Hi Zeev, have some time so I thought I'd write a quick review from a first timer. I had to go out to Ohio for work so decided to take the plunge and my time out there coincide with the festivities in Columbus. It was my first time at Cinevent and I picked up one bigger ticket item on 2001: A Space Odyssey and a few stills I needed on Lolita and Paths of Glory. I consider it a success for what I picked up but not sure if I would go back as I fear I may have exhausted the majority of vendors with my limited scope of what I was looking for and collect which is Stanley Kubrick memorabilia. First, the good, the event staff and setup was excellent, very easy to navigate, find, and know where everything is at, kudos to those involved. I was only there for Thursday-Sat morning so I didn't get a chance to see the Saturday auction but I did have a chance to talk with Morris who was very knowledgeable and personable. Even had a chance to meet the infamous Bruce Hershenson so that was a bonus! I also got a chance to meet quite a few people from here that I've seen on email chains so that was great as well. I was probably one of the youngest there for sure and I know a lot of deals did go down although I did notice it was a lot of vendors buying from other vendors more than collectors buying from the vendors. I'm hoping this is not a trend that will die out once the older generation moves on as I really hope more collectors my age and younger join the hobby. As for the vendor floor itself I will give my honest opinion so hopefully It doesn't offend anyone here that was selling there. For those that haven't gone it was an interesting mix of people selling film memorabilia (posters, stills, lobby cards, etc), people selling DVD of old movies, and a few people selling film projection equipment/reels. I would definitely say the prominent majority of memorabilia sellers were selling Lobby Cards and Stills but were probably about even with those selling DVD's. Although I exhausted as much as I could in the short time I was there I was a little disappointed in the lack or organization at most of the tables. There were a few that were great that had a list of everything in the albums on the table, a few had everything in folders by genre or alphabetized by actor or film and some that had everything nicely sorted in binders, however, the vast majority were just boxes and large of stacks of unsorted lobbies/stills from decades of movies. Some tables I sifted through, others I didn't even bother, it was just too much. As a specialized collector who just collects Stanley Kubrick materials it would not have been worth my time to spend 12 hours a day looking through dozens of two foot tall stacks of stills to try and find something Kubrick related only to find nothing. Some of the buyer were knowledgeable on what they had, others just shrugged their shoulders and said have at it. Some said they didn't have anything on Kubrick yet I found a few in their stacks during a quick flip through which worried me in that the vendors didn't really know what they had. Overall the vendor side was kind of a mess to be honest. I totally get not everyone has the time to be organized but I had always thought the event would have brought the cream of the crop of vendors who knew exactly what they had but it reminded me more of a small specialized flea market for people to just spend all their time sifting through things in hopes of finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Again, no offense to anyone as I totally understand that some of you have tens of thousands of stills and lobby cards and it would take a herculean effort to organize everything but I also know that if other collectors are like me (who may not be as specialized), we probably would have bought more if we were able to more easily find our topics of interest. Also, I did notice a bit of a large pricing discrepancy between each vendor, even for things I didn't collect. I saw a still at one booth for $10 and that exact same still at another vendor for $75, same with the lobby cards, some had them for $3 and others had the same one for $50. Advice for collectors, I would definitely recommend doing your due diligence with the different vendors before jumping into a purchase. For the average collector, I think this is a great event as there really was some great pieces there, however if your more specialized in what you collect, it might be difficult to find an abundance of new things due to the time it would take to look for what you want and find that proverbial needle in a haystack. I hope to reach out to a lot of the people I met there to see if there is anything they might have in their inventory that was not on display/available at the convention so even though I was a little disappointed, I was happy with what I was able to find and hope to find more after the event. Sincerely, Paul From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zeev Drach Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2019 8:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] {MOPO} CINEVENT REVIEW ANYONE I'm surprised nobody has reported any impressions from Cinevent, and even more surprised that no one has even asked. I would be really interested in reading a short review of the show and Morrie's auction. Zeev _____
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