Sad to hear MCW is disappearing but, given how times have changed, it's amazing
it even lasted this long.
Before I collected and sold movie posters, I collected and sold vintage toys
for years and used to subscribe to something called Toy Shop, which also was a
thick "bulging publication" that collectors awaited with baited breath every
week. But Toy Shop bit the dust five or six years ago, so it's a tribute to
Brian that he was able to sustain MCW all these years, given the changes in
technology and thus how people collect.
MCW will be missed but Brian has a lot to be proud of.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:54 PM
Subject: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012
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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