I like Tait's style! He seems wise beyond his years and is the bread
and butter of what hopefully will be a limitless future for vintage movie
poster collecting!
In terms of expanding the hobby though, I think Bruce and the other
poster titans should somehow find a way to reach the FRIENDS and FAMILY of the
"10,000 casual collectors" who buy maybe 1-5 posters a year...
If you can somehow get on the radar of the art/design/lifestyle crowds (such
as Apartment Therapy), there could be an entirely new market of buyers out
there
as
there has been a recent resurgence in indie rock posters
and re-imagined movie posters from Alamo Drafthouse and the like.
It reminds me of that business theory called The Long Tail which explains the
success of
Amazon and Netflix. They may not sell tons of products to each consumer--but
they have a big enough warehouse supply to sell 1-2 items to everyone!
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From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 10:54:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
bravo
At 04:48 AM 7/22/2010, Tait Maxfeldt wrote:
Aloha from Maui...I'm probably one of the youngest collectors on MOPO (I'm 29)
and don't post often because I'm more a sponge for information... learn more
and
speak less... that being said.. I've been collecting for about 15 years ..I am
enjoying where the hobby is at..I'm having a heyday purchasing rare material .I
enjoy the speculation.and taking chances..I'm spending good money on what I
love
and often scoring..Is the hobby in uncertain waters?.... are older collectors
completing their collections?...is.ebay malnourished and castrating (yes
actually) ...are new collectors stagnant? .bla bla bla bla..... Honestly WHO
can
convert new serious collectors.. ..You have to have serious Interest and self
education to enter a collecting hobby from scratch..It takes a rare combination
of passion or classic film enthusiasm and opportunity to catch the bug to step
into this collecting intellect... experience is another huge factor ..as for
nostalgia...
>
>I was born in 1980 yet I have a keen sense for what I covet and it all started
>with the love for the films.as they were introduced to me..my new collecting
>habits are a domino effect from the introduction of new films and rare
>paper...because of that I collect the way I do..am I the only twenty something
>to have a prized group of early Buster Keaton and chaplin lobbies, a few dozen
>early Marx Brothers, early laurel and hardy and wheeler and woolsey pieces,
>mack
>sennett 3 sheets, a silent w.c. fields one sheet and about 150 abbott and
>costello posters and lobbies, all picked out individually over the last 15
>years...who cares?... I've never seen a single one of these films in the
>theatre
>but I love the films and paper just the same...when the material surfaces it
>has
>a mystique and allure that I crave... I drooled all over my first Animal
>Crackers JLC just the same as I did when I saw the film for the first time
>..and
>the tenth.....Am I a discriminating specialist? Yes... condition and rarity
>are
>as important as emotional impact..... do I care if the hobby grows in any
>dynamic way to sustain the dealer profits.and record prices... NO..I'm
>enjoying
>this opportunity to obtain what I desire.... I enjoy the art of collecting..I
>embrace collecting like no one else..... in an age where people embrace
>individuality ...I know my collection is unlike anyone's... this is paramount
>
>
>
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