Phillip - That's so cool. I, too, have given posters as gifts and I never get over how thrilled friends are to get an "actual movie poster" as a gift.
Though, interestingly while they display the poster, they've never been bitten by the bug. Maybe they see how much a CASABLANCA poster costs! Glenn On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:22 PM Phillip Ayling <[email protected]> wrote: > Glen, > > > > That is an interesting question. I am 67 and started collecting in the > early 1960’s when I was about 10 years old. I got most of my items from > poster services, though I had no real idea what they had or didn’t have. In > the early years I might just see a movie on TV or in a theatre and send a > post card off to one of the Services in hopes they had something. > > > > Over the years I have actually given some of them to friends and family > and in almost all cases they become centerpieces of interest in whichever > room they are placed. > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Glenn > Taranto > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MOPO] What I think while hunting for Wheeler and Woolsey > material... > > > > I was wondering what the average age of folks on the MOPO list is. I've > been around the hobby for 20 years now. And it seems most of the people > here who speak up have been around just long and, sorry, much longer. If > the next 20 years go as fast as the last 20 years I'll be 80 by the time I > hit send on this email. > > > > I've been pondering what would happen to my collection after I'm gone. > Wondering if it would be better in an institutional setting or scattered to > the four winds by being in the hands of collectors. > > > > So, yeah, that's what I'm thinking as I peruse poster sights looking for > more Wheeler and Woolsey stuff! LOL! > > > > Glenn > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
