Thanks, Ira! I'm so happy to hear your family has an interest in keeping some of your favorites. That's a nice way for them to have you with them always!
Appreciate your eyes on my prizes! Glenn On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:08 PM Ira Rubenstein <irubenst...@pbs.org> wrote: > I started in the 90s while working at a studio and cleaning out closets > and being allowed to keep the posters. Then someone told me about > auctions and how to find vintage posters and first was Singin In the rain. > I took it to Sue to frame and she proudly proclaimed that this was once > hers. > > My attitude is I am trying to enjoy them now. Maybe in retirement I will > enter the dealer side of the business from the collector side. And then > when I am really done. Let my kids and future grandkids and nieces and > nephews pick what they want and sell the rest so someone else can have the > chance to enjoy them. > > My kids have already called dibs on a bunch of them. Which I am > thrilled about. > > And sorry I have no wheeler content to help you. But will keep an eye > out. > > Sent via mobile. Please excuse typos and autocorrects. > > On Oct 15, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Michael Danes < > 0000013d65768e00-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> 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 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__listserv.american.edu_scripts_wa-2Damerican.exe-3FSUBED1-3DMoPo-2DL-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=fDwaEiP44220m6_xveONL6kH3JiAF7Lu-n28iRMQzM4&s=gDRYvM1QJt6256C7VoB_nGUXEDRoZLaG25F_4cVFZ2k&e=> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__listserv.american.edu_scripts_wa-2Damerican.exe-3FSUBED1-3DMoPo-2DL-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=fDwaEiP44220m6_xveONL6kH3JiAF7Lu-n28iRMQzM4&s=gDRYvM1QJt6256C7VoB_nGUXEDRoZLaG25F_4cVFZ2k&e=> > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
