Bargain Basement 2014 & 2015

Matt

Tell your bargain basement story. Those Buy It Now steals, when you have to look twice at the listing. There's always a bargain to found somewhere.

Matt

I'll get the ball rolling with one on ebay probably 5 or 6 years ago. I was in the lead on this one before I went to bed. It ended around midnight. At that stage it was $107.50. I thought it would at least go for $300+. I can't remember what my max bid was, probably something close that.

Woke up to find I'd won it. Looked at the final price, $107.50. Holy crap!

A week later I opened the package to find it was in absolutely near mint condition. Man was I one happy camper.

[Deleted User]

I remember that one Matt!!

Matt

Was I about right, 5 or 6 years?

[Deleted User]

Matt said:

Was I about right, 5 or 6 years?

Yeah it was certainly in that time frame

I should have bid (grumble, grumble, grumble) 

Matt

CSM said:

Yeah it was certainly in that time frame

I should have bid (grumble, grumble, grumble) 

I think Rick said the same thing at the time.

HumphreyBogart

Thats a great score Matt, well done. How about that Rebel without a cause daybill that went for $150 who won that?

Matt

I watched that one while I was unemployed.  GRrrrrr

Matt

What about the Bus Stop for $140?

Matt

Had to replace my keyboard when that sold.

HumphreyBogart

You know the seller george on ebay? He won that one!

Went very cheap, lucky my plate was full at the time!

Matt

Mario was it. Bastid!

HumphreyBogart

George won it, he sells for Mario. 2 different guys

Matt

So he told me a while back, so you spoke with George about it?

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HumphreyBogart said:

George won it, he sells for Mario. 2 different guys

George also likes to not actually ship out posters you win (or answer e-mails for that matter)

[Deleted User]

Matt said:

CSM said:

Yeah it was certainly in that time frame

I should have bid (grumble, grumble, grumble) 

I think Rick said the same thing at the time.

Yeah but my grumbling is so much more dramatic

HumphreyBogart

Matt said:

So he told me a while back, so you spoke with George about it?

I've dealt with both george and mario in the past. These are the two guys that got a steal of posters, a collection that turned up in tasmania packed with massive title daybills Casablancas, Maltese falcons, Gone with the wind, 39 steps etc. I spoke to Kosta the seller of bus stop and desire daybills. He told me who won them.

Matt

CSM said:

Matt said:

CSM said:

Yeah it was certainly in that time frame

I should have bid (grumble, grumble, grumble) 

I think Rick said the same thing at the time.

Yeah but my grumbling is so much more dramatic

That's because Rick is a gentleman. Not that I'm saying you're not.

Matt

CSM said:

HumphreyBogart said:

George won it, he sells for Mario. 2 different guys

George also likes to not actually ship out posters you win (or answer e-mails for that matter)

You have a story to tell? 

Matt

HumphreyBogart said:

Matt said:

So he told me a while back, so you spoke with George about it?

I've dealt with both george and mario in the past. These are the two guys that got a steal of posters, a collection that turned up in tasmania packed with massive title daybills Casablancas, Maltese falcons, Gone with the wind, 39 steps etc. I spoke to Kosta the seller of bus stop and desire daybills. He told me who won them.

Well there ya go, I heard that story before. Didn't know the names of the theft.

HumphreyBogart

Well now ya know! Lucky buggers..

Matt

A lot luckier if we had those posters.

HumphreyBogart

Yeahhhh! Thats the most significant find in Australia in a long time. The caliber of the titles were all first rate!

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Matt said:

CSM said:

HumphreyBogart said:

George won it, he sells for Mario. 2 different guys

George also likes to not actually ship out posters you win (or answer e-mails for that matter)

You have a story to tell? 

It would be full of grumbling

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CSM said:

Matt said:

CSM said:

HumphreyBogart said:

George won it, he sells for Mario. 2 different guys

George also likes to not actually ship out posters you win (or answer e-mails for that matter)

You have a story to tell? 

It would be full of grumbling

Like what your choice of avatar for me makes me do

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HumphreyBogart said:

Yeahhhh! Thats the most significant find in Australia in a long time. The caliber of the titles were all first rate!

I've not heard anything about this.  How long ago was the "find" made?

David

I bought a job lot once, average price paid was $2.63 ($100) in the pile was these, which are now framed and on my wall:

 

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Gotta include the restoration costs!

Bruce

CSM said:

Gotta include the restoration costs!

Obviously, that makes sense, but I find that most collectors don't think that way. Most will bid $200 on a poster that is backed which sells for $200 in lesser condtion unbacked. But often that same person will buy the lesser condtion unbacked one for $200 and then pay $150 to have it backed. But they only bid $200 on the backed one, even when it was well backed.

That is why some of the best buys ever are in auctions of linenbacked items, IF you can completely trust the auction house to describe the extent of the restoration or the quality of how well it was restored.

David

CSM said:

Gotta include the restoration costs!

Oh well, then I got nothing...

110x75

I told the story a few times already, but I found this at 50 euros, and sold it on ebay at around $900



How the hell a happy birthday one sheet (supposedly sent to theaters showing the film for one year straight) ended up down here, I don't know. I like to think it was the only one ever to touch argentinean soil.