Hi all-
A month or so ago, after the whole Universal horror scam scandal broke, I
contacted Profiles regarding a lot that I had purchased in their spring
auction. It is a 1948 lobby card for ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
and is the card of the boys discovering the Monster in the packing crate (my
favorite card from the set).
Naturally, I had a knee-jerk reaction to the fakes issue and checked the
card out again closely. It is presents as near mint with no backing. I began
to wonder about something that is supposeded to be 60+ years old and is, for
lack of a better term, as "minty white" as could possiblyh be. I did not know
at the time the scandal first broke that the alleged fakes are all apparently
paper backed. I called Profiles and met with a rather dismissive response
that the "reproductionists" would not possibly have bothered with such a
low-end card (although it hammered at almost $1000, including the premium which
is just about where this card sells retail). At the time, I was somewhat
reassured although felt as though the person I spoke with apparently
representing Profiles on this issue really considered my card a small fish in
their large pond and it was not worth pursuing any kind of authentication.
The Profiles rep. did say that if I still had a doubt, I could send it to
Poster Mountain to have it proclaimed authentic.
My question is, would a card like this have been indeed not been , for
the alleged scammers, "worth their while" to fake? Also, I have not really
relished the idea of speaking with Profiles again but was wondering if they
are still utilizing Poster Mountain for authentication or using another source
if I wanted it checked out.
Thanks in advance for any direction.
Steve
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