Re: [MOPO] opinions wanted: should I get this restored and remove the snipe?

2009-06-04 Thread Ari Richards
restored, but the snipe also saved, and sold with the poster - Dario sent me a bunch of great snipes, I love them - sometimes i think snipes are worth keeping on the poster, this time,,, hm not IMHO. Ari --- On Thu, 4/6/09, Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com wrote: From: Tom A. Pennock

[MOPO] FA: Holey Moley! The most incredible group of vintage stills I've ever seen, including MANY deluxe, signed or name photogs, end in 12 hours, many are going for a song!

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
*HAVE YOU YET DISCOVERED VINTAGE 8x10 STILLS, AND IF SO, HAVE YOU WONDERED WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOME GREAT ONES AT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO REASONABLE PRICES?*If so, tonight's set of 638 auctions, which consist solely of vintage original 8x10 stills are perfect for you! Maybe its the fact that some

[MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I am sure we all notice that around 20 or 30 people regularly post to MoPo, and yet there are apparently hundreds of other members who receive these e-mails, yet never post at all! I thought it would be nice to give these people a chance to come out of the shadows (so to speak), if only for a

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread William A Brent
I don't, as a rule, have much of value to contribute to discussions on posters, at least not with dealers or hard core collectors. I collect 16mm films, and will buy some advertising art to display for each of the films in my collection. I don't have the wall space for more than a couple of 1

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Phil Edwards
I think a graphically beautiful insert from a 1937 Monogram picture has greater value that a pristine one sheet from Breakfast at Tiffany's. ** I'll certainly drink to that! Phil Edwards - Original Message - From: William A Brent bbr...@pipeline.com To:

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Kenwick Cook
In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:55:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bbr...@pipeline.com writes: and just about anybody to Keanu Reeves (the black hole of cinema). I believe Will Farrell is as funny as a cry for help, and Britney Spears is as entertaining as watching paint dry. ... and

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Michael B
I think a graphically beautiful insert from a 1937? Monogram picture? has greater value that a pristine one sheet from Breakfast at Tiffany's.? i agree with that premise.? however, i would say it differently...? any great poster from a great movie of the 30s,40s as far more

[MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Gerri Farrell
Hello, I am known though my collecting business, Just Kids Nostalgia. I read MOPO most of the time but I never put my two cents in...why? I am not that comfortable with having my words and thoughts posted for all to see. I am shy on facebook and rarely send conversational email. Is there

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Holiday Russell
Thanks, Bruce. You're one of the few people on this list that has tolerance for just about any collecting interest. If more folks like you participated in the discussions, more folks like me would also participate I think. I collect mostly modern and hypermodern posters for movies that

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Heidi Herr
Hi! I must say that I am a mere lurker simply because as someone relatively new to collecting film paper (it’s been about two years), I do not feel I have much to add to the various conversations. Plus, between work and going back to school to receive one of the nerdiest of all degrees, a

[MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Sean Linkenback
Just coming over the wires now, that he has been found dead in Bangkok, apparently of suicide. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Sean Linkenback
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Michael B i still dont understand the high values placed on 007, star wars, japanese art of godzilla, etc. Do you really not understand them, or you just don't agree with them? I don't collect Star Wars either, but I certainly

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Del Belso
Nice to hear from you, Ken. You see, even lurkers are opinionated! Richard Del Belso Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:57:35 -0400 From: justkid...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Hello, I am known though my collecting business, Just Kids Nostalgia.

[MOPO] Contacting Cinemaffiche.com

2009-06-04 Thread Tom A. Pennock
How does one go about contacting Cinemaffiche. com? Thank's! --Tom Pennock **Limited Time Offers: Save big on popular laptops at Dell (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221354145x1201369495/aol?redir=http:%2F %2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215221161%3B37268813%3By)

[MOPO] FA: LUCY, THING, 1941, JAWS, Blazing Saddles, TRIP, etc.

2009-06-04 Thread Old Time Cinema
Hi Gang, For auction to those interested: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oldtimecinema-com; Titles include Long Long Trailer, The Thing, Blade Runner, Killer Klowns, The Conversation, Jaws, Warriors, St. Louis Blues, Rockin' in the Rockies, 1941 Belushi Advanced, and more. ebay ID:

[MOPO] Mopo -anatomy of a collector - treatise.:)

2009-06-04 Thread Tom Martin
Ive enjoyed when Mopo explores the Movie poster phenomena and the Passion and reasons behind collecting To think when I started selling poster in 1977 people scoffed in the art world at memorabilia except a few... My introduction to film and posters came like this. as a young boy

[MOPO] FA: LUCY, THING, 1941, JAWS, Blazing Saddles, TRIP, etc.

