Ah, that made me chortle! Now, let MOPO come forth with its feelings on tape (all its varieties, positions and sizes). I know tape can be a real mess to remove and yes, that brown stuff is exceedingly ugly. Either way, it should be described in full. Shelly
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:51:47 -0500From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [MOPO] Is tape on the back "restoration"?To: [email protected] I was perusing Sean's fine listings Sunday, and I placed a bunch of bids, but lost them all (shouldn't I have won some since the economy is down?). But I noticed that on one card Sean wrote, "It is completely unrestored" and later noted, "There are two small tape repairs on the back". This might have simply been a mistake on Sean's part (easy to make when selling so much), but I wondered if he (and the rest of you) possibly don't consider clear tape on the back of a card (which may well have been put there decades ago) to be "restoration". And (in the spirit of the great buyers premium debate), does it matter if there is a single piece of tape, or many? Does the kind of tape used matter? Does it matter if it has yellowed? Does it matter if it has bled through to the front, even the littlest bit? Does it matter if it is brown paper tape, which was not put for any restoration purpose (many exchanges and theaters used to turn four cards of a lobby set in one direction and four in the other direction and then use paper tape to hold all eight together, so that two cards would each have two pieces of brown paper tape on the back). And most importantly of all, does size matter (does it matter if the tape is say, 6 inches or 9 inches in length)? Bruce 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. _________________________________________________________________ The John Lewis Clearance - save up to 50% with FREE delivery http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719806/direct/01/ 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.
