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   From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   On Tue, 6 May 2008 03:00:08 -0700 (PDT), barefoot   
    wrote:   
      
   >you say that people won't be able to re sell them...but to be   
   >honest...i don't think that people buying the autographs for$300 or so   
   >are intending to sell them...yes, you are right, it's probably the top   
   >of the market to sell any living person's autograph for $300+. but i'm   
   >gonna say this. it's tough out there. and it's not worth the time to   
   >sell it for less. i tried to sell a ford, for $75 on ebay, like 4   
   >years ago. but it got no bids. but there were at least 5, for under   
   >$30 and they all got bids. and none of those were real.   
   >   
   >you could be right, obvious there are fewer lawrence olivier's...much   
   >fewer. but i think you are wrong in thinking that people who love old   
   >hollywood will always care. i think when generations die down, people   
   >stop caring. out of sight, out of mind. and as hollywood keeps making   
   >remakes of movies, people will care even less.   
      
   That's true to some extent and very sad when you think about it.  We   
   were talking about this this past weekend with rock Stars.  We'd gone   
   to Van Halen and were discussing how many groups like that NOW could   
   be potentially touring in 20-30 years still.  We felt like probably   
   less than 1/10th of the bands from the 60s-80's.  Nothing from the   
   90's or 2000's really seems to be quality enough to stick.  You might   
   see Mirah or something, but really do you see any bands from the 90's   
   really still huge?  Same with actors.  The quality has gone way down.   
   Rare good acting is around and even those with some talent, say a Tom   
   Cruise, become pop culture fodder and it usurps their talent, so they   
   don't make it into the fold of classic.  Those like Britney  who you'd   
   think could be one of the ones to keep touring at an older age (like   
   say Madonna), most likely will NOT ever come back.  The culture and   
   crap surrounding them becomes bigger than themselves.  it's a shame.   
      
   >Charlton heston doesn't   
   >sell. he didn't sell before he passed, and doesn't sell after. even if   
   >you factor out the ebay's "hot now" scenario, old, deceased actors   
   >don't matter to a lot of people unless they are coinsiderably older. a   
   >20 year old doesn't walk into an autograph store and get excited by a   
   >lawrence olivier, but they will buy the cast photo signed by the   
   >kardashian sisters for $100. or, in my case, at frank n sons, i sold a   
   >STACK of kat von d autographs for $50 a piece, but my kirk douglas   
   >just sits there and no one asks about him. same price. so using that   
   >logic, i'd say that once the people 50 and older start to pass on, the   
   >legacy of olivier(and others like him) will fade into oblivion.   
   >m   
      
   I would say Charlton Heston sells and will continue to sell on the   
   right items. The problem with him is the sheer amount of stuff out   
   there.  He doesn't need to be forged (though I've seen it which shows   
   you how stupid and lazy some forgers are) because he signs everything   
   for anyone, anytime in any place.  The Kardashian sisters etc are   
   crap; they'll be popular another year or so and then struggle because   
   they have NO talent and will become Paris or Britney; trying to hold   
   to a fame that will be taken over by new blood.  So sell them now   
   because it's my guess they'll be the Joey Lawrences, Scott Baios, and   
   Punky Brewsters of the near future.   
      
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