Why didn't you knock on the door and ask to join in?
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Martin Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:37 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION now heres a man of reason !!! Rockers are known to live of of dustmites and bedbugs on the road,,( a hardy nutritional suppliments) , and so haveing a lousy computer is knowthing like haveing somebody reverse the ground polarity on your amplifier on stage eh GREG??? dig it? I remember pulling over in New Mexico at a motel on my 3000 mile drive in a audi 100ls in 1976... there was a group of Indians haveing a Orgy in the room next to me... and it was on cheap spring bed mattressed that squeaked like crazy... Try getting rest with that... Plus they where rowdy drunk Indians.. fricken wild ass noisy INDIANS !!! Ill never forget it I think I was traumatized beyond words... It was so quiet in the desert .. late at night... and I was in that damn cheap Motel trying to rest my 2000 mile drive eyes!! damn you filthy apes!! oh wait ......... jbirddouglass wrote: > Hey, I'm with Franc. This weekend, my room smelled horrible, like a > combination of middle-aged man B.O. and goat pee, and everything was a > dreadful mess, crap everywhere. There was filth, the computer didn't > work, the printer was out of ink, and... > Oh, wait, I was in California in my office. I totally missed Cinevent. > I am SUCH a space puppy. Sorry to have wasted your time. > Greg Douglass > > obby card invasion wrote: > >> "I stand by my statement" >> >> AND SO DO I. Stand by MY statement, that is >> >> I can tell you that in my room the A/C worked just fine. The room >> did not smell. Front Desk was very cordial and helpful in numerous >> and various requests. The shape of the elevators is of absolutely of >> no consequence to most people. We came to a movie memorabelia >> concention, not a spa. >> Look, this back and forth can go on forever, with arguments and >> couner-arguments in both direction. You had a lousy time, I had a >> good time. Are there better hotels? Of course. Will rooms, dealer >> tables, food ets cost much more in a fancier place? Of course. So >> let the Cinevent organizers do their job. They've been successful at >> it for 40 years. >> >> Zeev >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message -----*From:* Franc >> <mailto:fdav...@verizon.net> >> *To:* 'lobby card invasion' <mailto:lobb...@rogers.com> ; >> MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:19 PM >> *Subject:* RE: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION >> >> I stand by my statement and I know for a fact that many dealers >> feel the same, especially since you can find luxury hotels in >> Columbus at that time of the year for the price that is charged at >> this Ramada dump. FRANC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* lobby card invasion [mailto:lobb...@rogers.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:04 PM >> *To:* FRANC MARTARELLA; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION >> >> Frank, I think you're exaggerating just a little bit. >> I attended this year's Cinevent, and have been going >> to this >> show, at the same hotel, for almost 20 years. While this >> hotel may have its flaws(e.g. poor A/C in some common areas), >> calling it "disgusting" is grossly unfair and totally >> inaccurate. >> I have no shares in this hotel, and no personal >> interest in >> it, I just don't want people who never attended the show, and >> who might be contemplating on doing so in the future, be >> wrongly influenced by your highly subjective bad experience. >> No printing capacity in the "business center" (exactly 2 >> computer monitors) may not be as important to most guests as >> it is for you. Sorry. Zeev >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* FRANC MARTARELLA <mailto:fdav...@verizon.net> >> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 24, 2009 1:22 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION >> >> I think Collectible Shows and on-site auctions can still >> have the edge. I just got back from Cinevent and it's >> great to connect with dealers and buyers I haven't seen >> all year and nothing, not even a super-image zoom, can >> replace holding a poster or lobby cards in your hands to >> see the artwork, color, texture etc. Besides which it's >> tedious to go through all the Heritage or Bruce Hershenson >> listings to check condition and I lose interest one >> quarter of the way through. >> That said, I found this year's Cinevent to >> be a someone >> subdued affair. Unfortunately the economy has taken its >> toll on the art of collecting movie ephemera. Most of the >> dealers were complaining that sales were slow and I don't >> think Morrie going to count this one as his most >> financially successful auction either. >> Part of the problem for me is that disgusting hotel the >> Cinevent insist on using. Their business center had no >> capacity to print anything, given that their printers were >> all down and had been apparently for some time. The rooms >> either smell of disinfectant or stale cigarettes. The air- >> conditioner in my room was dead and had to be changed. The >> restaurant doesn't even look clean and wake-up calls were >> ignored by the front desk. The auction room was decided >> hot, so much so I couldn't sit in that room for more than >> an hour at a time and Morrie seemed to be experiencing >> technical problems throughout. I've made a decision to >> stay elsewhere ...anywhere else... next year. I only wish >> the Cinevent management would wise up and follow suit. >> FRANC >> >> >> >> From: Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction & DISCUSSION >> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 10:41 AM >> >> I love Morrie, and he is absolutely one of the >> pioneers of this hobby! Without people like Morrie and >> Richard Allen, who started the hobby and spent massive >> effort on making the world aware of it, there likely >> wouldn't be a hobby today! >> With that being said, I do think >> that "live auctions" >> are