On April 9th, Potter & Potter had a Houdiniana Auction that featured a large number of Houdini Movie Stills from the Grim Game and Terror Island.
Let’s take a closer look at the numbers.
There was 16 Terror Island Movie Still Lots:
- 178, 179, 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 202, 209, 210, 219, 220, 230
There was 14 Grim Game Movie Still Lots:
- 175, 176, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 203, 204, 217, 218, 221, 224, 231
Terror Island Notes: Lot 230 from Terror Island was misidentified as being a Movie Still from Haldane of the Secret Service. Lots 179, 190 and 210 listed the wrong serial number.
Grim Game Notes: Lot 232 from the Master Mystery was misidentified as being a Film Still from the Grim Game. Lot 204 listed the wrong serial number.
Terror Island lots brought in $9150 before buyer’s premium.
Grim Game lots brought in $8400 before buyer’s premium.
The highest Grim Game Lot (L302-87) below brought in $1700 before buyer’s premium.
The highest Terror Island Lot 230 (L318-19) below brought in $950 before buyer’s premium.
So based on the numbers who do you think won?
If you log into Live Auctioneers you can see all the auction results.
Terror Island by $750.00? The Grim Game averaged $600.00 per photograph and Terror Island averaged $571.88. So the Grim Game raked in more per photo.
That is correct! And you said you were terrible at math.
I am terrible at math. I used a desk calculator and simple division. In fact, I use calculators all the time unless I’m at some diner scratching out the math on the back of a receipt to figure out what’s left in my checking account after paying with the bank card!
Potter & Potter is laughing all the way to the bank. The damage is done way before you have time to figure out what an item really costs you after the buyer’s premium plus shipping, packing and insurance. Houdini-philes are “Nuts”