Barry Baumann came to Cinevent and we chatted
At 02:43 PM 5/30/2009, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
I remember well the comic book shows of the late
1960s and early 1970s (were you even alive then,
Sean?). There were two distinct groups.
First there were these really ancient guys who
were in their late 30s and some were even in
their 40s, like Phil Seuling, Dale Manesis, Paul
Zack, and Russ Cochran among many others (there
were just a couple of guys who were even older,
like Howard Bayliss, and they seemed like they
should have been in a nursing home, but
reflecting back on it, they were likely younger than I am today!).
Then there were a whole lot of guys in their
teens, with just a few in their 20s. Guys like
me, Bud Plant, Marty Zweiger, Barry Bauman, Joe
Brancatelli, Bob Beerbohm, Tannar Miles, Jeff
Greenbaum, and so many more. I wish I could see
all of them one more time (if they are still alive).
There were just a couple of really whiny young
teen guys like Paul Leavitt and Rich Halegua.
And there were no females of ANY age whatsoever!
When Phil Seuling and Russ Cochran quit their
"day" jobs (as high school teacher and college
physics professor) to sell comic books full time, that was BIG news!
Those were the days, my friends.
Bruce
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Sean Linkenback
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
One thing that I noticed while walking the
floors of Cinevent was what seemed to be a
dearth of young blood at the show, most
obvious in the form of no younger dealers (I
think I was the baby at the show and I turned 40
this year) and also in no younger collectors in attendance.
I certainly realize that eBay and the internet
in general have had a chilling effect on
conventions/shows overall, but I was still
surprised by what I perceived to be a lack of a
younger audience interested in movie paper.
When doing comic shows, there would always be
the original dealers who have been selling
since the 60s/70s and are still hauling around
merchandise in the same boxes they used in 1967,
then there would be the guys who started in the
80s/90s who now have a more advanced/mature
inventory and offerings, and then the young
guns who had recently gotten started and had
vast inventories of new hot comics. The trend
would always be that as time goes on, attrition
takes a few out of each level, while some step
up to the next and more young guns enter and start the cycle over.
I really dont see this happening (at shows)
with movie paper. There wasnt a single dealer
at the show set up selling rolls of new Dark
Knight or Star Trek posters or whatever the
flavor of the month is. I know that some are
out there I see them on eBay and on the
boards. Do you guys go to shows at all? Or is
it that you find Cinevent full of older
collectors who dont want posters from any
movie made in color? Or is it that it is just
so much easier to send an email out to your
customer list and let them know you have the new
Transformers2 poster that you dont need to
spend the extra money to go to a show and try to add to your clientele?
Just curious about all this, as I think it would
be great if there was a huge poster show where
dealers of all eras were set up and there were
enough collectors there to make it worthwhile.
Sean
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