Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-05 Thread Saul H. Chapman PhD
house would be just about right for each of us if we had our drothers (without the maintenance, of course).   Saul - Original Message - From: Michael Spampinato To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Just my

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Michael Spampinato
Hey Toochis!   Have you looked into foreign releases? I know from my own experiences good stuff can be had for much cheaper than the USA counterparts! And it enhances the fun of collecting - getting into the non-USA countries and seeing what they were doing.   :-)   MichaelToochis Morin <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Toochis Morin
I collect Humphrey Bogart and started around 1998. I also love art deco graphics. The posters which have eluded me are: Sins of Nora Moran, Dantes Inferno, and several others. The problem I have is that I have not narrowed my focus enough. I end up buying other posters which do not fit my prof

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Michael Spampinato
I collect to "own a piece of a movie" so to speak. I could collect 35mm film but they would get rather redundant framed and hung on the wall. :-)   I actually have a method to my collecting. I am collecting a single piece from each Universal, Monogram and PRC (Monogram and PRC being the main "Pover

[MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Eric Melanson
Saul: I am not necessarily a newbie in that I have collected posters since 1982, but I share your basic orientation and appeal within the hobby, with one additional caveatI not only seek posters with image appeal, but also with sentimental value to me in the movie going/watching experience. My

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Alan Heimann
I pretty much fall in with Saul and Yafet...passion not pennies is the motivating force...i alluded in an earlier post that I don't think years down the line my collection will be worth what i paid for itas far as having a preference on what i collect, though i have many posters I am particular

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Yafet
Dear Saul and MoPo,         I have always collected stuff, from little on.  Movie paper started as an interest, grew to a hobby and is now a passion for more years than I care to reveal.           My approach is similar to Saul's.  Love the actress/actor.  Love the movie.  Love the artwork.  T

Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours? Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:12:49 -0600 Dear MOPO Brothers and Sisters, I guess I've been collecting posters now for close to two and a half years (not

[MOPO] Just my take ...on movie poster collecting. What's yours?

2005-01-04 Thread Saul H. Chapman PhD
Dear MOPO Brothers and Sisters,   I guess I've been collecting posters now for close to two and a half years (not including my purchases of "Hard Day's Night", "Help", "Let It Be" and "Yellow Submarine" 3-Sheets in the early 1980's).  I virtual newbie compared to many of the listserve members