Tom, I have to ask - were you by any chance the copywriter and proofreader of your MCW ads?
Rodney > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:16:59 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: [email protected] > > >I remember it well... as it was one of the 1st plaes I advertised.. > actually It was called FILM COLLECTORS world and owned By AlandLight > and I think best then Brian Bought it in 85 I advertised in the 70s > .. that and Classic Images Sam Rubin and DonKey at BIG REEL where the > best papers to find posters and memorabilia,,,there where also small > hobbie mags for films and posters... we used to make up our own ads > prior to computers by hand on paper..I remember driving to Frazier to > beat dealines.. lucky me... they all where good people...to deal > with.. Don Key also had a excellent still service and it was mostly > western collectors however all crossed over genres,,, most high end > collectors did next day air of thier catalogs and scooped up the > goodies... I should have drove up there and got hot off the press,,,, > wowo i think of this what 30 years later..LOL... I should have > invested innto apple Too LOL... oh well... > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:22:29 -0400 > > > >>For more than a decade, Movie Collector's World was the primary > >outlet for > >>dealers to reach buyers and vise-versa. From at least a dealer's > >>perspective---and who knows...possibly a collector's perspective as > >well--- > >>I believe those were the final stages of the 'glory days' of movie > >poster > >>collecting---before eBay took over like a gargantuan leviathan, > >inundating > >>the market with repros, questionable material and an overabundance > >of stuff. > >> Hey, I'm thankful I lived in an era where a goddam periodical that > >came > >>once a month played such an integral part in the hobby of movie > >poster > >>collecting. Things have definitely changed...many will say for the > >better...but > >>I'm not so sure... R.I.P. Movie Collector's World. Those of us > >who lived > >> though those years when you were on the cutting edge of the hobby > >will > >>sorely miss you... > >> > >Rick > >> > >> > >>In a message dated 10/16/2012 3:59:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>[email protected] writes: > >> > >>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. 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