Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
I can't see it changing because I have lost my glasses. Bugger! Phil - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Was eMoviePoster.com left off because it slipped your mind, or because you feel that we CAN see that the hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see Bruce 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
They're on your forehead, Phil. :-) Dave - Original Message - From: Phil Edwards To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector I can't see it changing because I have lost my glasses. Bugger! Phil - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Was eMoviePoster.com left off because it slipped your mind, or because you feel that we CAN see that the hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see Bruce 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
and Aloha from Los Angeles! Great post, Tait! You should post more often, with your fresh and upbeat point of view. Spoken like a true collector! Enjoy yourself! Richard Del Belso Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:48:56 -0700 From: five_inch_t...@yahoo.com Subject: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 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 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.
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 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
There's nothing wrong with this hobby that 100 Tait Maxfeldts couldn't cure! On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com wrote: 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 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
Well said, Tait. You sound like someone who collects material that you respond to emotionally and/or intellectually, and that is something that has no age parameters. There are speculators out there who attempt to guess the Next Big Trend, there are investors who acquire material and squirrel it away for resale when the time is right (I'm a pragmatist, I've done it!), and there are those like you and I who spend our hard-earned bucks material that really excites us. My tastes are pretty eclectic; I love 50s sci-fi/horror above all, but goofy drug images, rock movies, bad girl, beautiful stone lithos from silents, and material from films that I truly love, like Night of the Hunter, are all in heavy rotation on my walls. However, we both share the same geeky gene that drives us to buy old, and not-so-old, expensive pieces of paper that give us a deep sense of there being a better world. You said, 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. You obviously have an adventurous mind and a willingness to seek cinematic edification in a way that most of society, regardless of age, does not do. I think there are many more guys like you out there, and we older collectors just don't see you much because we tend to be more insular in our social circle. This used to be a VERY small hobby, and you saw many of the same guys over and over again in, say, Movie Collector's World. The internet has broadened the base of collectors to the pint where I think many of them are off our radar. The hobby will continue to grow and morph as appreciative young minds discover vintage films and their related ephemera and as nostalgia for those great old films of the 1990s begin to kick in after a few years with the more youthful members of our fellowship. So Tait...please post more, watch that Maui humidity...that's got to be a bitch on your paper...get the spare bedroom ready for me the next time I come to Hawaii, and watch that drooling on your posters. That's considered a condition flaw. Greg Douglass 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 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
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
Wait to go, Tait, well said to YOU, Greg. I especially agree with this: I think there are many more guys like you out there, and we older collectors just don't see you much because we tend to be more insular in our social circle. This used to be a VERY small hobby, and you saw many of the same guys over and over again in, say, Movie Collector's World. The internet has broadened the base of collectors to the pint where I think many of them are off our radar. The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Dave - Original Message - From: Greg pickmeis...@cox.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Well said, Tait. You sound like someone who collects material that you respond to emotionally and/or intellectually, and that is something that has no age parameters. There are speculators out there who attempt to guess the Next Big Trend, there are investors who acquire material and squirrel it away for resale when the time is right (I'm a pragmatist, I've done it!), and there are those like you and I who spend our hard-earned bucks material that really excites us. My tastes are pretty eclectic; I love 50s sci-fi/horror above all, but goofy drug images, rock movies, bad girl, beautiful stone lithos from silents, and material from films that I truly love, like Night of the Hunter, are all in heavy rotation on my walls. However, we both share the same geeky gene that drives us to buy old, and not-so-old, expensive pieces of paper that give us a deep sense of there being a better world. You said, 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. You obviously have an adventurous mind and a willingness to seek cinematic edification in a way that most of society, regardless of age, does not do. I think there are many more guys like you out there, and we older collectors just don't see you much because we tend to be more insular in our social circle. This used to be a VERY small hobby, and you saw many of the same guys over and over again in, say, Movie Collector's World. The internet has broadened the base of collectors to the pint where I think many of them are off our radar. The hobby will continue to grow and morph as appreciative young minds discover vintage films and their related ephemera and as nostalgia for those great old films of the 1990s begin to kick in after a few years with the more youthful members of our fellowship. So Tait...please post more, watch that Maui humidity...that's got to be a bitch on your paper...get the spare bedroom ready for me the next time I come to Hawaii, and watch that drooling on your posters. That's considered a condition flaw. Greg Douglass 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?
