and Aloha from Los Angeles!
Great post, Tait!
You should post more often, with your fresh and upbeat point of view. Spoken
like a true collector!
Enjoy yourself!
Richard Del Belso
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:48:56 -0700
From: five_inch_t...@yahoo.com
Subject: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Aloha from Maui...I'm probably one of the youngest collectors on MOPO (I'm 29)
and don't post often because I'm more a sponge for information... learn more
and speak less... that being said.. I've been collecting for about 15 years ..I
am enjoying where the hobby is at..I'm having a heyday purchasing rare material
.I enjoy the speculation.and taking chances..I'm spending good money on what I
love and often scoring..Is the hobby in uncertain waters?.... are older
collectors completing their collections?...is.ebay malnourished and castrating
(yes actually) ...are new collectors stagnant? .bla bla bla bla..... Honestly
WHO can convert new serious collectors.. ..You have to have serious Interest
and self education to enter a collecting hobby from scratch..It takes a rare
combination of passion or classic film enthusiasm and opportunity to catch the
bug to
step into this collecting intellect... experience is another huge factor ..as
for nostalgia...
I was born in 1980 yet I have a keen sense for what I covet and it all started
with the love for the films.as they were introduced to me..my new collecting
habits are a domino effect from the introduction of new films and rare
paper...because of that I collect the way I do..am I the only twenty something
to have a prized group of early Buster Keaton and chaplin lobbies, a few dozen
early Marx Brothers, early laurel and hardy and wheeler and woolsey pieces,
mack sennett 3 sheets, a silent w.c. fields one sheet and about 150 abbott and
costello posters and lobbies, all picked out individually over the last 15
years...who cares?... I've never seen a single one of these films in the
theatre but I love the films and paper just the same...when the material
surfaces it has a mystique and allure that I crave... I drooled all over my
first Animal
Crackers JLC just the same as I did when I saw the film for the first time
..and the tenth.....Am I a discriminating specialist? Yes... condition and
rarity are as important as emotional impact..... do I care if the hobby grows
in any dynamic way to sustain the dealer profits.and record prices... NO..I'm
enjoying this opportunity to obtain what I desire.... I enjoy the art of
collecting..I embrace collecting like no one else..... in an age where people
embrace individuality ...I know my collection is unlike anyone's... this is
paramount
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