JR and all You mentioned the sellers impressive feedback record. I just had a look at the detail - 3 members have left a negative and 6 netrals in the last 6 months. How does that convert to the 100% that is displayed?? Incidentally, I have never come across any Australian lobby cards for Halloween. Regards John
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia WEBSITE: www.moviemem.com eBay Userid: johnwr All you need to know about Australian Posters...... http://www.moviemem.com/about.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "JRS MoviePosterBid.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Halloween Lobby Cards > Scott, > > Thanks for the link -- and from the list owner, no less. I guess the rest > of you can now assume it is OK to post links to auctions under discussion > on MoPo. Thank God. > > ...yes, as I understand it, this is the auction that caused some fuss... > Please note that in the following discussion there are no accusations > being made, there is no name-calling, and there are no personal names > being cited. The only names mentioned are those public "user names" > available to anyone to view by going to the public auction on the public > eBay auction venue, thus making the publication of such "user names" and > discussion of said public auction non-libelous by current legal > definitions. This message is being posted to public forums and is the sole > responsibility of the sender. > > As to the lobby card auction in question... which can be seen at: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2322&item=382717061 > 8 > > ...hmmm... I gotta say, there simply isn't much too go on in either the > description or the small, low-resolution picture. A long-time expert in > the field has stated he has never seen these before. On the other hand, > one Australian dealer apparently has seen them. Question for the > Australian dealer: Are you sure what you saw were genuine Aussie cards > properly issued... or could they be repros which have made their way to > your shores? If the Australian dealer feels the cards they have seen are > authentic, is it possible the auction above is actually for an Australian > set? The seller does not say in the description that these are U.S. lobby > cards. > > As for the idea of these cards having NSS numbers when it is known that > NSS did not print paper on this title... well, the auction does not state > the NSS numbers, it merely says they were "printed by National Screen > Service". This statement alone is enough to question the authenticity of > these cards in itself... however, there is another aspect to this > statement -- and this is hard to believe folks... > > I checked out this seller's other auctions. I looked at a set of LORD OF > THE RINGS posters he is offering at > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2322&item=382717061 > 8 > > and -- you'll never guess -- this is what he says about the LORD OF THE > RINGS posters: > > "4 DIFFERENT ORIGINAL LORD OF THE RINGS ---- . EACH POSTER MEASURES 27 X > 40 . EACH POSTER IS IN MINT CONDITION , ROLLED AND SINGLE SIDED .THESE > POSTERS ARE NOT REPROS OR REPRINTS , THEY ARE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL ONE > SHEET MOVIE POSTERS PRINTED BY NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE . " > > ... of course, it is documented fact that National Screen Service stopped > printing posters a long time ago... so the statement in this LORD OF THE > RINGS auction is clearly, um, shall we call in "highly inaccurate and > indicative of a seller who doesn't really know what he is talking about"? > > I found the same statement on the other auctions for very recent movie > posters being auctioned by this same seller that I looked at, although I > did not look at them all as there are several hundred currently being > offered. > > Maybe this seller just slaps "printed by National Screen Service" on ALL > of his listings, regardless of the facts? > > So, putting the "printed by National Screen Service" statement in the > lobby card auction doesn't help us with determining the authenticity of > the Lobby Cards In Question, but it sure does bring up some additional > questions about the seller's overall knowledge and/or veracity in how he > describes his posters. And yet this seller has 6,299 feedbacks on eBay, > all of them 100% positive. What a world... > > Personally, I'd be inclined to listen to the what the long-time, > recognized experts in the field have to say regarding these kind of > auction items. > > -- JR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 14:12 > Subject: [MOPO] Link to Halloween Lobby Cards > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=198&item=3824298782 > &r > > d=1&ssPageName=WD1V > > > > (Item Number 3824298782 if the link doesn't work.) > > > > I'm not sure if this is the set in question. > > > > Scott > > MoPo List Owner > > > > 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. > > > > > > 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. > 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.
