The poster market
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I was just ruminating over breakfast this morning - the more I collect, the less there is that I don't have and that can tend to warp my perception. What do you guys think about the current poster market? Are there less quality titles around lately? I feel like I've been getting some nice additions to my collection, but haven't had many OMG moments over the last year or so.
I was just ruminating over breakfast this morning - the more I collect, the less there is that I don't have and that can tend to warp my perception. What do you guys think about the current poster market? Are there less quality titles around lately? I feel like I've been getting some nice additions to my collection, but haven't had many OMG moments over the last year or so.
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Other thoughts..aussies like to hoard and sit on collections? No large finds?
Hoard and sit...after you have been at if or a while, you tend to have a lot of the great stuff you want (great to you I mean, not necessarily to others).
Hate to say it, but I think until people lose interest or start to drop off, the great titles won't really surface.
If you've been hunting a great piece for a long time, how likely would you be to give it up?
You know it won't be any time soon that you will get another opportunity to pick it up...
It's the great paradox - I'm not about to sell mine, but I expect someone else to sell their's!
I thought we established Australian posters are CRAP...CRAP...don't bother
After you acquire a good percentage of the paper your have been looking for it simply becomes harder and harder to fill in the missing pieces. This leads to the perspective that "nothing good is available right now" but really that is only because you have already obtained a copy of whatever you were looking for in the beginning.
Eventually most titles come around at some point - it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time really...and of course the challenge is part of the fun!
There's titles I have, that I keep looking for to see how they fair on the bay, or even dealers sites, and these posters haven't came up in years. So if I was looking for them I'd be out of luck.
Quality item's there are a few about, but not to the extent they were 10-15 years back. In these case's eventually means every 20 odd years... if your lucky.
I agree with David.
If you have a group of top collectors who are in the same age bracket (and you often do) then when they hit their 60s or 70s they one by one start to sell off their large collections (or their heirs do) and then you have a period where there is "too much" for sale.
Then, after it is all absorbed, you have a dry period where there is too little for sale.
Give it time and it will always swing back the other way).
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Where do you think we might be sitting regarding the next "too much" period? How long has it been since you saw the last one?
Just hope when the next wave comes I will be there ready to grab my 3 missing posters...yessir
Seems to be a bit of a downturn in Aussie gear atm.
How are other Countries fairing?
That'll make David happy with his "30 year Rule"
Yes.
I was going to post exactly this. I am in a period where stuff I have wanted is becoming available, often at reasonable prices. Unfortunately, it is coming at a time where I really need to be looking toward selling it off.
As to the other point, I already have most of the low hanging fruit, so I look at the auctions and see lots of stuff I would have jumped on 10 years ago, but which I already own.
The other two came from collectors who had passed away. I picked up the latest collection on the weekend - a massive amount of material that will take a lot of time to sort through but there are certainly some incredibly rare posters amongst them all.
So, I think the poster market is exceptionally strong. More collectors, more posters turning up all the time including some truly great items.
In the past month I have been offered and/or seen three separate 'collections' of posters (Long Daybills pre 1920s, 40s-50s Daybills & One Sheets) all found under the floorboard homes (being renovated). One guy provided a list that included a Jedda Daybill in amongst it, I told him it was likely worth good money and to fire off a pic so I could ascertain condition and advise price range.
Excited with the potential bonanza he sent one - it turned out to be a monotone, not sure he took the news well...