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<p>[QUOTE="sunday silence, post: 3532078, member: 6808"]Well yes thats a distinct possibility especially where there is probably not a large market. I have seen stuff like that happen in the case of rare books. Where hitherto unknown book pops up commands huge dollars and suddenly theres a dozen out there at less than half price. Even ten known books can change things a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of books there might be less that ten people who co/lecte say 19th cent feminist books. This also true in cast iron where theres a couple old guys in NY who pay top dollar then six months later the same piece might get one third...crazy</p><p><br /></p><p>But having said that I don't think the civil rights movement is that niche. Also theres also the issue that pennsville hedged there bets by saying ''after huey,'' like they don't thinks original. I've seen some original black panther posters from c1965 and they are on cheap paper so authentication seems difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also with the BLM movement and general times we live in you'd think a real huey newton poster would command more than 245. I think theres a good size market I guess[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sunday silence, post: 3532078, member: 6808"]Well yes thats a distinct possibility especially where there is probably not a large market. I have seen stuff like that happen in the case of rare books. Where hitherto unknown book pops up commands huge dollars and suddenly theres a dozen out there at less than half price. Even ten known books can change things a lot. In the case of books there might be less that ten people who co/lecte say 19th cent feminist books. This also true in cast iron where theres a couple old guys in NY who pay top dollar then six months later the same piece might get one third...crazy But having said that I don't think the civil rights movement is that niche. Also theres also the issue that pennsville hedged there bets by saying ''after huey,'' like they don't thinks original. I've seen some original black panther posters from c1965 and they are on cheap paper so authentication seems difficult. Also with the BLM movement and general times we live in you'd think a real huey newton poster would command more than 245. I think theres a good size market I guess[/QUOTE]
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