Warranties are all good and well, but I'm maintaining that it in the
future it would be far better for the hobby, the business, the auction
houses and dealers and ultimately the buyers if independent, recognized
(and named) expert verification were done for a very pricey item prior
to it being sold. Such a verification would actually *enhance* the value
of the auction, so how would the auction houses and dealers (or the
consigners) lose with such a policy? And I'm sure it would make the
auction house's insurance companies feel better. It would also give
confidence to the buyers/bidders and they might be willing to pay more.
Going with strictly the warranty, it becomes the responsibility of the
buyer to determine if he has been sold a fake or not. That's not right.
Maybe he does get someone to verify, or maybe he mistakenly takes the
auction house/dealer on their reputation and doesn't bother. Or maybe
the buyer doesn't find out about the fake until after the warranty has
expired. That's exactly the opposite of the way things should work.
Keep the warranties, sure, but on very pricey items be able to
auction/offer a MUMMY's HAND half-sheet with a description that says
"This poster has been examined by recognized poster expert
______________ who has determined to the best of his ability that it is
a genuine original movie poster containing ___% original paper. Mr
_____________ states that this is his best opinion but is not legally
responsible for any loss or damage resulting from this opinion or any
subsequent purchase of this item."
The lawyers can work out the exact wording.
I fail to understand why there is resistance to such a simple and
effective idea.
-- JR
Franc wrote:
I just decided to take a look at the "limited Warranty" provided by
one the big auction houses. It clearly reads that the auction house "
warrants for a period of 6 years that any article described in UPPER
CASE TYPE which is unqualifiedly stated to be the work of a named
author or authorship, is authentic and not counterfeit." In other
words the auction house is responsible for this warranty. Villian or
not, the auction is clearly responsible for returning the full cost of
the salet to the buyer by virtue of this warranty. FRANC
-----Original Message-----
*From:* MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] *On Behalf
Of *Richard Halegua Comic Art
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:07 PM
*To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Poster Villains
Kudos to Steve
At 01:01 PM 9/1/2009, Stephen Fishler wrote:
Clearly, there are villains here who decided to CREATE some very
valuable posters in order to line their pockets.
Having said that, let's not work overtime in order point the
finger of blame where it clearly does not belong. There auction
houses that may have sold fakes have acted responsibility here.
They are not the enemy.
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