Ritchie's Auction is a large industrial auction house in Vancouver, which has over the years expanded world-wide and is publically-traded, but I doubt it has enough expertise in paper collectibles to give comfort to an experienced collector. Craig
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Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ritchies Auction

Wow, I didn't see that one. It's in very poor shape. "Condition: A???!!" RED
FLAG.
I'll pass on this auction.
-_David

on 10/28/06 6:43 PM, Sean Linkenback at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:>>

From: David Kuspa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Does anyone have experience with Ritchies Auctions in Canada?
>
> I would be extremely careful with this auction unless I was attending in
> person.  It is quite obvious that a majority of images are NOT of the posters
> they are selling, and then the grading on the items they do have real images
> of appears to be horrible.  Look at the Invasion of the Body Snatchers lobby
> set for example that is graded A-.  It has cards with pieces missing and tape
> stains.  How in the world do you get an A- out of this?  With the super-steep
> buyers premium, plus having to arrange your own 3rd party shipping, this is
> one I would definitely avoid.
>
> Sean
>

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