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From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian
Cowdry
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Cinevent

 

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.



 

 <javascript:void(0)>  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 a report detail by detail, but some interesting
events happened at Cinevent.

Firstly Steve Sally Sr. took a funny turn, which worried us all, however
from all that I could gather it was a matter of dehydration. The Sally's
left after Sr. had a stay overnight in the hospital. It was a sore loss that
they didn't attend not just because of their material but their great
company.  We were all thinking about you Steve and glad to hear that you are
on the up and up...carry on cursing those a**holes!!!

Firstly part two, us core dealers - attendees arrived Wednesday afternoon
only to find that the bar had lost it's liquor licence! Tears were
falling...the BAR! I mean come on!!! The main meeting place of the hotel the
socialising centre of the conference and of course the centre of the BBW
universe in Columbus...was NO MORE! It transpires that the hotel is going
through receivership and new owners so the owner of the licence didn't want
any legal difficulties. So those that wanted went to the local 7/11 and
collected a few six packs. The hotel lost money but the social gathering was
as ever wonderful. Those that know me will know what I am talking about.

Also the Wi Fi now is completely unacceptable, no signal in the main dealers
room, poor signal in most areas of the hotel, bad signal in the auction
room...not conducive to easy bidding on line.

Hotel troubles....Yes there are many niggles. The vending machines were not
topped up regularly if at all! Probably this comes down to their credit line
being a little thin on the ground. So many of us wanted a cool drink. One of
our group required a Diet Coke...it seems there was nothing available not
even in the restaurant...but it seems communication was not paramount...a
can of Diet Coke was found by another member of staff.

These are maybe niggles but it seems the event overall as much as it is
loved by all is perhaps now in the wrong location for the price being paid.
Memorial weekend is also a questionable time to hold the event. It is a peak
time of the year if the event were to be held out of peak time then prices
in general on hotels would be less. 750 people turned up for the weekend,
not 750 people in the hotel. If the event could guarantee 750 attendance and
hotel space...most hotel chains would offer discount to fill the rooms out
of peak times.

Many of us had an issue, I was on the 5th floor and had a few ants wandering
about my room and in the bed! Others had a few insects, or plumbing issues
and those elevators? They must be the slowest elevators in history. These
are niggles I know, but it all makes the event a disappointment.

Several dealers turned up with some spectacular collections just acquired
and on sale. There were some truly beautiful pieces not least an Adventures
of Robin Hood window card. It was beautiful...the colours were excellent but
it had a little restoration. Also in the room one chap from NY turned up
with a superb collection including a War of the Worlds half Sheet and
creature of the Black Lagoon Insert...truly wonderful to see, in fact as has
been said earlier on this forum...possibly the best showing of material in
maybe six years. 

Cinevent is the event to be visited for dealers and vintage paper...but it
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 were much
missed people from the past, people who are great company and raconteur's as
well as dealers. Believe me we talked about you.

The rest of you guys made for a great weekend and some bargains were found,
some expensive items were drooled over. As ever the company was great. 

The gatherings for Todd's chat about grading were attended, some of us are
still cynical some are looking forward to the opportunity for an industry
standard. I am somewhat cynical myself...if nothing else it can only help
the hobby. But in it's present form it is not hugely welcomed.

Movie Poster Exchange is another matter, this will be something of a
revolution and revelation for the hobby. Watch this Space! Sean and Peter
are in the driving seats with something that all of us will be grateful for,
this will eliminate the use of Ebay for all who feel disgruntled with the
great cyber auction house. And it will be run by people who love the hobby
as well. A true bonus.

I cannot comment on the auction except to say that Morrie cut the lots down
by half from 1400 to 700 and took about 50% more turnover from this auction.
Excellent news. Also there were a few highlights as well as some complaints.
The Wi Fi did not help. I am sure Morrie will receive the input from those
concerned. 

The Sunday, Morrie gathered some of us dealers with the idea of discussing
where this hobby/business can go. Watch this space again. It was a very
informative meeting and most of us are batting from the same plate. 

Adrian 



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