2009-06-04 Thread Old Time Cinema
Fixed Broken Link, sorry for double post. Hi Gang, For auction to those interested: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oldtimecinema-com; Titles include Long Long Trailer, The Thing, Blade Runner, Killer Klowns, The Conversation, Jaws, Warriors, St. Louis Blues, Rockin' in the Rockies, 1941 Belushi

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I bet he is trying to snatch the pebble from God's hand even as I write this. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Sean Linkenback slinkenb...@bellsouth.netwrote: Just coming over the wires now, that he has been found dead in Bangkok, apparently of suicide. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Good points, Holiday! Someone should make a movie about all the intolerance there is in the world. Oh wait, someone already did! Maybe Quenton Tarrantino can do a modern re-make (that is one movie I would likely avoid). Bruce On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Holiday Russell hollyr...@mac.com

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Ken I am betting that the kids of today will show next-to-no-interest in the stuff we collect when they grow up, and that there will be all kinds of new collectible fields that we can't begin to imagine. As far as the old is better idea, the one thing I see is that many kids of today are

[MOPO] Over Weight Kids Today!

2009-06-04 Thread Tom A. Pennock
Bruce and all; Just a comment but in the 1960's I grew up on a downtown street in Battle Creek, Michigan. All the kids played outside and rode their bikes, invented new outdoor games to play. WE had a lot of fun. Last summer I was just curious to see if the kids were outside playing like

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Susan Heim
Hello all, I was saddened to hear the news of David's passing. I thought I would share this story with all of you. I know he had a weird crazy sort of image, and that he often was, but he was also a very sweet guy. I first met him when I was 11 years old. My Dad was his tax

[MOPO] G RATED sexual lines.............

2009-06-04 Thread Michael B
BEST SEXUAL LINES IN A MOVE...? G RATED ONLY!!! TO PARA-PHRASE SOME... i'll have what she's having? ---(when harry met sally) put your lips together and blow? ---(bacall) ...well, nobody's perfect ---(one of the best final lines ever, Some Like It Hot, bert lahr) you gotta put

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
I already drank to it At 06:39 AM 6/4/2009, Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:55:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bbr...@pipeline.com writes: and just about anybody to Keanu Reeves (the black hole of cinema). I believe Will Farrell is as funny as a cry for help, and Britney

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
OUCH At 07:31 AM 6/4/2009, Sean Linkenback wrote: Just coming over the wires now, that he has been found dead in Bangkok, apparently of suicide. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: [MOPO] G RATED sexual lines.............

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Del Belso
In 42nd STREET, there's a scene in which a bunch of cheap chorus girls, having been chosen to be in the show have to give the stage manager their name and address. One of them pipes up with I'm Peaches Malone, and I live at 960 Park Avenue...prompting Ginger Rogers to crack...yeah, and is

[MOPO] FW: [MOPO] G RATED sexual lines.............

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Del Belso
Richard Del Belso From: rdel...@msn.com To: dialmbb...@aol.com; mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Subject: RE: [MOPO] G RATED sexual lines. Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:48:41 + In 42nd STREET, there's a scene in which a bunch of cheap chorus girls, having been chosen to be in

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread jbirddouglass
Ken, First of all, thank you for not lurking. An excellent post.. Other lurkers...if you do not participate, we will never get to know you, and that's an sad thing. There are far too few of us in this hobby as it is, and I like networking. with the other lunatics who share my addiction. I

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Gerri Farrell
Help, I have work to do! This is bringing me out of the shadows. Just to add to my last post. My theory, after collecting and dealing in popular culture for 30 years now...we collect what gives us that special something from around the time we were 8 to 16 or so. I don't see many people

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Del Belso
Great story, Sue. My strongest memory of David Carradine stems from his starring role on Broadway, in the mid sixties, in a show called THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, by Peter Shaffer. it was a brilliant show, imaginatively staged, later turned into a not-so-hot movie without Mr. Carradine. In

[MOPO] [spam] How I got into this odd Hobby

2009-06-04 Thread Carlos Mantica
Three movies: Jaws, Towering Inferno and Close Encounters... Back in 1974, I was complete awestruck by these (and later other) summer movies. I feel in love with Spielberg, Irwin Allen and George Lucas' work. Here in Nicaragua during my summer vacations I started hanging around the movie

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph Bonelli
And I almost went off the wagon to drink to it  Joe B in NOLA --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Richard Halegua Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com wrote: From: Richard Halegua Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo? To:

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Ken what yousay here is 100% correct. aging out or as a member on NSFGE said deadification is the most dangerous thing there is to us old fellers now. Clark Gable, Great Garbo, Clara Bow.. all great stars in their time.. now.. poof! Gable is now known to the under 35s by a single film

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Glenn Taranto
Sue - Great story. Thanks for sharing... We often have an arm's length understanding of people we see on TV. It's nice to hear a first hand account of this man. I, too, am sorry to hear about the method of death he chose. Glenn PS: I've missed your insights into some of the more recent

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Bruce Hershenson
it means our world is going to be forgotten and by proxy, so are WE Maybe so, but I'll never forget YOU, Rich! Bruce On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com wrote: Ken what yousay here is 100% correct. aging out or as a member on NSFGE said

