can't answer the disparity question...do know that j fields does not do
paperbacking, and i don't think lobby card restoration and they are moving
to philadelphia in october...have always been satisfied with their
work...best Alan
Keith A DuPriest
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(skip this first paragraph, if need be, to get to my real question)
Hello, everybody. I'm new (sortof) to the list, so bear with me.
Actually, I was a regular member for about 2 years, back around 1995 or so.
I had a huge lot (2000+ items) to sell for a second party who had been
given the items by 60+ years curator of an old theater in my home town that
had been shut down by the Fire Marshal temporarily, as a fire hazard.
Anyway - having zero experience in the ins and outs of the movie memorbilia
business, or any knowledge thereof, I undertook the task of identifying,
cataloguing, grading, and selling the materials, for a modest fee. Took me
2 years to sell all the items on eBay (things were not nearly as
streamlined then). Must say, through the help of this user group, and
experts like Hershenson, Kirby McDaniels, John Kisch, and John Warren, I
learned a lot during those 2 years. Matter of fact, some here may remember
that I had shopped out something to the majors that was something I had
never seen before - a Goldfinger, near-mint, rolled, set of 4 door panels.
Top bid I received at that time was for $2700. 6 months later, someone on
MoPo put up a thread about a recent Sotheby's (or Christie's) auction
event. The first line of the story read "Bond Items bring Top Dollar". My
curiosity adequately piqued, I quickly got the story and subsequently got
sick to my gut when I read that the highest price every payed for a Bond
item had occurred, with a near-mint, linen-backed set of 4 Goldfinger door
panels bringing (big gulp) $24,637! After a quick check with the person I
had sold the items to, I found out that, indeed, it was that same set. He
had sold them to the party who eventually took them overseas for the
auction. Who knew! Just so happened a couple of country-of-origin parties
decided they "couldn't live without them", and the rest is history. Anyway
- I'll never forget that one.
But enough about me.
I've recently gotten back "into it" for several reasons, and have decided
that I want to have a goodly number of my pieces linenbacked (or
paperbacked). I'd always heard nothing but good things about Studio C and
J Fields Studio. I've also recently noticed some other LBers on the net,
particularly Poster Conservation. I also remember a fellow who I believe
was named Eugene Hughes (?) who did this kind of work. I want high quality
work done on these, and am not that concerned about super-quick turnaround.
I am surprised to see the major difference in price between J Fields
($65/1S) and Studio C ($100/1S), etc. Is there some reason why the margin
would be that different between the two? Is the quality that different?
The turnaround time? Or does the lower price get pumped up with other
options? For instance, might J Fields have higher bleaching, washing,
etc., charges, that would bring their "overall" price up to C's? I've not
heard any of these things, just wondering why the major (40%) disparity,
all other things being equal.
I would really appreciate any and all comments, positive or negative, about
these and any other linenbackers of high quality. I'm thinking along the
lines of 10-16 1-Sheets, 4-6 Half-Sheets, 4 or so Inserts, as well as
possibly some doctoring up of some lobby cards, which I would prefer to
send all at the same time to take advantage of any discounts I might be
able to get.
Any and all advice greatly appreciated. I'm fully aware that everybody
monitors these boards, so feel free to PM me with your reply. I certainly
don't want to offend anyone.
Many thanks again, and glad to be back!
Keith
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