Go to Columbus next year and get treated AND get some posters! Bruce
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Phil Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > My arthritis is killing me. > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *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.
