Re: [MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread lovenoir2
Kirby-- from the most recent set of out of touch replies posted, by the one most in need of the courses we discussed, i am guessing he hasnt yet looked at the syllabus. Let's hope he enrolls soon, so that unlike Rick and Sue, others are not caught in his unbalanced cross hairs. -KL On Fri, Sep

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt subscribes to imdb.pro and it is well worth the money, I think. Good suggestion, Phillip. I think you can get a two week test drive, too, to see if you like it. Kirby McDaniel On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Phillip W. Ayling wrote: > As many of you are really hard core about films, you m

Re: [MOPO] eBay Feedback system - more changes to come?

2010-09-03 Thread Phil Edwards
I was looking at a leading quality dealer's listing on Amazon, and notice he had a couple of negative feedbacks. As I know this person well, and is modus operandi, I could only wonder why he had got a negative for. Well, the buyer bought the three stills as was described and said he thought the

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Phillip W. Ayling
As many of you are really hard core about films, you might consider subscribing to IMDb Pro. It is about $125 a year and it really has much more industry info and history and a totally different kind of message board set up. - Original Message - From: rixpost...@aol.com To: MoPo-L

[MOPO] eBay Feedback system - more changes to come?

2010-09-03 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
I have been hearing some whispers from eBay employees that the Feedback process might be going to change again in the not too distant future. Apparently, the powers that be acknowledge that the current system has many flaws, not the least of which is that sellers cannot leave negative or neutral

Re: [MOPO] Dealers, how are poster sales these days?

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Mostly down compared to a year ago, 3 years ago AND 5 years ago. When you're a small dealer, the one thing that can save you is a nucleus (even if it's relatively small) of returning buyers who purchase more than one item...ideally 6 to 10 or so every time a series of auctions ends. Take a

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Just a nasty case of the runsright up your alley, Rich! In a message dated 9/3/2010 5:41:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@comic-art.com writes: Rick includes one with every order over $50 I've been sticking pins in it for months.. I'm wondering if Rick has: a headache a backache

Re: [MOPO] Dealers, how are poster sales these days?

2010-09-03 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Thats's a good question. My sales are about the same as this time last year and higher now than they were five years ago but there is much more competition now and you have to be flexible with prices and adapt to change to survive these days. Regards John JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Rick includes one with every order over $50 I've been sticking pins in it for months.. I'm wondering if Rick has: a headache a backache sore feet bloody nose and hemorrhoids At 05:27 PM 9/3/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote: Don't those little Rick Ryan dolls sell for like $350? On Fri, Sep 3,

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Lieberman has them for $350I have them priced at 3 for $19.99... In a message dated 9/3/2010 5:27:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, brucehershen...@gmail.com writes: Don't those little Rick Ryan dolls sell for like $350? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art <_sa...@

[MOPO] Dealers, how are poster sales these days?

2010-09-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Michael said that MoPo was solely comprised of poster dealers, so I thought I'd ask dealers the following: How are your sales vs, one year ago? How about 3 years ago or 5 years ago? If they have changed, why do you think that is? Bruce -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMovieP

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Don't those little Rick Ryan dolls sell for like $350? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < sa...@comic-art.com> wrote: > I'd prefer it if you'd tell me to go to Poster Hell or stick a pin in a > little Rick Ryan doll... > > > LMMFAO > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Sit

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
yeah I noticed it the other day.. just one or two more clicks/scrolls to get to the page you want. only an extra couple seconds and like Dave said.. if it's FREE. At 04:56 PM 9/3/2010, Joseph Bonelli wrote: You guys are both correct! You can hardly get t

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
I'd prefer it if you'd tell me to go to Poster Hell or stick a pin in a little Rick Ryan doll... LMMFAO Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Christ, Michael, why don't you just call me an asshole or something! Every word of your post sounds like a pathetic whine. I'd prefer it if you'd tell me to go to Poster Hell or stick a pin in a little Rick Ryan doll...ANYTHING but whining about the damn thing! In a message dated 9/3/20

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Unbelievable In a message dated 9/3/2010 5:00:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dialmbb...@aol.com writes: sue--- you did not read the earlier posts. 2 days ago this person attacked the prices of my posters on ebay. i affirm the notion that poster values are whatever the buyers/sell

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Susan Heim
Hi Michael, I wasn't sticking with anybody and I did see your side of the matter. I did see your info about Rick posting his initial post. It's just after a point, is it really worth it to keep it going on either side. I was trying to be neutral in my post. Your last post was, what I thought,

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Michael B
sue--- you did not read the earlier posts. 2 days ago this person attacked the prices of my posters on ebay. i affirm the notion that poster values are whatever the buyers/sellers agree. so why did he attack my prices? i merely pointed out that if he wants to give an estimate, he should not

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Joseph Bonelli
You guys are both correct!  You can hardly get through the wretched tabloid-type tv news.  And the comments become more illiterate every day!   Joe B in NOLA --- On Fri, 9/3/10, Glenn Taranto wrote: From: Glenn Taranto Subject: Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR

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2010-09-03 Thread Alan Adler
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Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Susan Heim
The one great thing about having various sources to buy from is that you can select, of your own free will, the seller with the best options for you, whether price, condition or whatever. So, I think this should be a private conservation between buyer and seller, not fodder for all of us to spe

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hey. suddenly I feel like I'm being pulled into some sort of surreal movie poster cat-fight. Hey, man, (that's right, isn't it?)---why don't you check my 100 auctions I have listed and tell me how friggin' high my prices are. Of all dealers to accuse of having "inflated prices"I'm not you

Re: [MOPO] FA: PITFALL Orig 1948 CLASSIC FILM NOIR US 1-SHEET + 1948 MANTAN M...

