At 10:02 AM 6/3/2009, you wrote:
OK, OK, perhaps I'm being biased and presumptuous again, but, yeah,
maybe it's time to take a break from the American Idol talk. I think
I'm starting to grow a uterus.
I'm sure this has been discussed here before, but I'm really
curious; what was it that drove you to become a collector of movie
paper? Obviously, we all love films, but where did you find that
first piece that set the hook? did you come across it by chance, or
did you seek it out? Who sold it to you? This ain't exactly a
mainstream hobby like stamp collecting, so what beaten path did you
step off of to become a hopeless poster geek? There's a treasure
trove of old-time collectors on this list, plus a fair amount of new
blood (those guys under 70), and I'm sure there's some fascinating
tales out there. I always enjoyed Bruce H's collector profiles...now
I'd like to hear about some of my MOPO mates. I'll chime in later;
after months of lurking, I've suddenly developed explosive MOPO
diarrhea, so I'll give you guys a break and listen.
Greg Douglass
I'm 47 years old, so I guess that makes me one of the "young" guys ?
LOL . Thanks , Greg.
I started a very, very modest collection of movie posters about 10
years ago, when I came across a little shop in Singapore selling
movie memorabilia . The first poster I bought was Back to the Future,
which was a film that really impacted me when I was younger, and that
got me hooked. I went on to buy a lot of Star Wars posters, again
because the classic Star Wars trilogy meant so much to me when they
came out. Sadly, many of those posters sold to me by a US based
poster dealer ( he's NOT on MOPO ) turned out to be fake , as I later
found out through this great mailing list. Sad, but hey, I'm since
learned because of this list to be a LOT more discerning who I buy from !
My favourite piece is the Bicycle across the Moon E.T. poster which I
bought off a Christies' New York Auction.
I don't buy for investment, because it is nigh to impossible keeping
ANY paper pristine here in hot and humid Singapore, so I only buy
movie posters of films that have impacted and moved me, even the
newer movies. I buy them solely to enjoy and don't ever think of
getting any investment return from them, because most are
contemporary film posters. Obviously, I don't buy a lot nowadays, but
I still enjoy listening to all the many interesting discussions about
movie posters on this list.
Keep those discussions coming !
daniel
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