"Two different cameras actually view the same card the same way"
Bruce,
That's not necessarily true, is it?
While I don't know whether Heritage was artificially brightened,
(though, you would know which pic is the closest to representing the
card), surely lighting conditions would affect things.
But besides, I thought Heritage actually scanned lobbies (?).
Also besides lighting, whether artificial or otherwise, their image is
extremely sharp, your image quite a bit softer.
Richard
On 18 Mar 2010, at 20:10, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
What you are seeing is that they "brightened" the image
artificially, making the card look far more "white" than it actually
is in "real life". That had the unintended side effect of also
brightening the tear, making it far more noticeable than it is in
"real life".
Two different cameras actually view the same card the same way, but
it takes a human being to manipulate the image so that it appears
other than it actually is in "real life".
Bruce
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]
> wrote:
As a lover of fine lobby cards and inspired by Bruce's sales pitch I
decided to check out his great offering of lobbies.
I was intrigued by the Scarface card as it looked somewhat familiar
to me and a quick search of the Heritage archives shows that this
exact card was auctioned two years ago this month, so it will be
interesting to see how it performs in a different venue now.
Also interesting to me was a comparison of the large scan of the
card from Emovieposter as to the one Heritage made.
Many times we hear vague references to "some" auction houses and how
"they even trick you with the images, using "stock images" or
"enhanced images"" and now at least for one item we can see how they
compare against each other. I certainly found it strange that a
large tear in the top border of the card is clearly visible in the
Heritage scan, but is nearly invisible in the Emovieposter scan.
I think both companies grade the card about the same, but it is hard
to tell as Heritage uses a 10-point grading system (giving this one
a 7 out of 10), while Emovieposter uses a Fair to Fine scale, which
I think translates to a 7-point scale making comparisons much more
difficult but makes this a 5 out of 7. I certainly don't think
Emovieposter is enhancing or softening their image, but it does show
how two different cameras can view the same card.
Here is Bruce's large image:
http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/giant_size.php?lot=1z528
and here is the one from Heritage: http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_image_only.php?img=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.ha.com%2Flf%3Fsource%3Durl
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:50 AM
Subject: [MOPO] FA: Mother of mercy, are many fine lobby cards going
to sell at under wholesale? They WILL, if in 13 hours they are where
they are now!
Usually I use these last day "reminder e-mails" to point out the
many items closing in a few hours that are still at just a few
dollars each. But Thursday night's 666 single lobby cards (including
121 title cards and 41 signed cards), closing tonight, on the 18th
of March, starting in just 13 hours, currently includes lots of
REALLY incredible values on items that usually sell for between $25
dollars to two hundred dollars, and currently many of these are
languishing at low, low, prices, quite a few at "under wholesale"! I
certainly hope the savvy dealers like John Hazelton, Morrie Everett,
Joe Burtis, Marty Davis, Rich Halegua, and many others are all over
these like a cheap suit, because there is money to be made!
With just 13 hours to go, there ARE still over 100 of these cards
that are $3 or under, but I want you to go right now to the gallery
of ALL the cards and see just how many wonderful buys there
currently are!
Here are some of the very best single lobby cards closing tonight:
1z528 SCARFACE LC '32 Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, great c/u of Paul
Muni as Tony Camonte!
1z312 FLASH GORDON Chap6 LC '36 Buster Crabbe at controls w/
Priscilla Lawson, best serial ever!
1z081 SABOTAGE TC '36 directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Sylvia Sidney,
Oscar Homolka, The Woman Alone!
1z107 TOUCH OF EVIL TC '58 art of Orson Welles, c/u of Charlton
Heston & sexy Janet Leigh!
1z465 NORTH BY NORTHWEST LC #2 '59 Alfred Hitchcock, classic image
of Cary Grant chased by plane!
1z660 WRONG MAN LC #6 '57 Alfred Hitchcock shown reading newspaper
behind smoking Henry Fonda!
1z621 TO CATCH A THIEF LC #5 '55 best close up art of Grace Kelly &
Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock
1z151 STRATTON STORY signed LC #7 '49 by BOTH James Stewart & June
Allyson, who are about to kiss!
1z496 PSYCHO LC #3 '60 Alfred Hitchcock, most classic long shot of
Anthony Perkins by house!