2010-09-03 Thread Michael B
didn't i buy Letter From An Unknown Woman insert 3 months ago from you as a private sale for more money than bruce sold the same poster? i was happy to get it, although you took forever to send it. i suppose it proves that a price is determined by whatever a buyer and seller agree. eve

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Vaughn K.Mann
I AGREE! have seen this coming for some time now. increasing NON user friendly. gotta have to do with the almighty advertise, etc Vaughn At 12:06 PM 9/3/2010 -0400, rixpost...@aol.com wrote: Hi, Everyone, Maybe I'm jumping the gun an reacting too quickly, but ov

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2010-09-03 Thread Andrija Beker
Hello, I have posted over 1500 Yugoslavian movie posters and lobby cards. You can visit all auctions on URL: http://shop.ebay.com/abposter/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25 There you can find lot of Yugoslavian posters with low start price of $4.99, also there are some rare items like LC

Re: [MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread lovenoir2
Indeed. All great courses, one building upon the other. Do you know if VES290 was being offered this quarter?: Movie Paper Madness: How Misinterpretation of Previous Auction Sales Can Feed Delusion in the Mentally Unbalanced -KL On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > I m

Re: [MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread Kirby McDaniel
I myself enrolled in VES24S: 24 sheets and Megalomaniacal Behaviors. K. On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:44 PM, lovenoir2 wrote: > Brilliant.. > > and to be followed by > > VES 272: Half Sheets and Their Effects on Societal Blithering and > Other Mental Illness. > > (Required copies of old auction catal

Re: [MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread lovenoir2
Brilliant.. and to be followed by VES 272: Half Sheets and Their Effects on Societal Blithering and Other Mental Illness. (Required copies of old auction catalogs and Hershenson books can be purchased in the Bookstore). -KL On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > Yes. > Ha

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2010-09-03 Thread Dave Rosen
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Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Dave Rosen
I use it almost every day, too, and the changes make no difference to me, since it's only the database I'm interested in. As long as it remains free and relatively easy to search, I have no problem with it. Everything else is just cosmetic. Dave - Original Message - From: rixpost..

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2010-09-03 Thread Carteron, Bruce - 1551
This week, Heritage is auctioning another fine selection of rare and vintage movie posters, lobby cards and photos - and at the best values too! Bid with confidence on some of the greatest deals in vintage movie material. The 447 lots in this week's auction will end this Sunday, September 5th a

Re: [MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Glenn Taranto
Rick - You're not wrong. I'm with you on this one. Perhaps I'm just use to the all style but this new one does not seem user friendly at all... GT - Original Message - From: rixpost...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:06 AM Subjec

[MOPO] WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IMDB??? HAS ANYONE NOTICED OR AM I GOING MAD????????

2010-09-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Everyone, Maybe I'm jumping the gun an reacting too quickly, but over the past 2 or 3 days, I've gone to IMDB to find out information about a film or a star...and the site's whole format appears to have changedit's HORRIBLE!!! It appears as if they were bought out by TV Guide or

Re: [MOPO] ON TOPIC the great JERRY LEWIS' MDA TELETHON

2010-09-03 Thread Tom A. Pennock
Jerry Lewis is a hero to me and always will be. He has helped so many people over the years and bought many wheel chairs and crutches for so many. I have a disability and Jerry Lewis was extremely kind to me. I will never forget his kindness to me. Jerry has major health issues and I wish peo

Re: [MOPO] ON TOPIC the great JERRY LEWIS' MDA TELETHON

2010-09-03 Thread Tom Martin
Jerry Lewis story a few years back... myabe 10 15?? well Jerry was on the road doing a live show... I took my son and said Tommy this will be a day you will not forget as this is one of the most important entertainers in history... well I took with us a Clapboard we make as I hoped we coul

Re: [MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Yes. Harvard School of Business and the Department of Psychology cosponsor a course: *Visual and Environmental Studies 271. Proseminar in Film and Visual Studies: Inserts and Borderline Personality Disorder On Sep 3, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Michael B wrote: > all schools have film study classes. >

[MOPO] ON TOPIC the great JERRY LEWIS' MDA TELETHON

2010-09-03 Thread Michael B
don't forget to help Jerry's Kids this weekend. i made my first call when i was 6 or 7 years old. just a dollar back then. then when i was 16, 17, 18, 19 i answered phones at the Americana Hotel (i think it is a hilton now) in NYC. as i get older, i find the telethon painful to watch, b

[MOPO] COLLEGE COURSES

2010-09-03 Thread Michael B
all schools have film study classes. anyone know of classes about film posters ??? perhaps, the books with the class might by good michael Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___

[MOPO] Vintage movie posters and stills on E-Bay - Lombard, Karloff, Velez, Fields, etc.

2010-09-03 Thread Captain Bijou
Fellow MoPoers: I have a selection of vintage movie posters and 8x10 stills currently at auction on E-bay. Below are a few of the items being offered. Just click on the titles to go to the listing: BORDER PATROLMAN - 1936 - George O'Brien - Lobby card CAROLE LOMBARD - 1932 still from No More