I'm 58. I took the early retirement incentive offered by the State of
Connecticut in July of 2009. I'm too young to retire from working but it was
an
offer that was just too good to pass up. I have been looking for a job since
then with no luck until recently. I was offered a salesman job by PC Richard
and
Son last month so, I took it. Even though its about 56 hours a week (I had
worked 35 hours a week for the State of Connecticut) and paid only by
commission, its the only job offer I have had in a year. I have an IT
background
but no job offers for any IT jobs. But, I do have an interview (really a second
interview) Wednesday for an IT position with another company so I hope I get
that - only 37.5 hours a week.
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From: allen day <aday_5...@yahoo.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 6:33:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] age shall not weary them
Howdy y'all,
I'm at the speed limit ... 55 ... (but I am 'the oldest rat in the barn' where
I
work, go figger).
ad
--- On Sun, 8/1/10, Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> wrote:
>From: Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com>
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] age shall not weary them
>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 10:13 PM
>
>
>
>I'm 60 this year. Crikey!
>phil
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Holiday Russell
>>To: Phil Edwards
>>Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:51 AM
>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market
>>
>>Wish I was, but I'm 45
>>
>>
>>Holiday
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Aug 1, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:
>>
>>I'd like to poll just to see how many people under 40 are on MOPO.
>>>Phil
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Holiday Russell
>>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>>Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:31 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the
>market
>>>>
>>>>I would think, though, that beautiful posters will always be in
>>>>demand.
>>>> Intuitively, there's a point at which the original actor/actress
>>>> may
>>>>become unknown to new generations, but the art will likely remain
>>>>attractive to those generations. And, there's the fact that the
>>>>posters
>>>>themselves could bring around new generations to the movies
>>>>themselves.
>>>> I can't say how many times I've come to a great movie because of
>>>> the
>>>>poster.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Holiday
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Aug 1, 2010, at 9:12 PM, dialmbb...@aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Over time, for good posters, new buyers will increase demand
>>>>>and that
>>>>>will prop up the price I think
>>>>>the problem with that statement is the new collectors dont know
>>>>>stanwyck, lancaster, laughton, milland, garfield,
>>>>>colbert.......................................so many awesome
>>>>>posters
>>>>>that we seek to buy from the 40s, 50s may lose out. TMC might
>>>>>help avoid these stars from "dying".
>>>>>
>>>>>i just bought a beautiful, powerful one sheet: HIGH WALL, 1948
>>>>>with
>>>>>robert taylor, audrey totter and herbert marshall. WANT TO POLL
>>>>>PEOPLE
>>>>>UNDER 40 who knows any of those stars?
>>>>>
>>>>>casablanca, mildred pierce, bogart, bette davis are among those
>>>>>that
>>>>>will always be sought-after.
>>>>>
>>>>>michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Holiday Russell <hollyr...@mac.com>
>>>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>>>Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 9:01 pm
>>>>>Subject: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the
market
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Yeah, I think that's how I feel too. I couldn't do it. Also,
>>>>>the
>>>>>market can absorb a lot of a good thing. Again, with first
>>>>>edition
>>>>>books, about 15 years ago, the first two books by a popular
>>>>>writer were
>>>>>remaindered by a big remainder company. About 300 of each hit
>>>>>the
>>>>>market at once. The company limited sales of two of each per
>>>>>buyer.
>>>>> The books previously sold for about 200 each. None were sold
>>>>> other
>>>>>than the remainders for a few years. Then, while no one noticed,
>>>>>the
>>>>>prices were back to what they used to be.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Over time, for good posters, new buyers will increase demand and
>>>>>that
>>>>>will prop up the price I think. But, I do agree that the must be
>>>>>let
>>>>>go over a few years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>From: James Richard <jrl...@mediabearonline.com>
>>>>>>Date: August 1, 2010 8:41:58 PM EDT
>>>>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market
>>>>>>Reply-To: James Richard <jrl...@mediabearonline.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>Nah, destroying any old art/collectible that has managed to
>>>>survive
>>>>into the current era is just flat out criminal. But there's no
>>>>reason
>>>>not to do as many on this list have suggested: Keep a couple for
>>>>yourself and trickle out the rest very slowly into the market.
>>>>This
>>>>is so obvious you'd think everyone would understand it -- yet I
>>>>see
>>>>people on Ebay all the time listing 4 or 5 of the same item at
>>>>the
>>>>same time and calling it "rare" in their descriptions.
