interesting thread
whenI started my biz Hollywood dream factory® in 1977 Itwas kind
byaccident
I was 20 in 1976 and a booking agent
I decorated my office with Movie posterd, stills,reels old mobvie
lights, props, etc
then one day a friend came in he said Martin i bet you could sell this
stuff,he was a antque dealer a threw a 1920s Photoplay on my desk
I flipped at the Photos of the silent era covers
So imeta few film Buffs locally who had window cards .1sheets inserts
and lobbies
I was not a comic geek Or collector I played music with Johnny and the
hurricanes in 1974-75 was tringtoget a record deal in La..imet Mel Blanc
bya flujke as my guitar was stolen aftera iplayed a local University
concert.
mel seemed toUnderstand me well..he was a former big band leader and
played bass.
he said you may notget a record deal but you will find another Niche as
he did withVoices and Bugs bunny
so I put ads in- big reel ,Film collectors world-MCW, Classic
images,,and other magazine to seel Movie memorabilia
I sold anything movie related evenPORTalposters,,as whenI promoted Rock
concerts I sa the vendors whoHad tshirts and wine Bodas did
wellandalways left with inventory they didnt sell
I di Journy,pablo cruise and Journey in1978 outdoorconcert 15k people
so My record deal with Shelter didnt happen Tom Petty didsignin1976
while iwas in La!!!
so from 1978 -18981 I did mail order from 3502 watson and we made
catalogs ,lists my ex wife typed them...of movie mags,sheet
music.posters, Books and movie posters
I even BoughtToys as backthenwe could find warehouse finds before
theinternetm, cell phones..so it took months to get replys..
also movie stuff had only respect withFilm Buf geeks...anddidnt seel for
Much....new 1sheet weretypically 1-5 .00 Places like
collectorswarehouse..Movie Gallery, JerryOhlinger, Rudy, and others
would supply me.....Posterpix,Hollywoodpostersm Dennis clark,,,on
andon..
ibought frenck posters fromMontreal, UKbritish quad...daybills fromau,
german posters..I bought repros also from Germany,Italy,
franc,UK,,andusa,,,,
To be honest I learned muchfromthe collectors and dealers andhad a very
little film knowledge,,,I alsosold Films 16mm andhad lotsof them overthe
years and super 8,,I stillhave some..and vhs, dvd, anything fromprecine
up...i havemovie mags from 1913 on
so its been a fun journey ,,43 yearsthis tear,,,,i neverfocused on
Profits alone but made like5 millioon ,,,after i start making Movie
memorabilia Products,,likeclapboards, Movie reelclocks i gota
designPateninUSA and Canada,,onthat andive sold to everymajor Movie
studio...intheworld my produsts.,,I made mini claboard place
cards,,Director Megaphones..old school style,, The clockc,Film
collections, 100s of movie posters and 100k lot f video one sheets,
movie projectors,,,and myhand made movie camera replica and zoetrope
replicas i made thatpeople likmed whenI 1st got ILL
the Mary Pickford inst, also bought,,from me...as wellas Disney, Ive
metsomany coolhistorians inthe business////someof myproductsdlikearmor
were used inthe MOvies and evenMichael Jackson used it onhis leg
gauntlets i saw itsina museum inItaly
I was able to get a license with Columbi tomake Ghostbusters 2 clocks of
my movie reel design, I sold Adam wests Bio BOOK,
considering I was a high school drop outatage 15 i am soamazed i could
do anything as i wantedtogeta record deal andnot sell Movie stuff... I
respect allthose withactual experienceinthe histortotry..wholove
thehobby..and had passion for the history....I never saved forme
although Ihad a few pieces i liked liketheamsel Raiders,,alvis work and
my fave drew struzan....
theolder stuffis simply beautiful...the classic..i have many ofthe
german reprints of classic like casablanca,,,,and because my heydey was
the 70s- 90s i haveloads of folded ,rolled ofthat era,,,I was surprised
how much i fprgot I had,,,
Ive spent the lastfew years tring toget back on my feet as i had a
divorcein 2000, thenhad touya new home,thengotsickandalmost
died...Ivenevershut down andpaid taxes each year, and a few customers
,ebay andold customers keptme alive,,i also got some great whoesale
deals sold some lots,,and a few orders fromMOPOP collectors and
dealers,,but a chna usa firm has tryedtostel my trademark as youknow its
ben since 2017,,thepatentoffice said iam theowner andstopped them
fromregisteringthe name but they continued usingit Blatant
infringement...
