Low blow, low blow! On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Franc <[email protected]> wrote:
> Go to Columbus, see the latest Mae Marsh film and have a hip-replacement > at the same time. FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bruce > Hershenson > *Sent:* Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Where is the next generation of poster dealers? > > 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. > > 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.
