Selling some posters, but need info 98, 96, 2000, 03, 06

iamrockmusic

So, I have some posters I am going to unload. Some from 98, 1 from 2000 and possibly 1 from 96... In looking at expressobeans.com, it looks like there's a pretty good market for the ones I'm selling, so my question is this. How can I really know what to ask for in terms of price? I know that seems really basic, but let's be honest. I want to sell them for market value, especially since several are signed/numbered. I'm not trying to gouge the price, but I do want to get what's fair for them. I'm using the money to help pay for an engagement ring, so if you're into noble causes, how about Princess Bride style true love? Is that good enough?

I suppose I've bought posters before, but not on the secondary market in years. So I need help knowing the best way to sell them.

I'm sure I'll get plenty of wise-ass comments, and that's cool. But any advice on knowing the right site to sell them on and price to ask would be genuinely appreciated.

Selling:
Raleigh 98 s/n
Columbia, MD 98 s/n #44
Knoxville 98 s/n #29
Washington DC Voters For Choice
Phoenix 2000 (Kuhn artist, signed)

I'm also toying with the idea of selling my Charlotte 96, signed by Emek. Signed once in '96 under the emek '96 logo at bottom right and on the left, there's also a doodle on the bottom left of a two-fingered peace sign going through a rainbow, with a personalization that says "Ryan, thanx for all the posters. You da man! Emek '99"

All the posters are mint or at worst near mint, by my estimation. No crushed corners, been stored flat, out of the sunlight, no scratches, stray marks, etc...

I've also got Phoenix 03, Raleigh 03, both Camdens from 06, Vegas 06, San Diego 06, LA 1 06, Gorge 2 06, some CCFAs from 06 as well, Lollapalooza 07. I suppose if the offer were worthwhile, I'd sell those too, but doesn't seem like as big of a market for those ones at this time.

Any help is appreciated... THANKS!

benjs

A lot of people go by the expressobeans six month averages, which can range in accuracy. The problem is, an average is only truly useful if you've got a big chunk of data. That said, if you look the posters you're trying to sell up on EB, and there are a bunch of recent sales, that's probably true market value. It's a pretty unfortunate time to be trying to sell unnecessary goods, but hopefully there'll be some buyers.

leadbedr10

Do you remember that yeild vinyl I gave you??
I think you should repay me with that Emek!!!

But seriously, let me know what you want for the phx 03.
One of the two I still need for my shows attended series.

iamrockmusic

hey man, i certainly do remember the yield vinyl. was lucky enough to get ed to sign it a couple years ago.

so maybe we can work something out for the phoenix poster. i know you started getting into dvds. do you have dvds of any of the shows in my profile? i have 7/23/06, the gorge show we were at. what others do you have? maybe we can do another trade... you open to that?

wolfbear

This is the worst time to sell posters. Hang on to them if you can. That is my advise.

arq

wolfbear is right :( I would love to have that Washington 98 but I don't have the EB avg :(

PJStatTracker

wolfbear wrote:

This is the worst time to sell posters. Hang on to them if you can. That is my advise.

The poster market is totally dead. Listen to wolfbear.

especially on the one from '00-06. I think you can still get reasonable value on the '98s because they are rarely available. There are two of that Emek poster up right now on eBay (I think), so you can watch those and see how they do. The fact that it is personally auto'd to you makes it worth a little less, IMO.

iamrockmusic

thanks for the feedback, really. i think i'm going to put the 3 most-asked-about 1998s on ebay and see how they do. columbia, raleigh and knoxville have all generated plenty of interest and if i can't get what i want for them on ebay, i'm ok with hanging onto them for a while longer.

arq

Are you going to have available washington DC for sale later?

iamrockmusic

i suppose that'll depend on what i get for the ones i'm selling first (raleigh/knoxville/columbia). but yes, probably. i may put the dc one up on ebay at the same time. i'll update this thread when i start posting them, maybe tomorrow.

pdalowsky

that raleigh is the best poster out there, and is worth 600 plus all day long on a good day

iamrockmusic

not trying for double coverage, but i said i'd update this thread when i put my posters up for sale. they're up. see the following thread: http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 4&t=101746