There's nothing wrong with this hobby that 100 Tait Maxfeldts couldn't cure!
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art <
sa...@comic-art.com> wrote:
> bravo
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> At 04:48 AM 7/22/2010, Tait Maxfeldt wrote:
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> 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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