One of the biggest scams of all modern poster linen backing is the STAR WARS hairy belts. Lots of these get passed off as originals.
A year or so back, a seller on eBay was offering these a couple a week for several weeks, sold as originals for a BIN of $150 or thereabouts. Of course in recent events I now wish I had kept a screenshot of his boilerplate. Unfortunately, one sees far too many frauds and fakes ofered on eBay as originals to send up a red flag every time. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Potokar To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Linen-backing a 2006 poster? hey jim, i'll bet it was backed because the consignor thinks he may get more for it... dont you think? jeff On Oct 15, 2009, at 2:26 PM, James Richard wrote: Bruce's auction today contains a textbook example of how insane the whole linen-backing craze became in recent years. Why would anybody pay to linen-back a 2006 movie poster? And then do a poor job of it? http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1587401 ... and I'm not even going to go into the question of why there are already 10 bids on this offense to nature which have pushed it up to $39 with 3 hours still to go... -- 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.
