To Richard Halegua, I am piggy-backing off of Mr. Martin's e-mail to
apologize to you for my interruption of your busy schedule a few weeks
ago, as I was clueless to the magnitude of your current endeavors.
When you run across some monster magazines in your vault that may be
upgrades for my collection, let me know.
Since we're rambling about our old ages, I'll throw in I'm 47... I
think I was 37 when I joined MoPo and sold all my posters for the
monster mag collection. I do not go to the website, but for the last
decade I have kept the discussions coming in my e-mails. I still love
posters, and value the information here. MoPo was cool long before
there was a facebook.
frankenwick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Martin <[email protected]>
To: MoPo-L <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 11:09 pm
Subject: Re: [MOPO] MoviePosterBid Auctions being rescheduled and
other notices about the future of auctions
john very interesting... I may have found a new profession helping
people disolve collections.. when My own issues happened , stress,
divorce, haveing to move because I lost my house and commercial
building
in divorce, health, money loss.. at 1st I was devastated but what
happened next and is still happening is I was able to stop being
emotional and deal with it in a strategic way..I discovered life was
not everlasting thats everyhing was so temporary, thats how I learned
a
Robinson curuso approach to survival...I started with Prayer, then
downsized everything.. s my costs are minimal, and basically hunkered
down as I was unable to walk.. so I was bedridden since like 2012,
2013
and just this year could put some weight on a rebuilt foot.tehn My ear
went deaf and I have Heart issues and beginnings of Glucoma... No pity
please.. I think its funny because Its so odd being a mucisn who like
to
see and hear and walk and them Boom//
but anyways I am a chaos managment expert.. I remeber before my stents
in Hospital the nurses said your on a laptop dealing with customerson
ebay?? I was and in a nursing home also.. I tryed to delagate to my
son
howevere he had a different idea of customer service.. he know now
afet
he himself experienced a pissed off customer so I put on hiatis till I
felt ready to do it myself... Ive sent a few ordeds since about a
month
ago and so far everyones been happy..I have been testing the waters
soI
do a good job... But I am able to organize very fast make decisions
and
orchestrate big projects even when I can not walk... and Im learning
to
adapt to disablitys ... sure its hard but in a way its why I can help
others,,, that find it hard to let go and get stuck in collections..
people call me everyday on phone and I give them ideas on how to sell
off thier collectables for free...I try to direct them/// also.I would
be happy to help anyone on mopo do this also..as imagine if the
collection can be used as a fundraiser, or as a tax write off, or
packed
up cleaned out in a week of everythng... some wives would love it...
nice part is the funds can make some dreams happen like a well earned
vacation or a car or just simplifing life.. as many auction house want
High end only or dealers want to pay pennies..I think of this as it
can
be various ways to dispose... some in museums, some in private, some
in
shoppes...a custom way to get rid of a huge amount in a short time...
as
I did it myself and know every aspect of the project from start to
finish.. and Like Rich understands about 60% is probably slow sellers
and paying more in rent then what it will sell for.. I am able to look
at a math problem and basically I approach it systematically like a
Military mission.. If anyone has a logjam and needs help my offer is
open Just call and tell me te perimiters of your life issues and ill
suggest ideas.. also if anyone wants to be in my network as a
potential
buyer or seller let me know..
when I do deals I try to make all party's happy the seller, the buyer
and also make it fast and simple.
On 2014-09-23 23:36, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
Hi Rich
Your email probably applies to a lot of us. I am in my early 60s and
suddenly starting to realise that my warehouse full of posters has
gotten
out of control. When I look at it all I sometimes wonder how I could
have
accumulated so much over the last twenty years or so. It's certainly
true
that you can't keep up the same pace forever but you still have to
move
the
stock that you have or maybe even throw a lot of it away.
Ultimately, I think we all have to wind down a bit from time to
time.
Regards
John
-----Original Message-----
From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Richard
Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2014 6:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] MoviePosterBid Auctions being rescheduled and other
notices
about the future of auctions
Hi Folks.