Ive offerd togivethe nametotheOscars and Disney to show tribute to
Debbie Reynolds and carrie,,Todd knowit.Disney know .Leslie
Zemeckis,Arnold SChwarzennegger knows,,as i donthavethefunds to Pay fora
good legal team...sothey have me out gunned,,,the playersin DReam
Factory ofmiami.Losangeles, and Beijing are Andrew Yang, Rob feng and
alex Cohan inMimai Beach who was fromFrance....sykrocity films...billed
as a Dream Fcatory company,,,total diregard forthetrademark that
theuspto said Dream Factoryis thestrongpart of myname as no one
canowntheword Hollywood,,,,,so unless i get somehelpIjust turned 63 aug
11 and seems likelikethereasy ofthe industryof movies its the end of a
era,,andsoon wil all be cyber space and lack any peopleor ideas and
justbe another item thatis bootlegged likemostof commerece..Itryed
totreat others welland honest....andthank all of you that helped me
inthe movie memorabilia biz
whatI had hoped todo was help Kids see you can have dreams and if you
treatothers well its the answer,,not ripof idea or intellectual
property,,walt disney was also rippedoff ofoswald herabbit his 1st
character..Micky was actually mortimer themouse andhis wifelilian told
hime call him Mickey..so iam no diffent ten Many so iam notlooking
forpity....i had a funride....walt died at 65,,My dad died at 63,,,i
basically said OK GOd..i put thisallinyourhands as i dont haveanyidea
ifanyonewill help ornot...sometimes we needto just let it go...
whenwe divored i was given MY intelllectual property...thetrademark
andpatentsand she was given Myhome and building ..allpaid off
btw,!!!andi was given myinventory......soitwas fair,,,,no one owes me
anything so i am not angered..justa litlehurt as the health part was
hard..ijustfailed my dl tesy soIcant drive,,so unless glasses and a
shoti got helps I am not ina goodpllace,,asi onlyhaveone good
eye....butoverall I am happy as i was blessed with sme fine people in
MOPOP and friends..in my fave movie Its a wonderful life,,,at the end
its sayd no mans a failurewho has friends....inthetomsawyer book..by
marktwain..my great grandmother had tea inBermuda withTwain..andzuzu
thelittle girl actress is onMy facebook....and Frank Capra likethe
clocki sent himand Jimmy..sofor me I have gotmore thenI ever Imagined
possible inthis life,,,a mybest memories are thepeople...Iloveyouall
eventhe ones that thoughti was a good becausei cant spell or see....I
understand,,,I cantpromic se I will be around as itsallin Gods will
notme..ButI wish youallthe bestinlife andthank YOU forthegreatmemories
..thatsone thing that canttake......unless i also get
alzheimers....which is ok...ofallthestuffi think heartbreak is harder
then the legalstuff,,but health is also hard....aas iknow
manyofyousufferthesame issues,,,god blessyouall.
Tom
On 2019-08-20 05:00, filip de volder wrote:
Yes , you used to collect comic books and you consider those
collectors to be anal , right ?
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FROM: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Helmut
Hamm <[email protected]>
SENT: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:54:29 AM
TO: [email protected] <[email protected]>
SUBJECT: [MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] MOVIE POSTER COLLECTION AUCTION
Todd,
no doubt the movie poster hobby has changed tremendously, but what
exactly do you think is wrong with it?
Personally, I see things much more from a dealer standpoint these
days. A good part of my clients are decorators, who actually put the
posters up on the wall and I like that. A lot.
I used to collect comic books for a few years in the 1980s and I
remember comic book collectors to be among the most anal breed around,
condition being of utmost importance. This attitude has gone to such
an extreme that it has become near impossible to sell a high priced
comic book that has NOT been slabbed in plastic. Not my cup of tea.
One thing I always liked about the movie poster hobby is that
condition never was that important.
Also, I actually like it that even many affordable movie posters are
truly rare. And unlike comics, they were never produced for a mass
market.
Helmut
GESENDET: Montag, 19. August 2019 um 18:41 Uhr
VON: "Todd" <[email protected]>
AN: [email protected]
BETREFF: Re: [MOPO] MOVIE POSTER COLLECTION AUCTION
Hi Helmut,
I started collecting posters in 1963 and bought quite a bit in the
1970's and 1980's and always tried to buy what I liked and the best of
the best.
The poster business is not what it use to be and I actually think it
pretty much sucks these days.
If I bought extremely rare comic books the way I bought posters, I
definitely would be much better off today. There are just so many more
comic book collectors than movie poster collectors and even the rarest
comics aren't that rare.
Best,
Todd
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