both hands and rips it in half, throwing each half up the air, says "fuck you assholes" and leaves
you should have seen how fast some dealers descended on that ripped book...

haha that is an awesome story.  Judging by the analness of comic book rating guides, a complete tear-in-two must render it almost worthless

[MoviePosterBid.com]

haha that is an awesome story.  Judging by the analness of comic book rating guides, a complete tear-in-two must render it almost worthless

not really. today, people sell individual pages from things like Action #1 (and to be honest, I had an Action #2 cover & Superman pages - rest of book was missing - and I sold them in a Comic Connect auction as the cover & each page separately, slabbed. did very well)

[erik1925]

not really. today, people sell individual pages from things like Action #1 (and to be honest, I had an Action #2 cover & Superman pages - rest of book was missing - and I sold them in a Comic Connect auction as the cover & each page separately, slabbed. did very well)

But in the case of the book being torn in half, wouldn't that quite affect its value, Rich? Or would expert repair do something to slightly minimize that? 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

But in the case of the book being torn in half, wouldn't that quite affect its value, Rich? Or would expert repair do something to slightly minimize that? 

scotch tape works wonders.....

[erik1925]

scotch tape works wonders.....

 

yessir.

[mwright]

40 years ago at a NY comiccon, a guy was trying to sell a Batman #2 for $250

he went to every dealer in the room and they would offer $75, $100, $150.

no one would pay the $250 for a book that was well worth the buy.

so he walked over by the entrance held up the book and said, loudly "is there any one of you that will give me $250 for this book?"
"any of you jackals?"

no answers.

so he takes the book out of the bag, grabs it with both hands and rips it in half, throwing each half up the air, says "fuck you assholes" and leaves

you should have seen how fast some dealers descended on that ripped book...

I would have paid $250 to see him do that.

[Mirosae]

What a Story Rich.. Have you ever come across that comic again in an auction? Is it rare? i mean how much is that one worth now?? Any idea?