If this poster/;s pre-restoration condition was "fair", I don't ever want to see a "poor" (or is there such an animal?).
Bruce On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:16 PM, James Richard <[email protected]>wrote: > A classic example of what virtually all auctioneers/sellers engage in -- > and not just with movie posters -- the fine art of making a sow's ear sound > like a silk purse. > > Phil Edwards wrote: > > From Heritage's description of this poster: > > *This poster has had extensive restoration. The original portion of the > poster includes the image of the monster, the "FR" in Frankenstein and the > portrait of Dwight Frye. The rest of the poster has been painted in. This > does constitute a large section of the poster, however, it is interesting to > observe that the majority of the poster is a white background. The > restoration was expertly done by Carol Tincup. Now, that being pointed out, > one has to keep in mind that this is the only half sheet that has ever > turned up on this title so if you're in the market for that format, this is > the only one that is known to exist. As is we grade the poster in fair > condition but has an "apparent" grade of Fine on paper. This was one of > the cornerstone pieces in the Collection of Johnny Ramone. Johnny had > always wanted an original poster from the 1931 release of Frankenstein and, > with the addition of this half sheet to his collection, he achieved that > goal. Fair on Paper. Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000.* > > 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.
