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

[CSM]

Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team 

Contact Benito and advise it should be 30 times more if that's the case!

[Starling]

I hadn't taken that into account 

[Mirosae]

I can see why this poster went for the price it went last week. Art by Frank Frazetta....I love Conan but I must confess that this poster is not my cup of tea..


Conan the Barbarian (Universal, 1982). Poster (30" X 40") Advance Sold in HA March Signature for $2750.50

[erik1925]

I can see why this poster went for the price it went last week. Art by Frank Frazetta....I love Conan but I must confess that this poster is not my cup of tea..


Conan the Barbarian (Universal, 1982). Poster (30" X 40") Advance Sold in HA March Signature for $2750.50

Maybe if you add a splash of Bailey's or perhaps a spoonful of Membrillo to your tea?

The poster will then become more appealing, maybe.  

[stewart boyle]

Maybe if you add a splash of Bailey's or perhaps a spoonful of Membrillo to your tea?

The poster will then become more appealing, maybe.  

I don`t like the artwork,but the combination of De Laurentiis and Milius is appealing.movie history for my Gen.

Stew

[brude]

If that went for that much cash, what about the poster that preceded it?



Since the 80s, this undersized one sheet has been the poster associated with Cannes.
What gives?
BTW, beware of the bootlegs on Ebay.  I haven't seen a legit copy of this in years.

[ddilts399]

I love that Conan poster, but with the art on the French poster readily available for a $50 it makes zero sense to pay 2 grand for the US poster I dont care how rare it is.

[Mirosae]

Maybe if you add a splash of Bailey's or perhaps a spoonful of Membrillo to your tea?

The poster will then become more appealing, maybe.  

Ah Jeff, membrillo can do wonders, but not miracles!

I am more with Stew on this, De Laurentiis and Milius  is very appealing so I could just about understand the price...

Thou I will never pay that much for it...so thanks Ted for the bootlegs warning...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  eBay.....

[erik1925]

Ah Jeff, membrillo can do wonders, but not miracles!

I am more with Stew on this, De Laurentiis and Milius  is very appealing so I could just about understand the price...

Thou I will never pay that much for it...so thanks Ted for the bootlegs warning...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  eBay.....

Rosa..

There are non ebay sellers that also sell bootlegs, too.. just something to remember, as well. 

[brude]

I don`t like the artwork,but the combination of De Laurentiis and Milius is appealing.movie history for my Gen.

Stew

I am shocked, by Crom!
You don't like Frazetta's most iconic Conan?
Frazetta painted the first version in 1966 for Conan the Adventurer, the first paperback edition (Lancer) of the RE Howard stories that hadn't been seen or read since the 30s.
That piece of art singlehandedly introduced the character to a whole new generation of fans.
He then repainted it in 1974 for the Sphere paperback reprints.
It is also the art that convinced DeLaurentis to make the movie.
This poster has been swiped and stolen by thousands of artists over the years and it has inspired even more.

I'm sorry.
I get taken aback a bit when someone scorns the Master's work.
I'll stop now...
 

[Mirosae]

Rosa..

There are non ebay sellers that also sell bootlegs, too.. just something to remember, as well. 

point taken!!

I am shocked, by Crom!
You don't like Frazetta's most iconic Conan?

Oh I missed this... Stew doesn't like Frazetta...? Don't believe it.... Stew... how may beers have you had today huh?

come on... do a test 2+2=  ....


Frazetta is too good, what is there not to like?

[erik1925]

I would take the original Frazetta poster over this, any day of the week. 

[brude]

Listen to Rosa...
just a minute ago you were dissing Fritz yourself.
For shame.
 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I don`t like the artwork

I think you would have a different opinion if you saw the painting

[erik1925]

Rosa..

Is there a match handy?

 

[Mirosae]

Rosa..

Is there a match handy?

 

 

[Mirosae]

Listen to Rosa...
just a minute ago you were dissing Fritz yourself.
For shame.
 

Ah nonoonononononono Ted... lost in translation ...

I said I could see why it went for the price it went..Not that I do not like it!

It is not my cup of tea beause  I collect other kind of posters... but Frazetta and Conan...Ted.. I have nearly all the comics... ..uhm... i wonder why...

[brude]

You have all the comics?
Damn....
Where have you been all my life?
 

[Mirosae]

You have all the comics?
Damn....
Where have you been all my life?
 

.....i was just here waiting for you!!!!

 


My sis love Conan too, so let's say that we all have all his comics (all that have been translated onto Spanish)...

[stewart boyle]

I am shocked, by Crom!

 

I don`t mind Ted..being on the receiving end of one of your WTF`s!! is like a forum rite of passage.  
I just need to find out how to piss Rich off to become fully paid up..

Stew

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I just need to find out how to piss Rich off to become fully paid up..

just keep saying you don't like this Frazetta.. Maybe if I can find the images, I can post photos of the Frazetta paintings I have actually sold.. I've had about a half dozen or so, including the only Conan painting that was in private hands until the family sold one to Kirk

[MoviePosterBid.com]

here we go.. these are some of the Frazetta paintings I have sold. there are a couple others. The Uncle Creepy portrait was the only one I actually displayed at home at any time, though the others had graced my offices back in Cincinnati when I lived there and had my gallery. The Conan portrait was a special piece doen for Armand Eisen back in the 1970s when he was publisher of Ariel and a good friend of Frank. It was the only Conan painting in anyone's possession until Kirk bought the paperback cover. I sold that one for $35k in 1991.

[rdavey26]

Those are great Rich. Thanks for sharing those images.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

you're welcome Randy.. the biggest % I made was on the Uncle Creepy.

I bought a piece of art for $500 and after a while I traded it to Russ Cochran for a 1945 Superman Sunday page by Wayne Boring, a 1934 Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond, a fourth item I don't recall and the Uncle Creepy painting. It was about $18,000 in total trade at the time (1989). I had the Creepy on my wall at home for months until I got an offer I couldn't refuse ($17,500). The other items sold for $6000 (Superman) $25,000 (Flash Gordon) and I just can't remember that other item... big profit for the original purchase, which was a Carl Barks Donald Duck cover from 1951 called Christmas for Shacktown that I had found and was never seen before (rescued from a dumpster by the guy who sold it to me)

[rdavey26]

Do you remember what the size was on those and if they were on paper or canvas?