a dying breed, and large collectible shows have a >> similar problem. Why should people spend lots and lots >> of money on travel and hotels when they could spend >> that same money on buying posters? In the "old days", >> the advantage was that you could see the items "up >> close and personal", and that was not possible through >> the mail, without spending $50,000 or so on a deluxe >> color catalog as I did, and even then you didn't get a >> really good idea of what the condition was, just what >> the image looked like. >> But now, with the Internet, you CAN >> provide >> super-sized images that show every flaw in >> excrutiating detail (of course some auctions choose >> not to do so, with fuzzy scans, but that is their >> choice), so I really think that one giant advantage >> live auctions had is gone. >> I hope Morrie can continue to put on >> his auctions (to >> whatever extent he can), and that the hobby will >> support him, for as you rightly point out, Cinevent >> might not survive either, and it is wonderful that >> once a year there is a place in the middle of the >> country where many of the members of the hobby gather >> (I have attended many times, and would have been there >> this time, except for fate conspiring against me; >> Memorial Day falls super-early this year, and it >> started on the last day of my kid's school, and my 14 >> year old had perfect attendence all four years of >> middle school and he wasn't about to miss the very >> last day, and besides, he got straight As all year and >> got an award that last day, so I had to choose being >> at that over being at the auction, and it was no >> choice at all). >> Bruce >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Douglas Ball >> <deb...@columbus.rr.com >> >> <http://us.mc841.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deb...@columbus.rr.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Michael, >> Speaking from what I have >> seen... Morrie was >> extremely short of help this year. I believe this >> is also the first year as long as I have attended >> that Marty Davis wasn't involved. >> Anyway, Morrie tried some >> new things this year, >> some worked well, but many did not...I believe for >> next year there will changes...for the best! >> As for the catalogues, this >> was the first time I >> received a catalog for the Columbus auction, I've >> only receive flyers. If you were at the auction >> you could get a catalog free of charge. >> They are not the quality of Heritages auctions. >> Heritage has the resources and personal to put >> together their beautiful catalogs, pictures, and >> descriptions...plus from what I understand, they >> print their own. Morrie did this on his own, with >> a lot of help from his family...whom I respect. >> If you viewed the online >> catalog, you would have >> received a better description and picture than the >> catalog, plus if you really wanted to bid, many >> options to do so...including coming to Cinevent to >> be a part of the poster community as those who did. >> There was a time that >> Morrie's auction was one of >> the biggest and best. A lot of high end poster >> were there, if you were after them. Heritage and >> of course Bruce went to Morrie auctions, learned >> from them, and did their own. We need Morrie >> auctions, Cinevent (to survive) needs it, and we >> collectors and dealers need it. To bash it without >> giving Morrie some >> constructive opinions/criticisms will only help >> hurt our future of this business including >> the live auctions that are doing well at this time. >> Doug Ball >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Michael B >> >> <http://us.mc841.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dialmbb...@aol.com> >> >> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> >> <http://us.mc841.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mop...@listserv.american.edu> >> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:11 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] hollywood poster auction >> & DISCUSSION >> >> 1. i gave up looking at the site because it >> took forever to load into my computer. AND I >> HAVE A FAST COMPUTER. >> 2. more >> importantly, i wrote 2 emails to >> Hollywood Poster asking why i could not see >> poster descriptions. _Neither were >> answered._ How can you bid without a >> description??? Did their on-line sire contain >> descriptions? Were you able to really enhance >> an image? >> >>>>>so, although a >> quick search of the site >> found 2 posters i might have bid on.......i >> never went back. >> >> SO WHY DO AUCTION >> HOUSES LIKE HERITAGE SEND >> OUT FREE CATALOGUES? ANSWER: they are >> smart! !!! >> For example, in the >> last Signature Auction of >> Heritage, i made a quick search on their >> internet site. Although, i saw beautiful >> posters, i believe only one interested me at >> the time. Yet, after i received their >> catalogue, and had time to study it, i tracked >> about 12+ posters-----------------------and >> bought 6 INCLUDING the one sheet and insert of >> THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. >> clearly, i was >> super-pleased with the items i >> won, and Signature made more money because of >> my bidding. SO------THE AUCTION HOUSES THAT >> ARE SMART SEND OUT CATALOGUES TO SERIOUS >> BIDDERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU GOTTA SPEND >> MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. >> >>>>>if the receiver >> of a catalogue increases >> a lot sold by $100, then the auction house >> made money to cover the catalogue and >> shipping cost. surely, a recipient should be >> removed from the free auction catalogue >> courtesy if they never bid. >> and, whenever i >> write to Heritage, i always >> get a fast answer. for example, i asked a >> question about the one sheet of Dorian Gray, >> and received a response from bruce c. within 2 >> hours of my question. as i said, i won that >> item! >> michael >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *An Excellent Credit Score is 750. 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