>>>>>
>>>>>And then there's this ever-popular Ebay ploy: An item that is
>>>>>reasonably scarce (but not truly "rare") sells on Ebay for a
>>>>>decent
>>>>>price (usually because no one has put one of those particular
>>>>>things
>>>>>up for a month or two). Suddenly every seller in the world who
>>>>>has
>>>>>the same item immediately lists it on Ebay within a few days of
>>>>>the
>>>>>first sale -- all of them thinking they are also going to get
>>>>>the
>>>>>good price, when in fact all they are doing is guaranteeing
>>>>>they will
>>>>>not. They think they will pick up the second bidder who missed
>>>>>the
>>>>>first item by only a buck or two? Not if that second bidder
>>>>>suddenly
>>>>>sees 4 or 5 of the same item turn up right after he lost the
>>>>>first
>>>>>auction. What he's going to do instead is wipe his brow and say
>>>>>"Whew... lucky I got outbid on that first auction... I almost
>>>>>paid
>>>>>way too much for one of those."
>>>>>
>>>>>-- JR
>>>>>
>>>>>Holiday Russell wrote:
>>>>>How about keeping a few and destroying the rest? I've known
>>>>>first
>>>>>edition book dealers that have done this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Holiday
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>From: Richard Evans <evan...@blueyonder.co.uk>
>>>>>>>Date: August 1, 2010 8:14:26 PM EDT
>>>>>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market
>>>>>>>Reply-To: Richard Evans <evan...@blueyonder.co.uk>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>Hi, I think the point is that, wrong or not, (as Wolfgang
>>>>>confirmed), this has happened, in the case of the Peeping Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>quads at least.
>>>>>
>>>>>>I really don't know exactly what happened with The Outlaw 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>sheet(s).
>>>>>>I'm not advocating it, just pointing out that it happens.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 2 Aug 2010, at 01:04, Ken Farrell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi, I just thought that I would chime on this one...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I think the point is being missed...If all of a sudden
>>>>>>>you have
>>>>>>>75 copies of a rare item, the value is automatically
>>>>>>>changed by
>>>>>>>the laws of supply and demand. Anything you do to
>>>>>>>control this
>>>>>>>is some sort of insider trading. If you lie to numerous
>>>>>>>people,
>>>>>>>you are protecting your own interests at the expense of
>>>>>>>others.
>>>>>>>What if you auction one copy and get the record setting
>>>>>>>price?
>>>>>>>All the bidders will feel cheated when the next 74 come
>>>>>>>up for
>>>>>>>sale. You would feel the same.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The deflated value is a reality...these posters should
>>>>>>>be sold
>>>>>>>at an estimated new, readjusted value and all will work
>>>>>>>out.
>>>>>>>You just won't become rich.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, once a number of these posters show up, try to
>>>>>>>convince
>>>>>>>the market that there are only 75 in the find. The
>>>>>>>gossip will
>>>>>>>fly (75 or 750?) and the item just might loose all of
>>>>>>>its
>>>>>>>value.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have purchased large quantities of rare items many
>>>>>>>times over
>>>>>>>the years and have sold them for prices related to the
>>>>>>>find.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ken
>>>>>>>Just Kids Nostalgia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com>
>>>>>>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>>>>>>Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 4:00 pm
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] PUZZLE: flooding the market
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>At 12:44 PM 8/1/2010, Richard Evans wrote:
>>>>>>>>Yes Rich, you describe the best method.
>>>>>>>>Alternatively, there's:
>>>>>>>>Approach a dealer with your find of perhaps half a
>>>>>>>>dozen max,
>>>>>>>>>(that's all there is, no really).
>>>>>>>>Approach second dealer (that's all there is, no
>>>>>>>>really), third
>>>>>>>>etc, >etc, etc, and endeavor to get it done as swiftly
>>>>>>>>as
>>>>>>>>possible.
>>>>>>>>Change telephone number, move to a nicer house.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>the only problem with that Richard is this:
>>>>>>>after you call the third dealer, seeing as we all talk
>>>>>>>to each
>>>>>>>other (more or less) it would be pretty fast - maybe
>>>>>>>just hours
>>>>>>>- that everyone would know you have multiples of the
>>>>>>>items
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>of course, if you lie to every dealer so you can sell
>>>>>>>them
>>>>>>>fast, I imagine that Guido will be looking for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>
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