If the surviving Ramone had cut the Frankenstein fragment into two, could they have "restored" both pieces into heavily restored half-sheets? What if they had cut it into three or four or five or ten? When does restoration become recreation? If the infamous Universal fakes prove to have 1/100th of an original poster somewhere in them, are they no longer fakes, but merely "heavily restored"?
Maybe the only mistake the rip-off artists made was to not include a bit of an original poster in each poster they sold. If they had done so, what crime are they guilty of? Over-grading? If that were a prosecutable defense, the jails would be crammed full. Bruce On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > what grade would the 50% recreated Mummy 1sh be called??? > > if either poster was not restored, that woul dbe poor condition > restored has to move it up a grade on the scale and would be salable if it > was backed or not, if for nothing more than curiosity > > of course, we all have different grading systems > > Bruce's very good or my very good or Seans or Heritage's are not at all the > same > > > > > > At 01:51 PM 8/30/2009, bqjansen wrote: > > Still you should not call it "fair". These grades imply an objectivity no > matter how rare the object is. Getting back to my furniture reference. One > original leg does not make a Chippendale in fair condition. > > Wim > Op 30 aug 2009, om 22:40 heeft Richard Halegua Comic Art het volgende > geschreven: > > I actually agree with Grey 100% on this issue > > whether the poster was restored to the quality of a Studio-C or Poster > Mountain restoration, the description in my opinion is just fine > > they do not create any illusions on the item, grades as fair/restored and > the picture tells the story > the fact that it is one of one makes it a desired item regardless of less > than perfect artistic quality > > now, keep in mind, nothing keeps the current owner of the item from getting > it re-restored with the work of a better artist than the one who previously > worked on the poster, which would of course make it considerably more > presentable > > Rich > > > At 01:28 PM 8/30/2009, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: > > JR > > You mention "silk purse from a...", perhaps, but when it is the only sow's > ear on earth, it is assuredly, in many people's eyes, a silk purse! > > Concerning including an image of the title card next to the half sheet, not > a bad idea but where does that end? Should we end up trying to offer > comparisons on all we sell. This is exactly why we continue to offer the > service of high res images forever on our site and are the only poster > seller that does so. As Heritage has always suggested, educate yourself on > anything you purchase. Thus the reason for the link to comparables on every > page of our auctions. This is also something that only Heritage offers to > their bidders. > > > *From:* MoPo List [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *James Richard > *Sent:* Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] FRANKENSTEIN 1/2 sheet vs TC from Heritage > > I might be so audacious and impertinent as to suggest that a responsible > and highly-regarded auction house catering to the very well-to-do and > regularly selling tens of millions of dollars of high-priced collectibles > every year would have taken it upon themselves to include a high resolution > picture of the title card along with the half sheet auction so that the > bidders could have made the comparison themselves at the time of the sale. > > But I guess I'm just being naive... despite the cries of shock and horror > over the last few days, "let the buyer beware" is still the Golden Rule in > our society. > > -- JR > > Douglas Ball wrote: > Side by side, yes, but when the auction took place it looked damn good! > > Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie > Memorabilia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: > Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FRANKENSTEIN 1/2 > sheet vs TC from Heritage There is indeed a very big difference between > the two. > > > 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. > > 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. > 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.