I've been getting some queries about what's going on at
MoviePosterBid.com
as my schedules have been rather erratic for the past few months
I had announced an autographs auction that was going to begin today,
but I
won't be making it.
I've been working on a number of projects for the past several
months
all
related to my other collectibles stuff and it's been reducing the
schedule
of available time to do movie poster auctions
Why is this happening?
Well it's like this, since I took over & started doing a regular
auction on
MoviePosterBid.com in 2006, for the past 8 years I have done almost
nothing
else other than my auctions.
For 7 years, this was a weekly process that I had assistants for,
but
my
Secretary of many years Anna moved on last May and I'd been handling
it
mostly by myself until my friend Brian had started helping me a few
months
back.
Doing these auctions is a real job.. Creating, photographing,
listing,
shipping (and all the other attendant work for an auction) is 160
hours
work. For most people 160 hours is full time job and they would be
correct,
it is indeed a full time job. In retrospect, it's hard to understand
how I
did this for 7 years on a weekly rotation and while I have been
doing a
monthly or even bi-weekly series for a while, the combination of all
the
other work and the auctions means something has got to give.
For instance, for all of that 7 years, my warehouse, which is full
of
other
material aside from movie posters has pretty much laid untouched,
which
means that nearly $1,000,000 of merchandise has been effectively not
for
sale. Comic books, original comic art, pulp magazines, movie & other
magazines, miscellaneous items of all kinds and who-knows-what have
sat,
mostly untouched except for when boxes needed to be moved so that I
could
get at the movie posters behind them. It's something I can't ignore
anymore.
I must process and list all that stuff. Turn it into cash and trade.
Get it out of my overstuffed and disorganized 2200 sqft of racked
and
shelved warehouse.
As a result, I have been far more busy working in the back of the
building
than in the front and no question, movie poster auctions have taken
a
back
seat.
For the near term this is not going to change. I have to get this
work
done
and it is going to take the rest of this year at least. My ambitions
make me
think I can do all this work and fast, but as I near 60, I'm finally
coming
to the conclusion that I can't work like I did when I was 35.
What that means is that I will not be able to adhere to a regular
bi-weekly
auction schedule, though it does not mean I will not be doing
auctions.
It
just means that sometimes an auction will be happening and sometimes
not. I
had an auction of autographed items announced that would start
today,
but is
being delayed not just because of the work I have in back, but also
because
I'm leaving Thursday for L.A. to be at the Ray Courts Celebrities
Show
return in Burbank http://courtscelebritiesshow.com/ [1] Ray did his
shows
for
many years, sold out & is now coming back.. and I'm going!
None the less, I can't get the auction listed in time and rather
than
keep
saying "an auction is coming now" I'm going to reschedule it for
after
my
return from LA. I will enlarge this auction and the autographed
items
will
just be a part of the sale along with folded posters and lobby
cards.
This
begins October 5th and will not be rescheduled, so you can mark your
calendars
Moving forward, I have been asking new consignors to wait for me as
I
clean
up all the work I have and get back to a proper point to handle
their
material. Thankfully, they have all stated that they would wait for
me
and I
have some nice collections lined up, so when I get back to a real
schedule,
you folks will be very happy.
meanwhile, if you are looking for collectibles to buy, I am
currently
processing text lists for comic books, pulps, Big Little Books, art,
magazines and other collectibles as well as a very large list of
movie
posters Some material has been listed in the MoviePosterBid.com
Supermarket
for ready sale
http://www.movieposterbid.com/index.php?option=com_mijoshop&view=home&Itemid
[2]
=537
and you can find some comics listings at the CGC comics boards
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8016
[3]
543&fpart=1
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8027
[4]
017&fpart=1
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8027
[4]
019&fpart=1
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8051
[5]
418#Post8051418
Also, while we are re-aligning everything here, I'm going to get the
programmer to fix some bugs on MPB that have been irritating me as
well
as
bidders. Hopefully they can figure out pretty soon what the
solutions
are.
In any case, thanks for reading everyone. It's been a long road and
the
road
hasn't ended.. It goes on into the distance. I hope I find you
waiting
at
the next rest stop
thanks
Rich
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