I am so very sad to announce that "On Monday, October 15 two of the most highly respected film buff publications, Movie Collector’s World (MCW) and Classic Images (CI) announced that they had come to an agreement on the sale of MCW. Classic Images has agreed to buy Movie Collectors World, a Michigan based newspaper published by Brian Bukantis since 1985. The agreement was made on Friday, October 12. The two papers, serving movie buffs around the world, will be merged into one monthly publication. Under the terms of the agreement, currently active paid MCW subscribers will receive each monthly issue of CI, beginning with the December issue, for the length of their MCW subscription term."
Those of you who only joined this hobby the past few years only know of MCW as a thin magazine, filled mostly with auction announcements and ads for the foremost dealers. But for those of us who have been in the hobby for decades, we remember so well those pre-Internet days when a large portion of the collectors and dealers subscribed to this then bulging publication, because it was *THE *number one way to buy and sell, and pretty much the most important day of the month was the one when MCW arrived! This really IS the "end of an era". I want to publicly thank Brian Bukantis for publishing it the past 27 years, and for doing a superb job throughout that time (of course, the *ONLY *thing he couldn't overcome was the Internet, which is rapidly putting *EVERY *newspaper and magazine out of business, and Brian should be quite proud that he was able to continue publishing as long as he did). He is a great guy, both personally and professionally, and he added immeasurably to our hobby. The *ONLY *silver lining to this is that Brian's life now won't be spent going from one urgent deadline to another! I will have more about this (and a farewell message from Brian) in my next weekly e-mail club message on Sunday! Bruce -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> * Complete Buyer Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>- *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>- *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems* *Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg> *, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! 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.
