I am in agreement with Claude.. but also some others as well..
when I think of a "collector".. I think of someone who has a passion
for collecting.. and passion is the key here.
a person who decorates his home like a few of the customers I had at
my shop are not collectors.. They have posters only because they
thought they were cool, needed decoration and posters are , as the
French would say "esprit decor" (the spirit of decoration).. they are
not collectors.
a casual buyer who continues to buy movie posters for many years
however is, even if he does not have the passion that collectors like
MoPoer's do.
and of course, a person like Nick Cage, Leonardo DeCaprio who have
passion are collectors.
Now what population range do I think there are for true collectors??
I'd say about 10,000.. But I would also say that this number has been
fairly constant for many years because as one collector moves in to
the hobby.. others move out or unfortunately pass on to the great
theatre in the sky
I think many collectors never buy on ebay, and many others never buy
through the mail. Others only buy through the mail as they have no
other source...
Rich===========
At 12:25 PM 12/15/05, Claude Litton wrote:
I was going to write my opinion and I really struggled with a proper
reply. Before I reply I would like to ask everyone on this subject
the following question.
How do you define "poster collector"?
By volume? By monetary value? By the number a person buys in a
week, in a month, in a year? If a person decorates his home with
20 posters and when the decorating is over, stops buying is he
considered a poster collector?
Hope this gets you thinking. Claude Litton
Claude
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