Even better! You can sell them minty whites as originals, and they will never know the difference!
And I am told that all the rooms have working air conditioners, and they don't smell bad, and the food is good (if rather bland). Bruce On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > No Bruce.. they wouldn't recognize the posters (old people's disease) > > > > > > At 07:34 PM 5/30/2009, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > "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]<[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.
