Oh, and I'll just add, having any idea of a minty white from a real one via a tiny website pic is a problem unless it's one of the odd ones that have some small art crop differential... and you are aware of it.
So novice collectors, know your dealers and if you don't make sure you get a right of return to cover your minty behinds. Now shall we talk about serious fraud - like distressing a repro vintage 22x28 and trying to pass it off as an original for several thousand dollars? Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:26 PM Subject: [MOPO] Interesting to see a minty white and a known original side by side! I am currently auctioning inserts, and when I gathered up all the hundreds of inserts that I have been consigned, I discovered I had been sent FIVE different "Scarface" ones (the Pacino version). Close examination of them determined that four of them are "minty whites", the fake inserts that have polluted our hobby (see past MoPo e-mails or my E-Mail Club Archive or the LAMP site for more on these fakes).I will be returning those fake inserts to their owners, with the plea that they don't consign them to another auction (or put them on eBay). But this was a great chance to look at the fakes very closely! Of course, they can be distinguished from the known original from their trademark "whiter than white" paper, and their glossier back side. But what is interesting to me is that when they are laid side by side, the lousy printing of the minty white becomes painfully obvious. They were clearly NOT printed from the original plates (as has sometime been speculated) but instead were made by photographing a known original, because the fine shadings in some areas are blurry or "filled in", as would be expected when you reproduce an original. Unfortunately, this would not jump out at most people when they solely look at the minty white fake. But when you look at BOTH the minty white fake and the proven original, those printing differences would be obvious to anyone (except maybe Professor Powers). Have the minty white fakes killed the value of the proven originals? The Scarface insert I am auctioning is currently at $246. so that is clearly not the case! 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. 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.
