I know there are alot of people that get pulled into the Portal problem all the time. Several years back I had a customer that was ordering a frame for an original Gone With the Wind poster. He told me the size was about 19 1/2 x27+. I thought it might be a trimmed half sheet but turned out to be a vertical. So, perhaps a jumbo window card. Anyway, he said it was in rough shape and he wanted to have it linenbacked, so he sent it to me. Turned out to be a Portal print of the 70's rerelease artwork from GWTW.
I called him to explain that it was a Portal reproduction and worth about $5. He had bought it from someone on Ebay who had the story that it had been their grandmother's and was in a closet in her house since 1939. He paid $300 for it. I told him he should return it right away. He opted to keep it, not bother with returning it and had me drymounted it, touch it up with pencils and frame it in my Economy frame. I'm amazed someone has that kind of money to throw away. In his case, I know he was embarrassed that he got taken and just didn't want to deal with it. Amazing. Sue Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:55:48 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] more on the King Kong poster To: [email protected] remember the fraudulent CASABLANCA listing 5/6 months ago? MOPOers reported contacting ebay days before the listing ended.. the rhetorical question: what did ebay do? michael 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.
