Allen et al,
I don't disagree with your business analysis here, but you are incorrect about
all dealers being collectors, technically or otherwise.
I know what a collector is, and I am not one.
Maybe most dealers are. That wouldn't surprise me.
Certainly the kind of seller one sees on ebay, a guy with a day job who likes
posters and sells to support
is habit, is a collector.
You may say that I am collecting inventory, but this is a semantic nuance.
I am not personally a collector.
I have never said to a client, for example, "that's in my personal collection.
It's not for sale."
On occasions, over the years, I have entertained starting a collection. At one
time I wanted to
start a collection of film posters for films which had as their title the name
of a place. Like CHINATOWN or KENTUCKY
or FORT WORTH. But I did not do that, and I can honestly say that while I
admire certain types of posters enormously I
have never bought one for myself personally with no intention of selling it.
Kirby
On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:02 AM, allen day wrote:
> Technically, all dealers are collectors, regardless of their views. There may
> be some 'fav' items, but it is still for sale.
>
> To wit:
>
> If one wishes to sell (as in a business model), one has trouble performing
> that task from an 'empty wagon'.
>
> If one wishes to have a store, be it a brick/mortar establishment or a
> virtual entity, it may seem dubious to to attempt a sale with minimal wares.
>
> Any professional dealer (that I have encountered) has hundreds (or thousands)
> of wares.
>
> If sales/net profits justify a continuing enterprise ... customers become
> clients and the dealer then adjusts inventory to match client needs.
> Inventory (the dealer's collection) must be replenished; the dealer tailors
> his future purchases to match changing/future buyer's tastes.
>
> If the prospective dealer has a poor business
> model/retires/divorces/dies/loses interest, that is why the auction business
> exists/thrives.
>
> BTW ... anything I own or collect is for sale for the right price (including
> the shirt off my back).
>
> ad
>
> From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com>
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] QUESTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
>
> I have known many people who were collectors, but once they became dealers
> they stopped collecting.
> the reasoning was that it was a poor way to run a business.
>
>
> At 02:08 AM 2/17/2012, Neil Jaworski wrote:
>> Hi Kirby
>> I think that's really interesting that you don't collect, as I suspect most
>> of the other major dealers do. And I imagine that a lot of dealers got into
>> dealing via being collectors themselves.
>> Why do you think it would be a "bad idea" for you to have a collection and
>> what would you collect if you did?
>> Cheers
>> Neil
>>
>>
>> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net>
>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>> Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 1:28
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] QUESTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
>>
>> Neil, et al
>>
>> I did not collect posters when I was a kid. In fact, the first time
>> I ever heard of anyone collecting film posters was when my cousin,
>> Bill Withers, started collecting them from Eddie Brandt about 1972.
>> I thought: what an odd thing to want to own. Many years later I bought
>> my first group of posters, and quite honestly I intended to flip that lot
>> and to continue to do what I was doing, which was nothing in particular.
>> But that did not work out and I started selling posters.
>>
>> The truth is I have never been a collector of film posters and I
>> am not, truly, a collector today. An odd thing for someone who
>> owns thousands of them.
>>
>> I am a dealer. When I have at times contemplated starting
>> a collection myself, I have always rejected the idea.
>>
>> I think that, for me, this would be a bad idea.
>>
>> Every poster that I have may be purchased.
>>
>> Of course, I get to enjoy seeing many posters and I do enjoy helping
>> people find things and David, Steve and I enjoy of course, selling from the
>> MovieArt World Headquarters in Austin.
>>
>> Best,
>> Kirby
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 16, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Neil Jaworski wrote:
>>
>>> quid pro quo agent mcdaniel. i tell you things, you tell me things.
>>>
>>> not about yourself though, about posters, waddya say?
>>>
>>> what is your worst memory of childhood.....poster collecting.
>>>
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net>
>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>> Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012, 17:21
>>> Subject: [MOPO] QUESTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
>>>
>>> Were the teasers for this film 27x40?
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>
>>> Kirby
>>>
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