I agree with what's being said here about COAs, but in some cases they can be worth something - at least to the buyer. Before Patrick McGoohan passed away early this year, I bought several autographed photos from his authorized representative on Ebay and Mr. McGoohan himself signed all the COAs which came with the photos. That was clearly a bonus and one that I especially value now.
Nathalie On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Jeff Potokar <[email protected]> wrote: > Very true.. > a Certificate of Authenticity from well respected auction houses or dealers > which verify the item, its provenance, and any amount of restoration or > re-creation (as well as WHO did the work) would of course, be vital. Include > an appraisal, as well, like that given, when a piece of fine art is bought. > > i think the discussion veered to run of the mill dealers and sellers who > might issue a COA--those arent worth the paper they are printed on. > > Jeff > > > > > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:21 PM, James Richard wrote: > > Red Herring Alert! Red Herring Alert! > > As far as I know, NOBODY proposed issuing COAs for posters, and yet > suddenly we have a full blown "discussion" dissing COAs and talking about > how useless they are as if someone *had* made such a proposal. > > Hmmm... what's up with that? > > A signed statement from a recognized poster expert stating that he/she had > examined a specific poster carefully and concluded that in their best > opinion that poster is authentic and original with _______ amount of > restoration is NOTHING LIKE a typical useless COA. > > Obviously, to someone who actually is an recognized expert in this field, > like Todd or Sean or Bruce or whomever, such a verification statement is not > necessary, but the verification statement would not be for their benefit. > Were they the ones who were sold the $2 million worth of fakes over the last > several years? No. In fact, I should think it would be obvious that people > like Todd or Sean or Bruce and others are in fact the "recognized experts" > who would be the ones making the verifications. Who said anything about > ignorant self-styled experts being employed? What good would that do? > > Boy, y'all are going to a lot of trouble to twist a simple proposal for > full disclosure and independent verification of certain specific very pricey > posters into something else so you can discredit it. I'd think I was in a > session of Congress rather than MOPO. > > One more time: We're talking about what responsibilities the auction > houses/dealers have (or should have) to reliably and publicly verify that a > very pricey product is in fact genuine *before* they sell it to non-experts. > > We're talking about taking the burden of proof off of the buyer and putting > it on the seller, where it belongs. > > Funny how everyone keeps wanting to talk around that point and change the > subject. > > -- JR > > > 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.
