My first movie poster was a Heavy Traffic 1-sheet. I was a cartoonist in
college (still am), so was interested in anything to do with cartoons and
animation. I was also an active member of the film society. One of my little
jobs to was to put up and take down the poster every week. One week I
decided, what the hell, I was keeping this one and never sent it back. Lucky
for me the NSS doesn't exist anymore, otherwise they'd be sending their
enforcers after me.
Anyway, even though I collected all manner of posters (concert posters,
political posters, etc) from lampposts and fences for years after that, I
didn't actually realize (nor was I interested in doing so) you could BUY
movie posters until about 10 years ago. THEN I found a guy who was
liquidating a warehouse but would only sell me posters in lots of 50-100.
They were REALLY cheap but often there was only one poster in each lot of 50
that I wanted, so then I had 49-99 posters I didn't particularly care about.
Well, as you can imagine, within a couple of years I had about 2,000 posters
that I hadn't really wanted in the first place, so I started selling as well
as buying. Eventually I was selling more than I was buying and that's when I
decided to go all the way and become a dealer.
Oh, and I still have that Heavy Traffic 1-sheet, pinholes, tape stains and
all...
Dave
www.posteropolis.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "jbirddouglass" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:02 PM
Subject: [MOPO] ON Topic...What the Hell Got You Into this Odd Little
Hobby??
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
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