I forgot to add the excitement Mopoland....sorry Rich. There was a little fracas between a distinguished poster dealer and a very un-distinguished collector. It certainly provided good entertainment Friday night. The Bitch Slapper has become legend.
This never happened to the other fella. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> To: Adrian Cowdry <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:55 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Cinevent not even a mention of a bitch being bitched :-( ;-) At 10:30 AM 5/31/2011, you wrote: I will not bore you all with areport detail by detail, but some interesting events happened atCinevent. Firstly Steve Sally Sr. took a funny turn, which worried us all, howeverfrom all that I could gather it was a matter of dehydration. The Sally'sleft after Sr. had a stay overnight in the hospital. It was a sore lossthat they didn't attend not just because of their material but theirgreat company. We were all thinking about you Steve and glad tohear that you are on the up and up...carry on cursing thosea**holes!!! Firstly part two, us core dealers - attendees arrived Wednesday afternoononly to find that the bar had lost it's liquor licence! Tears werefalling...the BAR! I mean come on!!! The main meeting place of the hotelthe socialising centre of the conference and of course the centre of theBBW universe in Columbus...was NO MORE! It transpires that the hotel isgoing through receivership and new owners so the owner of the licencedidn't want any legal difficulties. So those that wanted went to thelocal 7/11 and collected a few six packs. The hotel lost money but thesocial gathering was as ever wonderful. Those that know me will know whatI am talking about. Also the Wi Fi now is completely unacceptable, no signal in the maindealers room, poor signal in most areas of the hotel, bad signal in theauction room...not conducive to easy bidding on line. Hotel troubles....Yes there are many niggles. The vending machines werenot topped up regularly if at all! Probably this comes down to theircredit line being a little thin on the ground. So many of us wanted acool drink. One of our group required a Diet Coke...it seems there wasnothing available not even in the restaurant...but it seems communicationwas not paramount...a can of Diet Coke was found by another member ofstaff. These are maybe niggles but it seems the event overall as much as it isloved by all is perhaps now in the wrong location for the price beingpaid. Memorial weekend is also a questionable time to hold the event. Itis a peak time of the year if the event were to be held out of peak timethen prices in general on hotels would be less. 750 people turned up forthe weekend, not 750 people in the hotel. If the event could guarantee750 attendance and hotel space...most hotel chains would offer discountto fill the rooms out of peak times. Many of us had an issue, I was on the 5th floor and had a few antswandering about my room and in the bed! Others had a few insects, orplumbing issues and those elevators? They must be the slowest elevatorsin history. These are niggles I know, but it all makes the event adisappointment. Several dealers turned up with some spectacular collections just acquiredand on sale. There were some truly beautiful pieces not least anAdventures of Robin Hood window card. It was beautiful...the colours wereexcellent but it had a little restoration. Also in the room one chap fromNY turned up with a superb collection including a War of the Worlds halfSheet and creature of the Black Lagoon Insert...truly wonderful to see,in fact as has been said earlier on this forum...possibly the bestshowing of material in maybe six years. Cinevent is the event to be visited for dealers and vintage paper...butit is still the fact that the paper is tough to find. I missed meeting up with Ron Borst...it's been a long time. There weremuch missed people from the past, people who are great company andraconteur's as well as dealers. Believe me we talked about you. The rest of you guys made for a great weekend and some bargains werefound, some expensive items were drooled over. As ever the company wasgreat. The gatherings for Todd's chat about grading were attended, some of usare still cynical some are looking forward to the opportunity for anindustry standard. I am somewhat cynical myself...if nothing else it canonly help the hobby. But in it's present form it is not hugelywelcomed. Movie Poster Exchange is another matter, this will be something of arevolution and revelation for the hobby. Watch this Space! Sean and Peterare in the driving seats with something that all of us will be gratefulfor, this will eliminate the use of Ebay for all who feel disgruntledwith the great cyber auction house. And it will be run by people who lovethe hobby as well. A true bonus. I cannot comment on the auction except to say that Morrie cut the lotsdown by half from 1400 to 700 and took about 50% more turnover from thisauction. Excellent news. Also there were a few highlights as well as somecomplaints. The Wi Fi did not help. I am sure Morrie will receive theinput from those concerned. The Sunday, Morrie gathered some of us dealers with the idea ofdiscussing where this hobby/business can go. Watch this space again. Itwas a very informative meeting and most of us are batting from the sameplate. Adrian This never happened to the other fella. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site atwww.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. 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