What we may have been witnessing these past 10-15 years is the rise of the individual museum / archive - The person that is the keenest on a particular type of thing who spends and gets the best collection of it and goes to the trouble to organize - And display - The internet being the venue for the new age of museums - Virtual Museum Row if you like. Executive Studio mentality actually depends on the private sector to care for certain things - like silent film - books (remember those) and history, that it has no budget to pursue.
The future is the private archive - your goodies up on line for all to see - annotated by the owner. Alan Adler On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Irvin J. Gelb wrote: > In my humble opinion, the majority of the current public is not interested in > old Hollywood costumes or props. That’s one of the main reasons why Debbie > has not been able to consummate a deal for a museum. In another life I was an > executive at an entertainment company and had dealings with Debbie and her > son about financing a museum in Hollywood. Personally, I would love to see > one, in addition to the well done Hollywood Museum in the old Max Factor > building, but they are also having trouble bringing in enough visitors to > make a profitable business out of it. Therefore, I’m afraid the current > market dictates that die hard fans like us become the proud owners of these > collectibles without there being one great museum to display them. > irv > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] FS: selling June 2011 Profile in History Catalogue & other > posters/catalogues > > this is a DEBBIE REYNOLDS catalogue on ebay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/DEBBIE-REYNOLDS-2011-Auction-Profiles-History-Catalogue-/180675852204?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a111eb7ac > > then,,,,,,,,,,,,hit the link to see other items: > > http://shop.ebay.com/witnessfor/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562 > > > > thanks, > michael > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.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. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.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. > LINK TO AMAZON – JUST PUBLISHED FIRST NOVEL: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595458203 MUSEUM WEBSITE: www.museumofmomandpopculture.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.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.
