[MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler...

2009-03-14 Thread David Kusumoto
On the AP wires today, see below. [BTW, Fishler was/is a big buyer of movie posters and is loaded with $$$. I saw him at a Bruce's huge auction held in L.A.'s cavernous Pacific Design Center that I covered 10 years ago for Movie Collector's World. At the time he was only 31 -- and he wa

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2009-03-14 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
David first time I met Steve he was 12 years old looking for Fantastic Four #1 and had the cash with him and much more. a year later he was a dealer too. Always a good friend, I know he won't be bothered by mentioning that his father was a liquor distributor and that should tell you everyth

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2009-03-14 Thread Jeff Potokar
sounds like daddy's money was well spent.. at age 12 and age 31... ahh to be able to go to dad for cash, whenever it was needed... the joy, the joy...lol On Mar 14, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: David first time I met Steve he was 12 years old looking for Fantastic

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2009-03-14 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Wrong Jeff.. he may have "borrowed" cash from his dad early on.. Maybe not. He is a good busienssman and I suggest when he was buying FF #!, he was spending his own money, not pop's and certainly by 31, Steve was one of the most successful comic dealers anywhere At 04:47 PM 3/14/2009, you w

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2009-03-15 Thread David Kusumoto
g-time. -d. -Original Message- Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:36:24 -0700 To: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... David first time I met Steve he was 12 years old looking for Fantastic Fo

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2009-03-15 Thread Phil Edwards
what" I tend to think that people's privacy be respected. Phil - Original Message - From: David Kusumoto To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... ** I saw Fishler in person that on

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2009-03-15 Thread Richard Evans
real INTO comic books during the first 5-6 years of Comic-Con before moving on to books and movies big-time. -d. -Original Message- Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:36:24 -0700 To: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of

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2009-03-15 Thread Richard Auras
ci-fi/sorcery but now only seem to read non-fiction.     Rick www.ilovefilms.com   From: Richard Evans To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:01:10 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... I bet if I drew a

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2009-03-15 Thread allen day
Guilty on all counts (btw ... I finally got the beautiful woman, but she was born wy after ST left the airwaves).   ad --- On Sun, 3/15/09, David Kusumoto wrote: From: David Kusumoto Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, March

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2009-03-15 Thread Joseph Bonelli
Nor here.  Joe B in NOLA --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Richard Evans wrote: From: Richard Evans Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 11:01 AM I bet if I drew a line connecting all of MoPo's members -- that I would

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2009-03-15 Thread Roland Lataille
I did collect comics and sports cards many years ago. Now only items related to movies that were presented in Cinerama. --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Richard Evans wrote: From: Richard Evans Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009

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2009-03-15 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D.
Collected comics (Classics Illustrated, DC and Marvel) and MONSTER cards. Can't seem to remember if the latter came with bubble gum. I think they probably did. This was back in Brooklyn in the late 50's and early 60's. Never really did collect sports cards. Saul Visit the MoPo Mai

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2009-03-15 Thread David Kusumoto
that rarely happens because cooler heads (including my own) -- and a good count to "10" -- will more often prevail. -d. -Original Message- From: p...@cinemarts.com To: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... Da

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2009-03-15 Thread David Kusumoto
. I finally got the beautiful woman, but she was born wy after ST left the airwaves). ad --- On Sun, 3/15/09, David Kusumoto wrote: From: David Kusumoto Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 2:46 AM (truncat

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2009-03-15 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
ect: Re: Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Guilty on all counts (btw ... I finally got the beautiful woman, but she was born wy after ST left the airwaves). ad --- On Sun, 3/15/09, David Kusumoto wrote: From: David

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2009-03-15 Thread Craig Miller
At 03:29 PM 3/15/2009, David Kusumoto wrote: ** Today, Comic-Con is gigantic, with crowds of around 100,000 or more held at the huge San Diego Convention Center on the harbor -- and though the event still retains its geek factor -- it's far more inclusive, with tons of stuff for children and mo

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2009-03-15 Thread Craig Miller
At 04:20 PM 3/15/2009, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: the past 2 years, the fire marshall has shut down entry until other attendees left. so last year on Saturday, several thousand people who had waited on line for 6 hours to buy a ticket & get in couldn't buy a ticket & never got inside to t

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2009-03-15 Thread Bruce Hershenson
riginal Message- > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:13:34 -0700 > From: aday_5...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Speaking of Stephen Fishler... > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > >Guilty on all counts (btw ... I finally got the beautiful woman, but > she was born wy after ST lef

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2009-03-15 Thread David Kusumoto
t was... -d. http://tinyurl.com/cjsft3 -Original Message- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:26:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... From: brucehershen...@gmail.com To: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com CC: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu David I have always meant to apologize for has

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2009-03-16 Thread Flixspix
ad --- On Sun, 3/15/09, David Kusumoto <_davidmkusum...@hotmail.com_ (mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com) > wrote: From: David Kusumoto <_davidmkusum...@hotmail.com_ (mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com) > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: _mop...@listserv.

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2009-03-16 Thread Todd Feiertag
Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Collected comics (Classics Illustrated, DC and Marvel) and MONSTER cards. Can't seem to remember if the latter came with bubble gum. I think they probably did. This was back in Brooklyn in the late 50's and

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2009-03-16 Thread Bruce Hershenson
ere ecstatic -- and the noisy > party-type atmosphere in the showroom helped -- (a big contrast to more > stoic affairs held elsewhere). Whatta day that was... -d. > http://tinyurl.com/cjsft3 > > -Original Message- > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:26:22 -0500 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sp

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2009-03-16 Thread Paul Gerrard
Yes I remember in pre-internet days, Stephen Fishler/Metropolis Collectibles used to run a permanent ad in Movie Collector's World, offering substantial cash for the big-name one sheets such as Frankenstein, Dracula, Wizard of Oz, Old Dark House, Gun For Hire, etc etc and of course Metropo

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2009-03-16 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D.
them. Now this was Flatbush and it may have been different elsewhere in Brooklyn. But I distinctly remember packets with printed designs on them and NO vending machines. Saul - Original Message - From: Todd Feiertag To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, March 16, 2

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2009-03-16 Thread Douglas Ball
lor), "Outer Limits", etc. The monster flip books were cool also! Doug - Original Message - From: Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D. To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler... Hi Todd, At the ris