Yes, pretty much all of us know paper - except apparently those dozens of collectors who have been fooled by the fakes over the past few years (including at least one restoration expert), and I can't tell you how many times I look at a dealers lobby cards at a convention like Cinevent and point out to a dealer restoration that the dealer didn't even know was on the card.
Even at high-profile auctions this happens - there was a Maltese Falcon TC at an auction within the past few years (not Heritage) where more than 1/4 of the entire card had been replaced and it was not noted in the catalog. I feel sorry for the absentee bidder who won this piece, as most likely they are a long-time collector but will later find out that their "investment" (yes Dario, even collectors are investing in this hobby - anyone who spends more than a few hundred dollars on a poster is making an investment whether they want to say so or not) is only worth a fraction of what they paid for it because of this undisclosed restoration. But hey, at least they got to "feel the paper" (which is another crazy statement, as Ari can tell us with coins - it's a simple matter to "free" the item from its slab) ----- Original Message ----- From: Dario Casadei To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters Who needs it? Pretty much all of us know paper. Who needs it? most likely a new bread of collectors or should I say speculators, who would now feel comfortable to invest in posters. Suddenly paper could go skywards. Dario. David Lieberman wrote: The number of collectors in this very small hobby of ours (compared to coins, comics, baseball cards, stamps) is too small to make it profitable for the professional grading companies. I think its pretty cool as an "experiment"........but it won't catch on. The number of lobby card collectors on this planet is decreasing.....not increasing. I'd love to see a grading company slab a one sheet or an insert as a test. Not sure if I'd laugh or cry. David Lieberman CineMasterpieces.com | 15721 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az 85260 Vintage Original Movie Posters | 602 309 0500 | Office/Gallery Open By Appt. Only. Our Facebook Page In a message dated 5/26/2010 2:07:39 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Not for me I NEED to feel my paper. Check out our shop video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-n2AznLA8o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCP7PaO-2tk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fojAZcbvL7E&feature=related jim episale Unshredded Nostalgia 323 South main St. Route 9 Barnegat, N.J. 08005 800-872-9990 609-660-2626 http://www.unshreddednostalgia.com "Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional." From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Linkenback Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters For a long time now, 3rd party grading has been rumored to be "just around the corner", "coming soon" and sometimes "never will happen". Well that day is finally upon us for better or worse (though I can't help but wonder if it had been here even two years ago would collectors have saved literally millions of dollars and maybe the "Universal Horror Fakes" fiasco might have been over as soon as it started.) CGC (Certified Grading Company - the people who have been grading comics for over a decade) has recently begun limited certification of lobby cards to test the market and the first examples will be offered at the upcoming Heritage Signature Auction in July. Although no photos are on Heritage's site yet, there are two listings for complete lobby sets (Let It Be, and All The King's Men) that have been CGC graded/certified. It will be very interesting to see how these are accepted in the marketplace. 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