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

[CSM]

Some people really don't mind posing....

Wonder why the seller is peddling the 7 Year Itch again?  It "sold" in October for $1,500...

Of course back then the holder was anonymous

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

That Dracula must be the 1947rr threet sheet. Very similar to the 1S:

http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=34027

[Harry Caul]

But I think it could be a 3 sheet - you can just make out on the right border where the black doesn't quite lineup perfectly...

Good catch... I had just glanced at it before I posted. I was thinking maybe a daybill as the portrait didn't look to be the same, ahem, caliber as the 1-sheet.

If it is indeed a 3-sheet would that make it the earliest known?  I don't recall ever seeing a 1st release or '38 re-release 3-sheet.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

it is indeed the three sheet from a famous collection

[CSM]

it is indeed the three sheet from a famous collection

So nice of you to say that about my collection Rich!

[CSM]

Good catch... I had just glanced at it before I posted. I was thinking maybe a daybill as the portrait didn't look to be the same, ahem, caliber as the 1-sheet.

If it is indeed a 3-sheet would that make it the earliest known?  I don't recall ever seeing a 1st release or '38 re-release 3-sheet.

Probably the closest we will ever get:

[rdavey26]

  very nice Chris. Wish I could find something like that in an attic somewhere.

[crowzilla]

it is indeed the three sheet from a famous collection

Yep. This was from John McLaughlin's collection - a very prominent poster and comic collector.  When he passed away a few years ago it was probably the item from his collection that was most asked about, but the family could not find it for several years.
Thankfully, it has been located.  Personally I still like the 1-sheet better, but no doubt this is a beautiful piece.

[Harry Caul]

Interesting. Thanks for the added info.  That makes more sense why it's selling now.  I was thinking, if this was mine, there is no way I'd sell it right now unless I absolutely had to.  IMO the Uni Horror market seems pretty soft lately... 

Someone might pick this one up for a bargain!

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Interesting. Thanks for the added info.  That makes more sense why it's selling now.  I was thinking, if this was mine, there is no way I'd sell it right now unless I absolutely had to.  IMO the Uni Horror market seems pretty soft lately... 

Someone might pick this one up for a bargain!

not just Unihorror Matt, all sci-fi horror with very few exceptions has been soft.

it is one area where Heritage has soft results last month, and that other auction was even a little softer for the most part (which I'm surprised nobody talked about).
You get past the 10% of items that may have done well and the rest really fell flat

[CSM]

It can just keep on getting squishier and squishier as far as I am concerned - might give some collectors a chance to actually join that game

[rdavey26]

It can just keep on getting squishier and squishier as far as I am concerned - might give some collectors a chance to actually join that game

Totally agree

[MoviePosterBid.com]

It can just keep on getting squishier and squishier as far as I am concerned - might give some collectors a chance to actually join that game

it ebbs and flows. the mistake of hobbying is when you believe all posters should have a static price schedule. Though this exists in comic books, the field is manipulated. Coins prices go up & down. Stamps also, though stamps seems to be in a serious decline as a hobby because many younger folks have never used a stamp so they have no nostalgia for it. We are better off in a hobby where the market reflects true prices being sold and it's a big reason movie poster investors do not exist for the most part

[Zorba]

It can just keep on getting squishier and squishier as far as I am concerned - might give some collectors a chance to actually join that game

 

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Yep. This was from John McLaughlin's collection - a very prominent poster and comic collector.  When he passed away a few years ago it was probably the item from his collection that was most asked about, but the family could not find it for several years.
Thankfully, it has been located.  Personally I still like the 1-sheet better, but no doubt this is a beautiful piece.

So James Gresham refers to "the three big horror collectors of today" in his 2007 book "Children of the Night." Who are (or were) they? Kirk Hammett I assume is one....

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Haggard is probably one

[CSM]

So James Gresham refers to "the three big horror collectors of today" in his 2007 book "Children of the Night." Who are (or were) they? Kirk Hammett I assume is one....

Ron Borst, Forrest J. Ackerman etc...

[lynaron]

Certainly wasn't little old me  .

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Ron Borst, Forrest J. Ackerman etc...

Ackerman would certainly not have been considered that at that point in time Chris. His collection of great horror had been cannibalized for may years by this time

[CSM]

Ackerman would certainly not have been considered that at that point in time Chris. His collection of great horror had been cannibalized for may years by this time

Yeah I missed the "today" i.e. 2007 qualifier

[crowzilla]

So James Gresham refers to "the three big horror collectors of today" in his 2007 book "Children of the Night." Who are (or were) they? Kirk Hammett I assume is one....

In the context of what he was referencing there (Dracula), he would be talking about Kirk, Ron Borst, and Todd Feiertag.
Most people would have no problem adding Steve Fishler to that group since he has two different Dracula one-sheets as well as a lobby set, but he is not nearly as active as the other three.

[guest8]

Woohoo .. some sweet British quads on emovie this week!!

[Hallucination Generation]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRIVE-CineMasterpieces-UK-BRITISH-QUAD-RYAN-GOSLING-ORIGINAL-MOVIE-POSTER-2011-/181287372437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3591c695

Seriously? That's nearly £460 for a 2 year old poster.

Why is this tolerated when other sellers are singled out for overpricing and generally taking the piss out of buyers?

[wonka]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRIVE-CineMasterpieces-UK-BRITISH-QUAD-RYAN-GOSLING-ORIGINAL-MOVIE-POSTER-2011-/181287372437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3591c695

Seriously? That's nearly £460 for a 2 year old poster.

Why is this tolerated when other sellers are singled out for overpricing and generally taking the piss out of buyers?

New here?

[Tob]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRIVE-CineMasterpieces-UK-BRITISH-QUAD-RYAN-GOSLING-ORIGINAL-MOVIE-POSTER-2011-/181287372437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3591c695

Seriously? That's nearly £460 for a 2 year old poster.

Why is this tolerated when other sellers are singled out for overpricing and generally taking the piss out of buyers?

I think one sold on US ebay fairly recently for $350 or something daft so I suppose it sets the price higher for particular dealers. Oh and this one sold for even more (apparently)...http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,237.msg134476/topicseen.html#msg134476