Bruce, et al
Certainly semantics must shape the answers to many questions.
When I hear someone tell me that poster is not for sale no matter what, then
I feel sure that person
is a collector of the truest stripe.
Admittedly there are many shades of collectors that surround this guy!
Call me
Hi Kirby
I think that's really interesting that you don't collect, as I suspect most of
the other major dealers do. And I imagine that a lot of dealers got into
dealing via being collectors themselves.
Why do you think it would be a bad idea for you to have a collection and what
would you
I have known many people who were collectors, but once they became
dealers they stopped collecting.
the reasoning was that it was a poor way to run a business.
At 02:08 AM 2/17/2012, Neil Jaworski wrote:
Hi Kirby
I think that's really interesting that you don't collect, as I
suspect most of
Exactly. Thanks, Rich, for answering this. I think for me, as a dealer, it's
better to have one head
rather than two. Apologies to Lambert, Hendricks and Ross!
Kirby
On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:14 AM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
I have known many people who were collectors, but
Technically, all dealers are collectors, regardless of their views. There may
be some 'fav' items, but it is still for sale.
To wit:
If one wishes to sell (as in a business model), one has trouble performing that
task from an 'empty wagon'.
If one wishes to have a store, be it a brick/mortar
Allen et al,
I don't disagree with your business analysis here, but you are incorrect about
all dealers being collectors, technically or otherwise.
I know what a collector is, and I am not one.
Maybe most dealers are. That wouldn't surprise me.
Certainly the kind of seller one sees on ebay, a
To-may-to, to-mah-to ...
but, I do see your point regarding personal effects (not for sale) vs. business
inventory.
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From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO]
So are there any poster dealers on MOPO who are poster collectors?
I for one don't see it as being a negative. In fact I think if I'm dealing
with a person that is a collector as well as a seller, there is a better
understanding between us. They may in fact have the same tastes as I do, and
Hi -
I've been a collector since 1957 - I was 9 - I bugged my local theater manager
for the insert from I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
I saw the material as religious icons and saved this sacred material from trash
bins across North Carolina.
Never knew anyone else collected posters until I was 19
I'd be willing to bet that most of the dealers on MoPo at least started as
collectors, though perhaps not of movie posters to begin with.
That was the case with me. I became a book collector in the 80s (though I
already had a lot of stuff before that, I had been more of an accumulator of
cool
Yes indeed, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross were mistaken. It probably is Twisted
for dealers to also be collectors!
For those not familiar with the song here are the closing lines from the song
..
My analyst told me that I was right out of my head
But I said dear doctor I think that it's you
Certainly. I mainly even only deal in items, or at least areas of
posters/movies that I like myself. I traded off most of my NON
Horror/Exploitation/SF/Trashy/Euro Western, etc items and concentrated on these
areas that interest me.
I find it helpful to me, as one I enjoy having the material,
Were the teasers for this film 27x40?
Any help appreciated.
Kirby
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quid pro quo agent mcdaniel. i tell you things, you tell me things.
not about yourself though, about posters, waddya say?
what is your worst memory of childhood.poster collecting.
;-)
From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net
To:
Neil, et al
I did not collect posters when I was a kid. In fact, the first time
I ever heard of anyone collecting film posters was when my cousin,
Bill Withers, started collecting them from Eddie Brandt about 1972.
I thought: what an odd thing to want to own. Many years later I bought
my first
Kirby
It's interesting that you do not consider yourself to be a collector. Of course
there is no reason why all dealers should be collectors but I would imagine
that many of us are actually very serious collectors as well as being dealers.
It would be good to hear from other dealers on this.
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