Michael,
Flash will always enhance restoration work, even work that is not
visible through naked eye.
VG- EX is proper description of this poster.
Tablet:
(Mint)
Unused. Minor signs of aging may be present.
(n/mint)
Almost mint, possible pin hole in each corner.
Regular signs of aging may be present.
(ex)
Way above your average used poster. Fresh
clean looking poster, but not as good as n/mint.
(vg)
Your average used poster. Pinholes,
wrinkles, small tears, minor stains, small tape may be present and
minor paper loss.
(g)
Below average used poster. Heavily used which
have tape, stains, creases, wrinkles,tears, paper loss, and/or soiling
(p)
Worn, torn, numerous pinholes. More serious
waterstains, damage, missing paper, tape, and/or fading.
I also believe in order to love the poster, the hobby .. one must
love pin holes, folds, censore stamps and NSS bleed throughs.
Othervice, matters well collect coins or stamps.
Don't sweat the small stuff, enjoy your posters!!
Dario.
Censor stamp
JR wrote:
Michael,
Jeez... you guys really have gone off on a witch
hunt. Do a little research on Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and calm
down a bit. While this is a terrible photo to try and judge condition
on, there's a very good chance that most or all of the intensity and
apparently obvious nature of the "white spots" is due to flash
reflection. Why? Take a close look at the top right hand corner, where
the video tape still in its glossy shrink wrap is holding the corner
of poster down. You can see the light reflected off of the video
tape and onto the poster and that reflection is showing up as a
definite white bar on the surface of the poster which looks like all
the other "white spots" and that bar is definitely a reflection, not
something on the surface of the poster.
Michael, you really have to reign yourself in a
bit. You can't go around judging and condemning stuff -- at least
publicly -- on such incomplete information. You can't really tell
what's going on from this picture and since the seller is long-time
with a good feedback rating, you're not really entitled to call him a
liar and a cheat when he responds to you with what may be the truth
about the poster. I'm very familiar with the way bright, artificial
light like a flash can really accentuate restored areas in a picture
that are virtually invisible when viewed by the naked eye in normal
lighting conditions. First, you should have asked for a better photo --
larger and higher resolution and WITHOUT flash reflections... ask him
to take it out in the sunlight and photograph it in natural light if he
can't control his flash... and use a viable picture to judge the
condition.
Now, you are a stickler for condition and it may
well be that it would still be too much for you, but that doesn't mean
it wouldn't be acceptable to another collector who wanted this title.
You may be right that the white sports are incredibly badly-done
touch-up work, but from what I can see here, I kind of doubt it. But
the picture simply isn't good enough for me to say -- or for you to
say, either. "Very good-excellent" condition is NOT a rating of any
kind, it can mean whatever the person making the statement wants it to
(which is why I have been advocating for years that sellers use the C1
- C10 rating system, but no one wants to take that much
responsibility). Still, we both know that in movie poster collecting it
is acceptable to rate a poster with this kind of restoration in that
condition range IF the restoration is done well (which it doesn't look
like in this photo, but you simply can't tell from this photo).
I appreciate the alerts you send us, but don't
get carried away... you need more information before you can go public
with an accusation like this -- if the seller won't provide a better
photo, then maybe you should say something or just quietly take a pass,
but don't make public accusations without a better evidentiary
foundation than you have on this.
-- JR
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:41
Subject: [MOPO] SELLER'S RESPONSE TO ---- I CONFESS POSTER
link:
i
questioned the seller about the white marks on the poster. His
response:
| Item: I
CONFESS 1sh poster L/B - MONTGOMERY CLIFT - HITCHCOCK (140010376097)
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Hi,
Yes it is from touch up but I can assure that when looking at the
poster with a naked eye it doesn't look anything like this. It looks
like this here from the flash of the camera.
Gary
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i just wrote
him and stated, " With due respect, you are attempting to sell your
poster without disclosing substantial restoration. It is not in 'very
good-excellent' condition, as you described. It is necessary for you to
amend your description. I would be very angry to receive your
SUBSTANTIALLY REPAIRED poster if I relied solely on your description.
---michael "
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while typing this, seller added to
the description, "Although the white spots are
from touch up it is mostly from the camera flash that you notice the
spots so much where in actuality the white spots are not this
noticeable"
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i need make no
further postings........... THE PICTURE, DESCRIPTION AND THE EMAILS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
You should post
your comments, and don't be shy to contact the seller.
michael
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