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)
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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