My subscription to MCW back in the early 90s rekindled my love for the hobby,
and I ended up becoming acquainted personally with many advertisers, people
like Deke Richards, Jack Gold, our own Bruce Hershenson, (who printed a
positive letter from me on the back of one issue), and, of course, the hobby's
own tsunami of good will & positivity, Noel Dean Schiff. It was a different
time. I snagged some killer bargains, and spent hours perusing the pages of the
2-3 thick sections, full of thousands of titles. I placed a couple of my own
ads, full of what I though was junk, and made enough dough to get a mint 1
Sheet from THE ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER from Jim Dietz..
It was a great little magazine. It saddened me when Ebay helped make it into
an anorexic shadow of its former glory, but.....time & progress march forward
inexorably.
Dang.
Greg Douglass
---- Rodney Sims <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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. 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)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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