Hi Jeff and all,
Well, in all fairness to Evan, he may have indeed read that they were
reproductions and I understand his frustration. There will come a time when
printers "perfect" a way to reproduce exactly. Those "minty white" reproduction
inserts are pretty darn good and, while most of us collectors can tell the
difference, there are a lot of new collectors who buy those daily thinking they
are originals. I know because they are calling me for frames. I get many of
them coming into my shop with their "rare" Bladerunner or some such insert.
They carefully take it out of the tube admonishing me to be very careful while
handling it and "it" turns out to be one of those "minty whites". I hate to be
the bearer of bad news, but I always let them know it is not real!.
With reproductions flooding the market you do have to be careful, but as I
said before, David Vaughn, who is
www.morbidmonster.com<http://www.morbidmonster.com/>, does a beautiful job with
his prints and he is no way trying to defraud anyone. As they say, "there is a
market for everything".
----- Original Message -----
From: JEFF POTOKAR<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Now heres something this hobby REALLY needs!!
i agree, sue..and the thing that is clearly stated on the web site is the
fact that he is selling fine reproductions, and nowhere on the site is he
trying to "pass off" as legitimate, vintage posters, these items he is selling.
that other individual didnt read carefully enough.
jeff
On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Susan Heim wrote:
Hi Evan and all,
You have to remember there are more people not in the hobby than in the
hobby that still enjoy movies and love the advertising but since they are not
collecting don't want to pay original prices. As the largest frame seller on
Ebay I ship about 1500 frames a month of which at least 90% of those are going
to non collectors that are just decorating a t.v or theater room. I actually
know several dealers and collectors who have bought these exact posters just to
decorate an office. The gentleman that makes them is a very nice guy and the
quality is unbelievable. I have been meaning to order some from him for months
and have just been so busy to do it.
I have a ton of friends that love the movies but would never get into
collecting original movie posters. In the past I have given them a framed up
movie poster for a gift and it was also the most exciting gift of the party but
it was usually for something current or vintage not of great expense. There
would be no way any collector would ever mistake these prints for originals as
they are not made on typical card stock or movie poster paper. He also clearly
states they are fine art reproductions and this type of thing is common in all
types of paper collecting. If you are looking for a high quality reproduction,
these are the best I have ever seen.
Sue
www.hollywoodposterframes.com<http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/>
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Zweifel<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Now heres something this hobby REALLY needs!!
http://www.morbidmonster.com/FineArt/index.html<http://www.morbidmonster.com/FineArt/index.html>
So, is this legal now?
will we be seeing these pop up for years on eBay pretending to be legit!
At what point will the reproductions become indistinguishable from the
originals?
Just some musings on a Tuesday evening.
BTW: Looking for early Cary Grant 1-sheets (preferably reasonably priced
and unbacked).
Thanks,
Evan
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