thers (without the maintenance, of course).
Saul
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From:
Michael
Spampinato
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:34
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Just my take ...on
movie poster collecting. What's yours?
I collect
Dear MOPO Brothers and Sisters,
I guess I've been collecting posters now for close
to two and a half years (not including my purchases of "Hard Day's Night",
"Help", "Let It Be" and "Yellow Submarine" 3-Sheets in the early 1980's).
I virtual newbie compared to many of the listserve members.
Dear Saul and MoPo,
I have always collected stuff, from little on. Movie paper started
as an interest, grew to a hobby and is now a passion for more years than
I care to reveal.
My approach is similar to Saul's. Love the actress/actor. Love
the movie. Love the artwork. The movie is awful
I pretty much fall in with Saul and Yafet...passion not pennies is the
motivating force...i alluded in an earlier post that I don't think years
down the line my
collection will be worth what i paid for itas far as having a
preference on what i collect, though i have many posters I am
I collect to "own a piece of a movie" so to speak. I could collect 35mm film but they would get rather redundant framed and hung on the wall. :-)
I actually have a method to my collecting. I am collecting a single piece from each Universal, Monogram and PRC (Monogram and PRC being the main
I collect Humphrey Bogart and started around 1998. I
also love art deco graphics. The posters which have
eluded me are: Sins of Nora Moran, Dantes Inferno,
and several others. The problem I have is that I have
not narrowed my focus enough. I end up buying other
posters which do not fit my
Hey Toochis!
Have you looked into foreign releases? I know from my own experiences good stuff can be had for much cheaper than the USA counterparts! And it enhances the fun of collecting - getting into the non-USA countries and seeing what they were doing.
:-)
MichaelToochis Morin [EMAIL
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