Thanks, Michael! Sounds like you had some great pieces early on. Makes you wonder if younger people today have been priced out of the hobby at this point.
Glenn On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 4:57 PM Michael Danes <danes...@ptd.net> wrote: > Hi Glenn - great question! I got my first posters in high school, mainly > vintage Cagney one sheets - Yankee Doodle Dandy, Man of 1000 Faces, Great > Guy, Captains of the Clouds, and more. I paid $8 each and thought I was > being robbed. That was the early 70s. > In the next several years my collection grew very large. I was one of the > founding members of MOPO and I wrote a large part of the original FAQ. I’ve > since sold off most of it, but still have many favorite pieces. > I’ll be 65 in March, and I agree that many of our members are experienced! > > Thanks, > MIchael Danese > > On Oct 15, 2019, at 6:21 PM, Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering what the average age of folks on the MOPO list is. I've > been around the hobby for 20 years now. And it seems most of the people > here who speak up have been around just long and, sorry, much longer. If > the next 20 years go as fast as the last 20 years I'll be 80 by the time I > hit send on this email. > > I've been pondering what would happen to my collection after I'm gone. > Wondering if it would be better in an institutional setting or scattered to > the four winds by being in the hands of collectors. > > So, yeah, that's what I'm thinking as I peruse poster sights looking for > more Wheeler and Woolsey stuff! LOL! > > Glenn > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > 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.
