Brian thanks for staying at the Helm and keeping such a wonderful publication
going for as long as you have. MCW is the place where I first started learning
about the hobby. I've been a PROUD subscriber since 1990! I can remember
looking forward to getting MCW, scanning the ads for potential posters, sending
a 19 cent post card asking for picture or even a self addressed envelope with a
couple of bucks for the photos, getting the photos, negoitating the deal and
then getting the posters! Even when ebay came about I still looked forward to
getting MCW with the same excitement. Brian has been so kind to me even
letting me write a few articles.
Well Brian, as we say in the Navy "Fair Winds and Following Seas". Remember
old sailors never retire we just get a little dingy.
All the Best,
Mark
From: Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:54 PM
Subject: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012
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--
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Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems
Also, please read the following three pages of in-depthCustomer Reviews of our
company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own words
exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all
others!
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