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Re: Hondo's This And That
Poster size thoughts and comments certainly are hard to come by regarding the Ben Hur poster size being discussed.. For the record I believe it is definitely a horizontal size daybill poster.
HONDO
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Re: How do you determine a realistic retail price when selling posters?
A word of advice on buying posters like this. If that is pen on the monster's face, it has bonded in to the paper, and can't be erased, only painted over. And no matter who does it, unless they paint over the entire face, it will still be somewhat noticeable.
A common mistake I see beginning collectors make is to assume that buying a lesser condition poster and spending a lot to "fix" it results in a nice condition poster, with the same value as the nice condition unrestored version of that poster.
It does not do this. It gets you a restored lesser condition poster that almost always sells for far less than the nice condition unrestored version of that poster.
My advice to you is to sell this "as is", and chalk it up to a learning experience, and then look to find a nice condition unrestored version of this poster (assuming you want one).
Posters like these are real "bargains" for a good reason.
A common mistake I see beginning collectors make is to assume that buying a lesser condition poster and spending a lot to "fix" it results in a nice condition poster, with the same value as the nice condition unrestored version of that poster.
It does not do this. It gets you a restored lesser condition poster that almost always sells for far less than the nice condition unrestored version of that poster.
My advice to you is to sell this "as is", and chalk it up to a learning experience, and then look to find a nice condition unrestored version of this poster (assuming you want one).
Posters like these are real "bargains" for a good reason.
Bruce
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Re: The forgotten Reynold Brown Posters
While the three sheet does clearly include the Brown art on other posters, I am not sure the added closeup art at the top is also Brown.
I will talk to Matt at my work about this on Monday. Unless there is direct evidence that he did it, we will add a note saying the above.
And your original statement "Even at emovieposter, they weren’t aware that it was by Brown" should have been "Even at emovieposter, they weren’t aware that the three-sheet was by Brown".
Also you should know that there are lots of posters attributed to Brown that are not his work. Even the book by his son included errors.
I will talk to Matt at my work about this on Monday. Unless there is direct evidence that he did it, we will add a note saying the above.
And your original statement "Even at emovieposter, they weren’t aware that it was by Brown" should have been "Even at emovieposter, they weren’t aware that the three-sheet was by Brown".
Also you should know that there are lots of posters attributed to Brown that are not his work. Even the book by his son included errors.
Bruce
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Re: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956), Oversized Photo of 24-Sheet
Here is a 24 sheet I own this is a beautiful poster.
Duke
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Re: Is This Forum Still Alive — or Just Archived?
You raise some valid points. There is a treasure trove of important research and information about movie posters on this forum but the reality is that the vast majority of topics and discussion are started by Hondo. His research has been incredible, but he often laments that few if anyone responds to his topics. There are now lots of Facebook pages devoted to movie posters and many collectors have gravitated to those. Bottom line is that very few people contribute to the forum.
John
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Re: Questions for Bruce-EMP
I think eMovieposter is one of the best auction sites available, you have a perfect opportunity to view super sized images of what you are bidding on, that shows all imperfections, communication is great and packaging superb. The only criticism I have is there is far too much choice and costing me a fortune.
Ryan1
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Re: Hondo's This And That
i was recently checking out my pay television channel Foxtel for current film screenings. As It's A Wonderful Life was being broadcast, I then for nostalgic reasons thought to pay it a brief visit. To my disappointment I found they were screening a colorized version,, and not the original black and white version. Needless to say that I won't be viewing it in this format in the future
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HONDO
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
Another thing that many people dont take into account is the fact that condition plays a huge part in the value of posters. One of the large collections I recently purchased included a lot of older Australian 3 sheets. All of them had issues including tears, stains, multiple tape marks that had gone brown, heavy creasing, etc etc. Whilst some were very rare, the condition meant that they would be extremely difficult to sell. The owner of the collection thought that condition didn't matter and that it added to the authenticity. I hear that a lot too!I've lost count of the number of times recipient's of deceased estate collections quote what their father or whoever paid for a particular poster and you have to explain how trends change and more often than not it's worth significantly less than what they paid decades ago (which you know is falling on deaf ears!
John
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Re: When the time comes ... how will you sell your collection?
Yes, there is always a large amount of junk in big collections. I have always found it hard to be ruthless and trash the ones posters that are damaged and / or worthless but the mountain of posters just keeps growing.Rick said:I've spent the past 3-4 days trying to file one sheets and I'm not even through the B titles. It's tiring!
Apart from the odd eBay and private sale, I'm not a seller, just a collector but by buying big collections I have ended up with big numbers, including a lot of junk.
A lot of rolled and/or flat one-sheets are going to recycling.
I sent a carload to my in-laws' farm bonfire last year. I doubt i will ever sell 50 copies of Armageddon, A Bug's Life, Big Hit, Austin Powers, Negotiator, etc!
I maintain an excel file, including sales results that I find, so my kids will have some idea of what is worth what. I've also detailed contacts for selling the good stuff.
I'm now 64 and work will probably dry up in the next couple of years, so I will have more time to dedicate to reducing the bulk and removing the rubbish, but I can't see myself unloading one-only copies. i still enjoy going through them, just not the rolled one sheets!
I'd love to buy another big collection, but mainly for good, older, folded stuff.
John
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