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
the people who really know what's going on are those who have: 1) been involved long term (decades) 2) are actively involved in buying and selling as a business 3) regularly run sales or auctions 4) go to conventions to make sales because you need those things in order to gauge what's going on in totality when Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. this is true, but it is only a small piece. Yes the hobby is growing - for more contemporary posters. The market for Star Wars posters is apparently enormous however the hobby is contracting for the large majority of vintage posters (those older than 35 years) GWTW will always find an audience - even if it is for mostly reprinted posters Tillie's Punctured Romance is, unfortunately, punctured. the audience for vintage posters gets smaller all the time due to age, generational disinterest and what has become an over abundance of material that no one knows anything about because even these films are not shown on TNT (try to estimate the % of shown vs not-shown titles. the difference would be some staggering number like maybe 1% of films are shown, or even .1% of pre-1960 films are available on tv in any format). combine this with the previously mentioned issue that younger generations aren't interested in history and once again, we find ourselves driving the wrong road with vintage paper. At 02:04 PM 7/22/2010, Michael Spampinato wrote: Dave Rosen says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. I think this is SO accurate. We sometimes can fall into the trap of thinking such closed worlds represents the totality of the movie poster collecting world. I haven't seen any movie paper shows in the San Francisco area in a long time (if there are any please do let me know). BUT, it would be VERY interesting if some MOPO members who attend such shows make a note to keep an eye out on the demographics and report back what they noticed. I am especially thinking of younger collectors and what they are perusing. Pov May the holes in your collection be filled. - Original Message - From: Greg pickmeis...@cox.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Well said, Tait. You sound like someone who collects material that you respond to emotionally and/or intellectually, and that is something that has no age parameters. There are speculators out there who attempt to guess the Next Big Trend, there are investors who acquire material and squirrel it away for resale when the time is right (I'm a pragmatist, I've done it!), and there are those like you and I who spend our hard-earned bucks material that really excites us. My tastes are pretty eclectic; I love 50s sci-fi/horror above all, but goofy drug images, rock movies, bad girl, beautiful stone lithos from silents, and material from films that I truly love, like Night of the Hunter, are all in heavy rotation on my walls. However, we both share the same geeky gene that drives us to buy old, and not-so-old, expensive pieces of paper that give us a deep sense of there being a better world. You said, 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. You obviously have an adventurous mind and a willingness to seek cinematic edification in a way that most of society, regardless of age, does not do. I think there are many more guys like you out there, and we older collectors just don't see you much because we tend to be more insular in our social circle. This used to be a VERY small hobby, and you saw many of the same guys over and over again in, say, Movie Collector's World. The internet has broadened the base of collectors to the pint where I think many of them are off our radar. The hobby will continue to grow and morph as appreciative young minds discover vintage films and their related ephemera and as nostalgia for those great old films of the 1990s begin to kick in after a few years with the more youthful members of our fellowship. So Tait...please post more, watch that Maui humidity...that's got to be a bitch on your paper...get the spare bedroom ready for me the next time I come to Hawaii, and watch that drooling on your posters. That's considered a condition flaw. Greg Douglass 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
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Was eMoviePoster.com left off because it slipped your mind, or because you feel that we *CAN *see that the hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see Bruce 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
Neither, really. I just wanted to list a single example of each traditional collector institution: a forum, a collectors' magazine, a convention and an auction house. A specific list of all in each category would have been a little ungainly (though not THAT long a list, really). So I mentioned Heritage when I guess I could have mentioned eMoviePoster.com. But you can include eMoviePoster.com any way you want, Bruce. As long as you keep the very kind comments re: posteropolis.com coming! ;-) Dave - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: hah...@sympatico.ca Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Was eMoviePoster.com left off because it slipped your mind, or because you feel that we CAN see that the hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see Bruce 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector
Even though you didn't mention us, I will be happy to keep recommending you, or any of the other dealers who do a great job on all levels. Bruce On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Dave Rosen hah...@sympatico.ca wrote: Neither, really. I just wanted to list a single example of each traditional collector institution: a forum, a collectors' magazine, a convention and an auction house. A specific list of all in each category would have been a little ungainly (though not THAT long a list, really). So I mentioned Heritage when I guess I could have mentioned eMoviePoster.com. But you can include eMoviePoster.com any way you want, Bruce. As long as you keep the very kind comments re: posteropolis.com coming! ;-) Dave - Original Message - *From:* Bruce Hershenson brucehershen...@gmail.com *To:* hah...@sympatico.ca *Cc:* MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu *Sent:* Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:44 PM *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector Dave says: The hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see, with a growing cadre of younger, sophisticated collectors who exist outside the closed world of Mopo, MCW, Cinevent, Heritage, etc. Was eMoviePoster.com left off because it slipped your mind, or because you feel that we *CAN *see that the hobby IS changing and IS expanding in ways that many older collectors and dealers simply can't see Bruce 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.
Re: [MOPO] The Art of Being a Young Collector / Expanding the Hobby
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! 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 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.
