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Over the years, we have had many long time collectors consign a collection to us that was of one type or on one theme, and we have often used those consignments to form the nucleus of a section of one of our major auctions. Once we receive that collection, we often then supplement it with other consignments of the same type or theme, to make for a more comprehensive selection.

One example is our June 16, 2019 "all-Star Wars" auction, closing Sunday the 16th. Our main consignor had 171 Star Wars posters, and while it included many great ones, we wanted to have more than 171 items in the auction, so we asked our other 2,347 consignors if they had rare Star Wars items to consign, and we received 119 others, which is how we put together the current auction.

We have had many such "special auctions" over the years, and almost always we supplement our first main consignment with other consignments of the same type or theme. But sometimes, one person has such an excellent collection that it can "stand on its own"!

This first happened in December 2016, when French dealer Dominique Besson consigned his wonderful collection of U.S. one-sheets to us, and he asked that we auction it all on one day, and that we NOT include other consignments of one-sheets with it. We agreed, and the auction was a great success, with the 993 folded one-sheets selling for $292,562.00 (see all the results HERE: http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/date/2016-12-08/sort/4/archive.html).

Then in September 2017, another consignor approached us, wanting a "regular" auction of his single lobby cards, and we held it on 9/28/17, and it took in $23,458.00 (see all the results HERE: http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/date/2017-09-28/sort/4/archive.html). And just a few months later, another consignor approached us, wanting a "regular" auction of his remarkable collection of political and war posters, and it closed Sunday 11/19 (see all the results HERE: http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/date/2017-11-19/sort/4/archive.html). And since then, a few other consignor have approached us, wanting a special auction of just or mostly their items, and we have obliged them as well.

Why have collectors been approaching us to do this? There are two main reasons. One is that they get ALL those items (up to 999 of them!) auctioned in a single day! If someone were to consign 999 single lobby cards to us to include with our regular auctions, we could include around 100 to 200 of them each time we auction single lobby cards (because we have lots of them from other consignors, and we have to be fair to everyone), and since we do an auction of  single lobby cards once each month on average, that means it would take five to ten months for us to auction those 999  single lobby cards.

But when they are in their own special auction, we can do them all in a single day, and for many collectors, they are auctioning their items to raise money and that faster selling time is a big plus for them.

The other reason a collector might want a single auction of only their items is that doing it that way insures there is a permanent online display of their collection (as you can see at the links above). Many collectors assembled their collection thinking they would someday publish a book showing it, but the publishing business has been decimated by the Internet the past decade, and it is unlikely a collector could find a publisher for their collection.

But by having a single auction of only their items, there IS a great online record of their collection, so this too is a real incentive to want to have such an auction.

So if YOU think you might have the makings of a single auction of only your items, please contact me (Bruce) right away, and if I agree, we can schedule it soon, and in just a few months you can have that collection sold, the proceeds in your pocket, and have the permanent online record of your collection.

But it has to make financial sense for us to do it, and it has to be the right kind of collection. If you are wanting a single "regular" auction, your items MUST have a realistic minimum over selling price of $35,000. If you are wanting a single section of a "major" auction, then your items MUST have a realistic minimum over selling price of $200,000.

And it also depends on what type of items you have. If it is a collection entirely based on a single star or movie, then it is likely you will NOT get better results by auctioning all the items at once, because you run the risk of "flooding" the market.

But let's talk! There is NO other auction that could possibly even consider undertaking this, and of course even if they could, they would not do nearly as well a job as we will. The ONLY thing you have to do is get your collection to us, and we do all the rest!

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