My subscription to MCW back in the early 90s rekindled my love for the hobby, and I ended up becoming acquainted personally with many advertisers, people like Deke Richards, Jack Gold, our own Bruce Hershenson, (who printed a positive letter from me on the back of one issue), and, of course, the hobby's own tsunami of good will & positivity, Noel Dean Schiff. It was a different time. I snagged some killer bargains, and spent hours perusing the pages of the 2-3 thick sections, full of thousands of titles. I placed a couple of my own ads, full of what I though was junk, and made enough dough to get a mint 1 Sheet from THE ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER from Jim Dietz.. It was a great little magazine. It saddened me when Ebay helped make it into an anorexic shadow of its former glory, but.....time & progress march forward inexorably. Dang. Greg Douglass ---- Rodney Sims <film_butc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Tom, > I have to ask - were you by any chance the copywriter and proofreader of your > MCW ads? > > Rodney > > > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:16:59 +0000 > > From: dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > > > >I remember it well... as it was one of the 1st plaes I advertised.. > > actually It was called FILM COLLECTORS world and owned By AlandLight > > and I think best then Brian Bought it in 85 I advertised in the 70s > > .. that and Classic Images Sam Rubin and DonKey at BIG REEL where the > > best papers to find posters and memorabilia,,,there where also small > > hobbie mags for films and posters... we used to make up our own ads > > prior to computers by hand on paper..I remember driving to Frazier to > > beat dealines.. lucky me... they all where good people...to deal > > with.. Don Key also had a excellent still service and it was mostly > > western collectors however all crossed over genres,,, most high end > > collectors did next day air of thier catalogs and scooped up the > > goodies... I should have drove up there and got hot off the press,,,, > > wowo i think of this what 30 years later..LOL... I should have > > invested innto apple Too LOL... oh well... > > > > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > > >From: rixpost...@aol.com > > >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > >Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > > >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:22:29 -0400 > > > > > >>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 > > >>-- > > >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com > > >team > > >>P.O. Box 874 > > >>West Plains, MO 65775 > > >>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when > > >we > > >>take lunch) > > >>_our site_ (http://www.emovieposter.com/) > > >>_our auctions_ (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>_Complete Buyer Protection_ > > >>(http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer > > >_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg) - No time limit on our > > >>guarantees & NO buyer beware > > >>_Hershenson Help Hotline_ > > >(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcement > > >>s/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg) - Direct > > >line to > > >>Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems > > >>Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer > > >Reviews > > >>of our company - _Page 1_ > > >>(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1 > > >.jpg) , _Page 2_ > > >>(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2 > > >.jpg) , _Page 3_ > > >>(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3 > > >.jpg) , which shows you in our > > >>customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions > > > so very > > >>different from all others! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > >>___________________________________________________________________ > > >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > > >>MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > > >>lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: > > >SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this > > >>message is solely responsible for its content. > > >> > > >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > >> > > >___________________________________________________________________ > > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > >> > > >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > > >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > >> > > >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content > > >. > > >> > > >> > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >
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