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Re: How do you determine a realistic retail price when selling posters?
But typically I see a retail markup of 60% to 100% depending on location and impulse buying possibilities. If you mark up a poster 100% and try to sell in a collector group - you will get laughed out of the room. You basically can only get that markup from unseasoned nostalgia buyers.
I would think 20% to a seasoned group - else we will just wait for another auction to come around.
I only once paid retail for a poster and that was because I missed it on EMP and never thought I would see another one. This was 5-6 years ago maybe - still haven’t seen another one. So good move for me.
I would think 20% to a seasoned group - else we will just wait for another auction to come around.
I only once paid retail for a poster and that was because I missed it on EMP and never thought I would see another one. This was 5-6 years ago maybe - still haven’t seen another one. So good move for me.
Charlie
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Re: How do you determine a realistic retail price when selling posters?
Retail in the sense of 60-100% over the auction realized price. I’ve bought plenty of $40-$100 DS posters on eBay but usually those are within 20% of what I could get them for (or use to be able to get them) at EMP.
Even at a 100% markup of a $15 poster - $30 isn’t that bad if you want it right now. 25 years ago $15 was a bigger deal. Now that’s just a burger and fries.
So there may be some tiered considerations too.
So there may be some tiered considerations too.
Charlie
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Re: Hondo's This And That
Obviously it's a format a creative poster artist could use from time to time to make an eye catching pice of artwork, the Ben Hur was done that way to show off the Colosseum, although I'm surprised the chariots were made so small, they would have worked well in that format racing across the width of the poster (perhaps it was in a style B poster!)
Re: Actresses Legs Quiz
Yes, that was my thought. I had already answered one, so I was giving others a chance.
jayn_j
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Re: Hondo's This And That
The Ben Hur is the same poster, the Nov 20 is my first attempt before removing Saturday on removing the grease pencil. The poster was originally stuck to poster board. I was able to remove the poster from the board with multiple baths, I had to peel away layers of the board until the bath water finally separated it all together. I lightly sanded away the grease pencil until it was almost unnoticeable. I then gave it one more bath to wash away the fold line toning and any remaining glue from the backside of the poster from mounting it on board. After all that it became a standard linen backing job with minimal touch up using water color pencils.
Duke
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Re: Yeah, so, I am watching this..,
It is one of my most favorite movies ever, and that is saying a lot!theartofmovieposters said:Oh, this was on SBS recently here. I started watching but had to leave to pick up my kids from something. Definately going to revisit nowHONDO said:It would be great to own all of those box sets. The Powell & Pressburger set has some top titles, but it doesn't contain my favourite film of theirs I Know Where I'm Going. Just love this film and always fondly remember the beautiful version of the title song sung briefly at the end of the film. For anyone who may not have viewed this film I do thoroughly recommend for you to check it out.
Bruce
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Re: Yeah, so, I am watching this..,
Oh, this was on SBS recently here. I started watching but had to leave to pick up my kids from something. Definately going to revisit nowHONDO said:It would be great to own all of those box sets. The Powell & Pressburger set has some top titles, but it doesn't contain my favourite film of theirs I Know Where I'm Going. Just love this film and always fondly remember the beautiful version of the title song sung briefly at the end of the film. For anyone who may not have viewed this film I do thoroughly recommend for you to check it out.
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: 2001: A Space Odyssey 40x60 McCall – Genuine 1968 Original Paper or “Just” R-1971? Need Your Expert
I won! Heritage changed it, and now it’s the 1968 issue again. So cool! Bruce was right, and so was I. I won it for $475 (including buyer’s premium). But the URL still says “R-1971,” which is obviously wrong.
Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
There are a fair amount in Spanish, and a lot of the recent lobbies (in English and Spanish) are sent to me from South America, so that is one place that still uses them.theartofmovieposters said:I've had some lobbies from the 2000s so I guess still printing.
Bruce
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