I am also just a collector and most of the time silent. I found MOPO because of Sue at Hollywood Frames. I have purchased posters from Bruce H, Grey at Heritage, Freeman, John and others on the list. I must say I agree with what Richard posted. This is a wild list but with the use of technology and mail filters, I too sort through the chaos and get good information that is helpful. Especially around trends in the industry.
But for a newbie internet person or a newbie to the Movie Poster world, this is quite a intimidating group. I can see how this limits growth of the list. Ira -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Del Belso Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 4:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dropping MoPo membership Dear Bruce and alll other Mopoers; I am one of your silent members, who chooses not to be silent any more. i am a relatively new member...I guess I've been getting messages for at least two months, maybe three...long enough to have experienced the Claude/jeannie flap and the political diatribes, and the mourning of Glenn Ford. I am a collector, not a dealer...but like alll obsessive collectors, i will soon have more stuff than i can handle and will want to sell some of it. At present, i am not emotionally ready for that, nor am i knowledgeable enough about the pitfalls of selling, so the MoPo comments are quite an education to me. Reading (listening?) to all the complaints about "Fleabay" has really been an eye-opener. I imagine one's experience of E-bay is quite different for a seller than for a collector. I am writing today because i want Bruce (and Scott) to know that I am one of the list members that has NOT had a problem receiving the posts of other members. Everything has been coming through to me loud and clear. I also want to say that i agree with most of what Bruce has been saying, and also with the remarks made by Mike Davis on Sept. 10th. I am not so sure that MoPo members are declining, but there may be many out there who, like me, are afraid to pipe up because the rest of you are a) very smart, and b) sometimes quite argumentative...and intimidating. and what's so bad about sitting on the sidelines, watching the giants duke it out, while every now and then picking up a nugget of important information? At one point a few months ago i had thought that i would unsubscribe. You see, i have no other "chat room" or movie fan list experience but this one and I had no way of knowing that this was the 'genteel" group. Well, it didn't seem all that genteel to me, but genteel or not, it's the group where some of the brightest and most experienced collectors and dealers chat, and so i'm staying. Just dont try to tell me what to think or what to do. I realize that I can be active or passive and still get a lot out of my membership on this list. i want to stay because there are many like-minded people and because we can learn from each other's experiences. Oh, and I often check out the leads sent out by dealers about stuff they've got for sale, either privately or on MoviePosterBid or on E-bay. One last thought...I really love it when John Reid shares his RKO posters with the rest of us (terrific exhibit), or Dario Casadei sends out photos of his magnificent 40x60's from the '30's. those things remind us of why we collect. thanks, guys. Best regards, Richard Del Belso PS to Bruce: i think you are amazing!! <html><div><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive">Richard Del Belso</FONT></div></html> >From: Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dropping MoPo membership >Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:27:53 -0500 > >THIS IS WHAT DRIVES ME CRAZY ABOUT MOPO! Yesterday afternoon I sent two >e-mails to MoPo. One (a FA one) seemed to be distributed right away, and I >saw it on the MoPo website a short time later. The other (which is copied >below) did NOT seem to be distributed, did NOT show on the MoPo website, >and I have seen no replies to it. So DID IT GET DISTRIBUTED OR NOT, and how >does on know the difference? Both were sent from the same computer minutes >apart, so I can't see why they should have gone their separate ways. > >Maybe Scott might want to consider switching to some other mail server. >This one seems to have lots of problems (and yes, they seem much greater of >late). > >Below is the post I tried to make yesterday: > >JR and Claude > >I have seen your replies to my post of last night, and no others at >this >point. But let me clarify that I fully agree that MoPo is far better (for >me, and obviously for you both) than the other discussion boards. MoPo >members DO stay on topic far more, are far more "genteel", have a far >greater total knowledge of the hobby, etc, etc > >But that does not mean it can't get much better! I see no point in >dwelling >on the past, but I suggest that some of the members might try to reach deep >into their brains for questions about MOVIE POSTERS that have puzzled them, >and then we will see if the collective knowledge of MoPo can answer them. >Things like "Did Paramount EVER make title cards?" (they did), "What did >Paramount do in place of title cards?", "Why do almost all French and >Italian posters of the past 40 years seem to be incredibly easy to find, >but ones from before that are super-hard to find?", "What WERE window cards >used for?", or any other question that might be of somewhat general >interest, but is likely NOT common knowledge. > >JR asked "Bruce, as a seller who regularly sends FA messages to this >list, >I don't understand your point here... are you saying sellers shouldn't send >through ads? Or that they shouldn't abuse the privilege?" > >I am saying that sellers who regularly post FA or FS messages should >realize that those messages would reap FAR greater results if they weren't >mostly reaching other dealers, and that the best way to do this would be to >regularly post NON-selling e-mails in addition to their selling e-mails, >for then MoPo would attract a lot more collectors, so it would be a good >investment for those dealers. Of course, not everyone will do this. There >are always going to be some "jerks" who flood the list with FA or FS sale >e-mails and never post anything else. But most likely just about everyone >has learned to delete or block these people, so I don't think they really >matter. > >Look at some of those people who are known to be members of MoPo: Sam, >Kirby, Walter, Sean, Ron, Tony, and many others. Collectively they are >hundreds of years of poster selling experience, and I doubt that the entire >rest of the world knows as much about movie posters as this group does >(offhand, the only dealers I can think of with encyclopedic knowledge of >movie paper who are NOT MoPo members are Mike Hawks and Joe Burtis, and >maybe Ken Schacter, who might well be a silent member). Yet how many times >do you see the above group of people posting? If each of them posted just a >couple of times a week with a sliver of what they know (whether answering >questions or opening subjects), MoPo would be become exponentially more of >a place that all collectors would want to be a part of. > >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: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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