Steve
1) Carol Tincup is doing examinations
2) I don't believe to many of these cards were done and I'm not sure
that that card is one of them
I think Sean can answer the question though and I forwarded to him
this response
Rich
At 11:42 AM 10/6/2009, 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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