Nice tribute Bruce..we are here sucha short time
seems as we age we get to see many graduations of friends, and people
who never met
however have inspired us. motivated us.like book authors,creators,
dealers,
I have never met face to face many
theotherday i found a poloroid pic ofa 1sheet ofa pawnshop politics i
rember calling you in 80s andtelling youi had it as i boughta roll of20s
movie posters
and you helped me price it
funny how memories of little stuff clings on like 30-40 years later
Thanks for the help .
Justas many on Mopo have helped me over the years
many authors helped me like James Parrish. herb Bridges..andothers..who
where super collectors
and all the book writers..and people who wrote in CBG, movie collectors
wiorld..classic images//BIG REEEL...
like CUB KOda. david Kusumoto, laura...so many very helpful people.
Bob King. Sam Rubin..so many and thecustomers have been sucha treat
andthefolks at Cinema shows like columbus. seuling in NYC...more
thanks everyone...happy October
take care .God bless
Tom
Hollywood dream Factory®
since 1977
Love and peace
On 2020-10-06 00:52, Susan Heim wrote:
So sorry Bruce to hear of his passing. What a blessing of a great
friend you had in him................take care. Sue Heim
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SUBJECT: [MOPO] RIP Bill Ndini
Today I learned of the passing of the absolute nicest and most
cultured person I ever met in my entire life, Bill Ndini. I am posting
about him here, because I am sure some of you crossed paths with him.
I met Bill Ndini in 1990, when I ran my first auction for Christie's
in New York City, and Bill was the curator of what would become the
world's largest privately held movie poster archive. We started as
business acquaintances, but that soon evolved into a friendship, one
which continued long after his archive ceased actively buying.
We lived a long way apart, but whenever I visited New York we would
get together for lunch, and Bill always wanted to eat at the legendary
Plaza Hotel, shown here.
Bill was a very private person (so private I could not find a single
image of him on the Internet), and never interested in talking about
himself, but through conversations over the years I was able to learn
he was the son of working class immigrants, who became a theater major
in college, acting in a number of plays.
After college he was drafted into the Army during Vietnam, and he
became a medic, because he could never imagine hurting anyone. After
that service, he worked at various jobs, but (as I said above) he
ended up as the curator of a massive private movie poster archive.
Whenever I had the occasion to describe Bill to anyone, I would say,
"You have surely met nice people in your life, but I guarantee you
have NEVER met anyone as nice as Bill", and in addition, he was SO
"cultured" and "classy", and "genuine" that he almost seemed too good
to be true, but he indeed WAS every bit as good as he seemed.
A year ago I decided I wanted to take my two daughters (Hayley and
Lucy) to New York City for a trip they would never forget, and I
called Bill and asked if he would like to have lunch with us. He
immediately agreed, and of course suggested we meet at The Plaza.
But he went on to ask what other plans I had made, and I said I had
just started, and he immediately set to work planning things for us to
do, helping me to get good tickets to two Broadway shows, a trip to
the Metropolitan Museum, and a guided tour of Julliard (we also went
to the Statue of Liberty)!
I had told my daughters that Bill was the nicest person they would
ever meet, and indeed, he met us at The Plaza with gifts for each of
them, and after our lunch, I could see that Bill had charmed them as
completely as I am sure he did everyone else he encountered!
A few months later, I took a second trip, this time with my son,
Samson, and once again Bill helped set up our itinerary (which again
was very memorable, and included the two part Harry Potter Broadway
show), and again we had a memorable lunch with Bill at The Plaza, and
again, I could see Bill had had a big impact on Samson.
Bill had had serious health problems for some time before that, and
last February he was in a car crash and was badly injured, but against
all odds he survived, but today he could not fight any longer, and he
passed away, and he was 79.
But I don't want to dwell on that. I want to think about the many
thousands of lives this wonderful man greatly enriched throughout his
entire long life. He was everything any good person strives to be, and
hopes to someday be, and the world is much the poorer for his no
longer being in it. RIP, my dear, dear friend. :(
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