todd,
you are the one dealer here who has the years and expertise in this
genre and material who would know what he's looking at, without a
doubt. others want to be.. but you hold that spot.
it might be a good thing to do .. have your own verification
service.. to help to weed out the forgeries and obvious fakes and
bootlegs that are always introduced into the market.
jeff
On Sep 1, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Todd Feiertag wrote:
Yes, Sean is 100% right. I don't need someone else, like a third
party who doesn't have nearly the experience I have, to tell me
whether something is real or not.
As I've already mentioned, a known restorer who is currently being
paid to weed out some of the fakes has already authenticated
something to be real which indeed turned out to be fake.
Again, as I mentioned in my post to MoPo the other day, I have
almost 50 years experience specializing in Vintage Horror Material
and there is no one else out there that has as much experience and
has handled as much of this material as I have. So, the next time
I plan on making a major purchase, I won't need any of the amateur,
er, I mean "so called recognized experts" in the field. Thanks,
but no thanks!
On the other hand, this is probably a very good idea for most
others, especially when buying an expensive item from other dealers
who are not that experienced as you might not be able to get your
money back. Buying from one of the major auction houses, you're
pretty much protected as they will refund your money without a
problem, but it is still up to you to find out afterwards, whether
the item you puchased is real or a fake.
Todd
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:48:34 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster Villains
To: [email protected]
>Now that the Black Cat is out of the Son of Frankenstein's bag,
who would be willing to spend $20,000 or more > on a poster
*without* a verification from an independent, third party
recognized expert in the field?
I’m going to raise my hand on this one (and would bet people like
Todd Feiertag will also).
I’m very confident in my ability to spot restoration and fakes
without the need of a third party to do so.
But since you’ve raised the subject – it seems like now more than
ever would be a great time for a 3rd party grading/authentication
service to finally get rolling (like CGC for comics). Think of the
million plus dollars that would have been saved by collectors over
the past couple of years if the hobby had been more willing to
embrace this service.
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