1z486 PHANTOM EMPIRE Chap4 LC '35 wonderful image of cowboy Gene
Autry playing guitar on the radio!
1z092 SONG OF THE THIN MAN TC '47 William Powell, Myrna Loy, and
Asta the dog too!
1z091 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT TC '46 John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, cool
film noir montage!
1z524 SAFE AT HOME LC '62 c/u of Bryan Russell lifted by Yankees
Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris!
1z518 ROPE LC #3 '48 c/u of James Stewart with Farley Granger & John
Dall, Alfred Hitchcock
1z172 A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO LC '42 Laurel & Hardy in wacky turbans
holding ducks!
1z639 VERTIGO LC #2 '58 Alfred Hitchcock, super c/u of James Stewart
kissing blonde Kim Novak!
1z490 PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL LC #1 '57 Laurence Olivier w/sexy
Marilyn Monroe by champagne bucket!
1z492 PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL LC #6 '57 sexy Marilyn Monroe smiling on
red couch in feathers!
1z001 AFRICAN QUEEN TC '52 colorful artwork of missionary Katharine
Hepburn in native uprising!
1z453 NIAGARA LC #7 '53 sexy Marilyn Monroe & Jean Peters learn the
shocking news!
1z545 SHADOW OF A DOUBT LC '43 Alfred Hitchcock,Teresa Wright
serving Joseph Cotten breakfast!
1z199 ARSENIC & OLD LACE LC '44 c/u of scared Cary Grant carrying
Priscilla Lane, Frank Capra
1z011 BRUTE FORCE TC '47 art of tough Burt Lancaster & sexy full-
length Yvonne DeCarlo!
1z441 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET LC #5 '47 Maureen O'Hara whispers to
John Payne by Edmund Gwenn!
1z452 NIAGARA LC #5 '53 Joseph Cotten on ground next to unconscious
Marilyn Monroe!
1z604 TERROR TRAIL LC '33 great close up of Tom Mix standing before
bad guy in jail cell!
1z299 EX-MRS. BRADFORD LC '36 William Powell, Jean Arthur & James
Gleason in convertible car!
1z638 VERTIGO LC #1 '58 Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart berates sad
blonde Kim Novak!
1z546 SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN LC '41 c/u William Powell sick after
merry-go-round ride & Myrna Loy!
1z357 HIS KIND OF WOMAN LC #6 '51 Robert Mitchum smiling at sexy
Jane Russel in swimsuitl
1z218 BIG STORE LC '41 detective Groucho with Harpo & Chico Marx
fighting with men!
1z112 WAGONS ROLL AT NIGHT style A TC '41 Humphrey Bogart, Joan
Leslie, Eddie Albert, Sylvia Sidney
1z497 PSYCHO LC #4 '60 Alfred Hitchcock, Vera Miles & John Gavin at
motel with Anthony Perkins!
1z643 VERTIGO LC #7 '58 Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart holds
unconscious Kim Novak under bridge!
1z219 BIG STORE LC '41 Margaret Dumont tries to pull Groucho Marx
away from sexy girls!
1z491 PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL LC #5 '57 sexy Marilyn Monroe pours
refreshment for Laurence Olivier!
1z498 PSYCHO LC #6 '60 Alfred Hitchcock, great 2-shot of Anthony
Perkins and Janet Leigh!
1z264 DEAD RECKONING LC #7 '47 close up of Humphrey Bogart grabbing
Lizabeth Scott's gun in car!
1z641 VERTIGO LC #4 '58 Alfred Hitchcock, close up of James Stewart
choking brunette Kim Novak!
1z255 CROSSFIRE LC #5 '47 close up of sexy Gloria Grahame having
drinks w/G.I. George Cooper!
and on and on and on and on!
Don't forget to check out our 666 single lobby cards (including
121 title cards and 41 signed cards) sometime BEFORE they end
TONIGHT Thursday, March 18th, (but you only have 13 hours left to do
so, because they start ending at 7 PM CST TONIGHT, so hustle over
there right now!) by going to http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/14.html
And now you can browse the items in ALL of galleries at one time in
our All Auctions gallery at http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html
!
Bruce Hershenson and the 25 other members of the eMoviePoster.com team
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775
Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when
we take lunch)
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