For more than a decade, Movie Collector's World was the primary outlet for
dealers to reach buyers and vise-versa. From at least a dealer's
perspective---and who knows...possibly a collector's perspective as well---
I believe those were the final stages of the 'glory days' of movie poster
collecting---before eBay took over like a gargantuan leviathan, inundating
the market with repros, questionable material and an overabundance of stuff.
Hey, I'm thankful I lived in an era where a goddam periodical that came
once a month played such an integral part in the hobby of movie poster
collecting. Things have definitely changed...many will say for the
better...but
I'm not so sure... R.I.P. Movie Collector's World. Those of us who lived
though those years when you were on the cutting edge of the hobby will
sorely miss you...
Rick
In a message dated 10/16/2012 3:59:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:
I am so very sad to announce that "On Monday, October 15 two of the most
highly respected film buff publications, Movie Collector’s World (MCW) and
Classic Images (CI) announced that they had come to an agreement on the
sale of MCW. Classic Images has agreed to buy Movie Collectors World, a
Michigan based newspaper published by Brian Bukantis since 1985. The agreement
was made on Friday, October 12. The two papers, serving movie buffs around the
world, will be merged into one monthly publication. Under the terms of the
agreement, currently active paid MCW subscribers will receive each monthly
issue of CI, beginning with the December issue, for the length of their
MCW subscription term."
Those of you who only joined this hobby the past few years only know of
MCW as a thin magazine, filled mostly with auction announcements and ads for
the foremost dealers.
But for those of us who have been in the hobby for decades, we remember so
well those pre-Internet days when a large portion of the collectors and
dealers subscribed to this then bulging publication, because it was THE
number one way to buy and sell, and pretty much the most important day of the
month was the one when MCW arrived!
This really IS the "end of an era". I want to publicly thank Brian
Bukantis for publishing it the past 27 years, and for doing a superb job
throughout that time (of course, the ONLY thing he couldn't overcome was the
Internet, which is rapidly putting EVERY newspaper and magazine out of
business,
and Brian should be quite proud that he was able to continue publishing as
long as he did). He is a great guy, both personally and professionally, and
he added immeasurably to our hobby. The ONLY silver lining to this is that
Brian's life now won't be spent going from one urgent deadline to another!
I will have more about this (and a farewell message from Brian) in my next
weekly e-mail club message on Sunday!
Bruce
--
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