Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein card #6 list is on the LAMP list
as a "suspected fake-being examined"
Source: "COLLECTOR 2".
Which I imagine is a rather low number for it to be you?
Contact LAMP, add to the growing list, ask advice?
Richard
On 6 Oct 2009, at 19:42, Steven F. Poole wrote:
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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