Same here.
Todd was extreamly helpful in helping me discover a fake Universal
monster half sheet that I had purchased, well before the whole story
went public and I was able to recover my money.
Thank you Todd
Danny Carlson
On May 30, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:
Well, I'll second that. More than once over the years that I have
known him after I joined MOPO, Todd has been happy to answer a
question for me simply to share knowledge where there's nothing in
it for him and, what's more, has been gentleman enough not to even
want to know why it is what I want to know.
Phil Edwards
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Yafet
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters
A few months ago, Todd (Feiertag) examined four of my lobby cards.
Although I was more than willing to pay him for his time, he said
that he was happy to help. Not only did he ease my mind, but he
also explained everything as he went along and showed me why he was
convinced that my cards were authentic. Although this is the first
time that I have physically brought items to Todd for inspection,
he has looked at numerous auctions that I forwarded for his opinion
and told me why each one was or was not a good deal.
His expertise and knowledge are astounding.
I wanted to thank him publicly on MOPO for helping me so often.
Nathalie
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Todd Feiertag
<[email protected]> wrote:
Virtually everyone in the hobby was fooled...
Jim,
I WASN'T FOOLED!!
And there were a lot of other knowledgeable collectors who weren't
fooled either. Again, you don't know what you're talking about.
If John was so concerned and wanted to "help the industry" so much,
he shouldn't have charged $175. plus, to authenticate each item. I
guess you also think Carol Tincup was another person who was trying
to "help the industry" when she charged you $350. an item.
Jim, there were many collectors who sent me posters and lobby cards
to authenticate. Do you know how much I charged them?? $00.00,
ZERO, NADDA, NOTHING. Now, you tell me, who's really trying to
"help the industry" or help out collectors, John and Carol??
Yet, you still support the creator of this entire mess.
I know you're referring to Jaime but the creator of this mess was
your good buddy Kerry and Kerry alone.
Charges against Jaime were dropped by the court as there was no
evidence to bring a case against him.
Again, I'll give you this analogy...
If I own a gun shop and sell someone a gun and they go out and kill
10 people, is the gun shop owner liable?? NO. Is the gun
manufacturer liable?? NO.
Guess who's liable?? The guy who decided to break the law and kill
10 people, that's who's responsible, not the gun shop owner and not
the gun manufacturer.
How come you didn't bring a lawsuit against Anthony in New York??
After all, Anthony is the one who actually did the printing. I
haven't seen you mention anything about him?? If Jaime is
responsible, Anthony should also be just as responsible.
Jim, as much as you'd like the gun shop owner to be responsible for
the deaths of those 10 people, he's not the one.
Differences aside...I feel real bad for you Jim, since your loss in
this situation is by far the biggest and far worse than anybody
elses and honestly, I hope that you eventually get every penny
back. I can also understand your frustration and how stressful
this has been on you and your family losing so much money and I can
also understand you want anyone that had anything to do with this
held accountable and I don't blame you one bit. I just hope that
this gets resolved and resolved to your benefit 100%.
Todd
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:25:11 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters
To: [email protected]
Todd what you aren't saying is that he repaired that Dracula Window
card prior to this fake problem surfacing. No one suspected
anything. All approaches changed when it was discovered the hobby
had a bad problem. Virtually everyone in the hobby was fooled, not
just John. And when awareness of the problem surfaced, John and
others then took a different look at things. Yet, you still
support the creator of this entire mess. It seems pretty ironic
that on one hand you support the 100% creator of fakes, but hammer
on the guy trying to help this industry.
Jim Gresham
18501 Henry Ct.
Ray, Mi 48096
586 677-7669
Go to www.childrenofthenightbook.com
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:17:47 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters
To: [email protected]
Not only did John Davis at Poster Mountain say a FAKE Dracula
Window Card was real after he re-restored it, he also swore a
Dracula REPRINT One Sheet was also real.
Those are two examples most people know about. Curious to know how
many other FAKES he also swore were real.
On the other hand, since he is obviously no expert, I'm curious to
know how many REAL posters and lobby cards he swore as being FAKE??
Just because someone restores posters, doesn't make them an expert
in authenticating them.
In addition, just because someone has handled a lot of posters,
doesn't make them an expert either.
Todd Feiertag
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:06:24 +0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] 3rd Party Grading Comes to Posters
To: [email protected]
It is indeed interesting.
And if they have the right skills and knowledge it could have
helped if they started two years.
But, I still can't get over that someone seemingly had everything
at their disposal and still missed one fake in particular.
Correct me if this is account is inaccurate, but if you strip the
false front from a Window Card back, to improve and replace the
back, and you've years of experience of handling paper, how can you
miss it?
I'm not hinting anything untoward, I just still can't understand it.
And if they couldn't spot that one, what level of skills and
knowledge are required for us to rely on anyone to prevent any
possible next generation?
Cheers,
Richard
On 26 May 2010, at 21:46, Sean Linkenback wrote:
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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