Greetings All MoPo-ers, This is ed from LAMP and Movie Poster Archives. We've been quiet for quite a while now, mainly from being OVERWHELMED the last few years. Besides the duties with LAMP, we've battled with a mountain of over 3 MILLION pieces donated to MPA.
Well, as we slowly begin to organize this monster, things are changing. We have several MAJOR announcements that should touch a large portion of the hobby. We wanted to let members of MoPo know about it. FIRST, we're going to the Columbus Moving Picture Show this year (May 22-25) and will have a table for both LAMP and MPA. If you're going, come by and see us. So, let me address the LAMP announcements first. LAMP ANNOUNCEMENTS - * LAMP is updating and moving to training videos! We will be presenting a variety of training videos such as Introduction to Movie Poster Collecting; The 22 Types of U.S. One Sheets; etc. and then move to regular articles such as sizes and conditions. Advance articles will be for LAMP Members and the regular videos will be for the public. * When we went to Cinevent in 2008, we walked around to dealers asking what area needed the most research to help the hobby. We had an overwhelming response to tackle Production Codes. Now our Movie Stills DataBase has over 85,000 production codes (and still growing) to help identify unknown movie stills, props and costumes................ AND NOW.. * Saturday 10 A.M. May 24th - At the Columbus Movie Picture Show, LAMP will present the first ever training seminar on Movie Stills: Production Codes and How to Utilize Them. This seminar is for all levels from stills collectors up to institution and museum archivists. If you handle unknown stills - YOU NEED TO BE THERE. * At the LAMP table, we will have our Production Code Databas set up to help identify unknown movie stills. So if YOU have any unknown movie stills - BRING THEM! (up to about 25 items) and we will help you identify them. * MOVIE POSTER ARCHIVES (MPA) ANNOUNCEMENTS * Friday, 9 A.M. May 23rd - as the hobby's first and only non-profit - This seminar is entitled "From Collections to Contributions: Ensuring Your Legacy with Tax-Smart Donations" with a Q&A * Benefits of the MPA Charity Auction - presenting the benefits and differences with standard auctions and how to take advantage of the difference. * Looking for associates - MPA will be walking around looking for associates. MPA has associated with Historic Images who buys special collections and Sox Photos who specializes in movie slides and presents 150 to 200 different MPA excess movie and celebrity slides EACH WEEK. Click Here<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=soxphotos&store_cat=0&store_name=soxphotos&_oac=1&_nkw=lmp> * MPA currently has almost 15,000 titles in file cabinets ranging from one item to literally HUNDREDS of pieces PER TITLE. AND MPA is currently in the process of designing the first digital repository with over 50,000 hi-res images already acquired. * Besides building the first repository, MPA has also been working to create specially designed institution and museum programs to expand preservation and bridge the gap between collectors and archives. * AND FINALLY - We are modifying our Charity Auctions. We have an auction starting TODAY - Monday Mar. 24th and we will be testing areas such as lobby card lots. Last year we received a major collection of over 50,000 pieces from Consolidated Poster Service from the 1930s to 1950s with LOTS of originals and LOTS of duplication. As we sort through the files, we are putting some of the excess in our auctions offering FANTASTIC vintage material for the same regular lot price. The auction features 314 lots https://www.biddingforgood.com/movieposterarchives MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT COLUMBUS! Ed ed Poole film accessory researcher LearnAboutMoviePosters.com<http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/> MoviePosterDataBase.com<http://www.movieposterdatabase.com/> MovieStillID.com<http://www.moviestillid.com/> MoviePosterArchives.org<http://www.movieposterarchives.org/> HollywoodOnTheBayou.com<http://www.hollywoodonthebayou.com/> 504-298-5267 Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 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.