[MOPO] ebay Final Value Fee

2009-06-04 Thread Andy Neal
Just got an email out of the blue from ebay saying I owe them £38.00 for a Final Value Fee. When did they start doing this, wasn't aware there was one on top of the listing fee's? Andy Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] ebay Final Value Fee

2009-06-04 Thread Susan Heim
Hey Andy, Well, there has always been a Final Value Fee. It is based on the amount you sold the item for. Go to Ebay and under the help category, look up final value fees and you can see the breakdown. Usually Ebay just bills your account. I have never gotten an email from them on this

Re: [MOPO] ebay Final Value Fee

2009-06-04 Thread Krzysztof Marcinkiewicz
Just got an email out of the blue from ebay saying I owe them £38.00 for a Final Value Fee. When did they start doing this, wasn't aware there was one on top of the listing fee's? WOW! I rarely post anything to MOPO but this sounds like biggest joke I have been reading on MOPO since 1996

Re: [MOPO] ebay Final Value Fee

2009-06-04 Thread Andy Neal
It was for over $2000 so maybe I've just not noticed it on other items I have sold in the past. I'm not a regular ebayer these days and very rarely sell anything, now i know why you guys have been complaining about it so much. It's from ebay yes as it's in my sellers account too. Ohh well,

[MOPO] [spam] near mint vintage posters and items for sale

2009-06-04 Thread Carlos Mantica
Set of 6 8x10 Star wars color stills Excellent condition! Reflections in a Goldeneye (BRANDO) 3 sheet (Actually, thinner, half of a three sheet lengthwise-Don't know what to call it) Moonraker (Bond) NM Morgan the Pirate OS- NM Cat People Spanish OS - NM Clockwork Orange Spanish NM Ruby

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
Thank you for sharing this with us, Sue. Shelly Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:04:18 + From: filmfantast...@msn.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Hello all, I was saddened to hear the news of David's passing. I thought I

[MOPO] FA CLOSING! PeytonPlaceOS,StarTrek,Monsters,Cannibals,TomConwayNoirBARGAINS!

2009-06-04 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Everyone, I have about 35 Auctions closing WITHIN 6 TO 7 HOURS, including GREAT Orig vintage US posters like an Orig PEYTON PLACE (1958) US 1-SHT, I CHEATED THE LAW (Tom Conway,Film Noir, 1949) Orig US Insert, WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU (Horror, Cannibalism, 1980) Orig 1980 1-SHT--- plus

Re: [MOPO] Why I Don't Post

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Ken asked me to post this because he's having trouble getting it through Hi Rich, I can't get the hang of this MOPO, my last post (below) has been rejected 3 times. It was lovingly directed to you. Can you post it? I have no idea what I am doing. OK Rich, We are getting the stage in

[MOPO] IGNORE: Test Message

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Burns
Listserv test. Please ignore.

Re: [MOPO] ebay Final Value Fee

2009-06-04 Thread Sean Linkenback
Where else can you sell something for $2000 and only have to pay a £38 fee? Certainly not with Bruce, Heritage, or any other consignor out there and a lot less than paying rent on your own gallery. Doesn’t sound too unreasonable to me. _ From: MoPo List

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Auras
News just came in that he hanged himself in a closet.  What a shame.  He was in the middle of a movie being filmed at the time   Rick From: Sean Linkenback slinkenb...@bellsouth.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009

Re: [MOPO] G RATED sexual lines.............

2009-06-04 Thread Roland Lataille
Great knockers! Thank you doctor! - Young Frankenstein Sex without love is such an empty experience. Yes, but as far as empty experiences go, its one of the best - Woody Allen --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] G RATED

[MOPO] OT G-Rated Sexual Lines

2009-06-04 Thread Flixspix
Between Mel Brooks ( That was my virgin-alarm. It's programmed to go off before you do!) and Woody Allen (Hey, don't knock masturbation! It's sex with someone I love.) they could fill pages. What I find inspiring is dialogue that just keeps rolling. And no one could deliver better

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Ron Magid
David Carradine guest starred in one of the weirdest days of my professional life. I was writing for the shortlived and best-forgotten Heroes magazine, whose editors had ordered me to drive out to Warner Bros to interview Carradine on the set of Kung Fu: The Movie. This was either 1985 or

[MOPO] That Disaster Movie About LA and a Dirty Bomb

2009-06-04 Thread channinglylethomson
After a lot of research and several suggestions from this group, I've found the name of the film I asked about. It is called RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR. It was made in 2006. Thanks for everyone's help. Channing Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Richard Del Belso
Wow! That story is VIVID. Richard Del Belso Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:55:50 -0700 From: magr...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU David Carradine guest starred in one of the weirdest days of my professional life. I was writing for the

Re: [MOPO] RIP David Carradine

2009-06-04 Thread Flixspix
Ron, That was fantastic. This is why I love MOPO. It may get snarky on occasion, but on the whole there are some wonderful life stories hidden in the recesses of many on board here that are every bit as good or better than the twittering blogheads that are paid on news services. So