Opinions on the PJ collectible market

Gibson

I was thinking about this recently..

Long term - the older we get, more and more collectibles end up in the hands of the people that hunted and intend on keeping them. As that happens, fewer items are up for grabs, and demand/price spike.

However, tour time is always a short term boom/bust. People sell of some of their collection to fund a tour, while others seize the opportunity. 

Factor in the fact that we're not 18 and have (relatively speaking) a few bucks to spare...

CopperTom

pdalowsky said:

My own personal view on this, which I know is unique, is that we should collect these things and enjoy them for what they are. The resale market in the future is just irrelevant to me. I buy and collect because I love it, if I ever HAVE to sell it'll all be worth what it is, its just not a driving factor to me at all

I'm with you.  I possess no item simply because it's valuable or will be valuable.

inmytree1380

I don’t see the price of hard-to-find posters (98’s, Cracker Jack, Pittsburgh 2013) coming down for a long time. Pearl Jam’s fan base is getting older and some have disposable income to buy grails.  

I started collecting posters in 2000. Buying posters from the Yield and Binaural tours weren’t an issue. In 2001, I bought the Ames Pittsburgh ‘98 on eBay for $90. 

And, in 2011, I bought several signed Eddie Vedder Munk One posters from hits site and eBay for less than $140.

I really noticed a spike in poster collectors in 2013 with the Wrigley and Pittsburgh shows. The demand far outweighed the supply for those shows. And EV solo shows (which are smaller affairs with limited sales) withstanding, I don’t see too many PJ posters going for insane amounts going forward because of the increased supply (not counting AP and variants). For example, Emek’s poster for Philly 2016 is a masterpiece, but unsigned copies go for about $190 on eBay because the supply was more than tours of the past. If that poster had come out on an earlier tour, it would go for insane amounts because the supply would be less.

cp3iverson

Yeah maybe it was Wrigley that started this current insanity. 

Like i said, 2011 you had some legendary APs that took an hour to sell out on Munk’s site.  

It was crazy before for Emeks and some 98s, but everything took off in this last decade. 

I remember in 1998 it was common to trade cassette bootlegs for 98 posters.  Soccer jerseys, etc.  in 1998 i stood in a line of 10 people for a poster lol

pjl44

cp3iverson said:

Yeah maybe it was Wrigley that started this current insanity. 

Like i said, 2011 you had some legendary APs that took an hour to sell out on Munk’s site.  

It was crazy before for Emeks and some 98s, but everything took off in this last decade. 

I remember in 1998 it was common to trade cassette bootlegs for 98 posters.  Soccer jerseys, etc.  in 1998 i stood in a line of 10 people for a poster lol

I like to torture myself and pull out the old newsletters where I could have ordered 2 of every 96 and 98 with a check and postage stamp

mookieblalock

I got a Mansfield ‘98 AFTER the second night show because they were sold out of the soccer jersey I wanted. There was a huge stack of them left. I promptly got back to my college dorm that night and tacked it to the wall and threw it out 9 months later when I went home for the summer.

RoleModelsinBlood31

mookieblalock said:

I got a Mansfield ‘98 AFTER the second night show because they were sold out of the soccer jersey I wanted. There was a huge stack of them left. I promptly got back to my college dorm that night and tacked it to the wall and threw it out 9 months later when I went home for the summer.

That was me in nyc 96.  After I crowd surfed while holding it and got it covered in rain I tacked it to my wall. I’m amazed that some people had the smarts to keep them in such good condition back then