I agree 100%, Greg! I have several window cards from the 30s with the theatre names and dates in the top area. I love it. Also, I have a half-sheet from the 1956-or-so Fox CinemaScope film, "Seven Cities of Gold." On the back in pen is written "Joy Theater, Vicksburg." I saw the film as a young teen at that theatre at that time. So I realize that I own a poster that I actually saw displayed while waiting for a ride after the movie---- almost 50 years before I obtained the poster...purely by chance! The poster is worth maybe 15 or 20 bucks on line. It's worth everything to me just to have it. Joe B in NOLA (Praying for the cap to hold!) PS-- A few years ago I was to going to move some inserts on Ebay. A friend took the pictures I needed cropped and photo-shopped them. He just didn't understand why they needed to look the way they did. I used the un-cropped originals (which were good anyway) that I had taken myself. Joe
--- On Sat, 7/17/10, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: From: Greg <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Scandal-plus cut, pressed washed, starched & dried.... To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 2:10 PM Agreed. Give me a window card with the original theater imprint, and the poster goes from a nice bit of imagery to an iconic piece of American history. Stuff written on the back of posters...as long as it doesn't bleed through...often adds a bit of being in the that moment in time to the piece. Greg Douglass Toochis Morin wrote: > I love posters that have the worn look. If I wanted them to look perfectly > new, I'd buy repros. > Many of mine are framed with the fold lines, etc. I usually linenback and > restore if the poster is in dire need to restoration. > > Toochis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sat, July 17, 2010 9:11:34 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Scandal-plus cut, pressed washed, starched & > dried.... > > I actually had one of my employees suggest to me that we should "punch up" > the images of items we sell, and I told him that we NEVER do that (he is new, > or he would have already known that). Of course, there is no way to know if > others feel the same way (at least until you get your package and compare the > item you get to the image you saw). > > Bruce > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Richard Evans <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I thought the This Gun for Hire went beyond strong colours and > looked unflatteringly garish. > Presumably not a result of restoration judging by the listing, > but was it really actually that vibrant, or did the colour > reproduction exacerbate it online? > > On 17 Jul 2010, at 16:44, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > >> I personally agree with this. I didn't like the "make it look >> perfect" school of restoration even *BEFORE* the Haggard scandal >> broke. >> >> First, because the restorers were in effect hiding their >> restoration, making it impossible to see exactly what was done >> (and a long time pro like myself could spot some restoration that >> most amateurs would never see, creating a "fear of restoration" >> among many collectors). >> >> Second, because many of these items were *SO *restored that they >> looked almost like "recreations". I *LIKE *the items in my >> collection to show at least *SOME *signs of age, unless they are >> in truly mint unrestored condition, because that is part of the >> joy of owning an original, knowing that it survived all these >> years. If you want a perfect looking item, why not just get a >> reproduction? But don't take your "very good" condition and have >> someone make them look like new. If you *MUST *restore, why not >> simply do minimal restoration to the areas that most need it? >> >> Bruce >> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM, >> glenndamato <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Regarding the Heritage auction: I do believe the fakes >> scandal hurt the hobby, plus many of the restored posters >> look like they were cut, bleached, washed, starched & dried. >> I'll take old Igor back anyday....... >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site >> at www.filmfan.com <http://www.filmfan.com> >> >>___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed >> to: [email protected] >> <mailto:[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 >> <http://www.filmfan.com> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> <mailto:[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 > <http://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. 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