My arthritis is killing me. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Where is the next generation of poster dealers?
"The median age at the show was about 67" THERE'S your answer! Next year they could hold it in the intensive care unit of the nearest Columbus hospital. Plus all the patients would recognize everyone on the 1920s and 1930s posters. Bruce On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Franc <[email protected]> wrote: I hate to beat a dead horse but Cinevent is stuck in a groove and the collectors who frequent this trade fare seem to like it that way, judging from the attacks I received because I dared to suggest that the venue could be improved. The median age at the show was about 67. There were no young people there at all and frankly nothing to draw them in. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Linkenback Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Where is the next generation of poster dealers? 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 don’t see this happening (at shows) with movie paper. There wasn’t 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 don’t’ 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 don’t 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 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. 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.
