Statements of mutual support and solidarity among dealers is very nice
sentiment and all... and no one is claiming that the vast majority of
well-known dealers are anything other than honest and professional --
but you can't ignore the fact that it was other dealers equally
well-known and honest and professional who were *fooled* by some of
these fakes and sold them to their customers unknowingly. And that this
went on for several years before finally being uncovered for the
large-scale dissemination of fakes that it was. We still don't know the
full extent.
Just because some dealers have not yet had the problem (that they know
of) does not mean they haven't or won't in the future.
Guys, face it: Where the very expensive posters are concerned, you're
going to have to get together and come up with a third-party recognized
expert "opinion of authenticity" system that people can have confidence
in. Otherwise all the buyer has is your word and opinion. As good as it
may be, it is still the word and opinion of the person trying to make
the sale. Without an independent second opinion, that approach may still
be good enough for most posters, but probably not good enough for those
posters in the upper price ranges.
You have to face the fact that the game has changed dramatically.
-- JR
bqjansen wrote:
I agree with you wholeheartedly Phil. Please let us not go overboard
again! Surely it would not be healthy if we could get our posters
only from Bruce or indeed Heritage. Ebay, just as fleamarkets, has
provided me access to an enormous amount of experience enjoyment and
indeed some hard lessons with movieposters. Let's hope this could
continue. Furthermore I'd like to suggest that not everything that is
Bruce/HA is golden.
Wim
Op 7 sep 2009, om 07:30 heeft Phil Edwards het volgende geschreven:
Raymond, there are many reliable poster dealers who still sell on
eBay using the auction format.
Regards,
Phil E.
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