This poster will end up with a bunch of paint of the front of the tear if the new owner wants to show no trace of it, and the only way to address the fading issue is even more paint.
Nate may know lots of things about other stuff (and about the rich people he sells to) but he doesn't know posters well enough, or he would have gone after the one I auctioned and left this one alone. Bruce On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Steve E <[email protected]> wrote: > The 'scratch' to me looks like a tear, as the tape on the reverse > corresponds exactly with the location of the 'scratch'. > > This tear possibly looks butt ugly as the tape might be showing through > from the front. > > > > > > --- On *Mon, 7/3/11, David Kusumoto <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: David Kusumoto <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] REVISED WITH LIVE LINK: GILDA is Back - Dumped bidder / > fall-through sale? > > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 7 March, 2011, 4:53 > > > Nothing nefarious being suggested here, because it's apparent that Nate's > Autographs has a higher clientele - but I always find it interesting to see > how two sellers present the exact same pricey item to the auction market. > We're talking big dollars here and the only thing I can think of is Nate is > trying to "flip Gilda" and avoid absorbing a loss (hence the aborted sale > for "just" $17,500 last week), despite the ugly brown tape on the back that > he doesn't show in his own sale. Some high rollers are known to take $$$ > losses after owning something valuable for a short time, and, seeing no > recourse for a refund, immediately put it back on the market. I don't think > that's the case here. However, I also think it's significant that for an > heirloom poster like this, Nate chooses to show close-ups of the bottom > border but - while he DOES use words to describe the defects and tape - he > chooses NOT to show pictures of the back like the original seller of this > poster did back in January here: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=350429339368&si=S%252FJ%252BIObhWdBqpcxKNC%252BiNGibvLs%253D > > Another thing that's weird: if we presume the winning bidder (Nate's) BUYS > from a different eBay account then he SELLS - it's worth noting the feedback > counts of the winner in January do not match those of Nate's in the CURRENT > sale. This Gilda is still worth a lot of $$$ because I don't see paper > loss, just an overall raggedness, a big scratch down Hayw orth's dress, some > slight fading and more browning than the excellent condition example on > linen Bruce sold a few months ago for more than $25K. I have always had a > long-term interest in the fortunes of this poster, which I once owned in my > collection. Here are all of the images of this poster collected from both > sales. > [image: http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad49/PRtoday/gilda-mopo.jpg] > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:56:46 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: GILDA is Back - Dumped bidder / fall-through sale? > To: [email protected] > > REVISED WITH LIVE LINK. > > There's something strange going on with that sale. Last week, the seller > "apparently" accepted a "best offer" for $17,500. That offer WAS accepted. > Either the buyer got cold feet or the seller had second thoughts. At any > rate, that sale (original link below), was for the same poster, and it > "closed" eight days ago (Feb. 26), and now, as Jay pointed out, it's back. > > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/1946-Rita-Hayworth-Gilda-One-Sheet-Movie-Poster-/190494225280> > http://cgi.ebay.com/1946-Rita-Hayworth-Gilda-One-Sheet-Movie-Poster-/190494225280 > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:44:27 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: GILDA is Back > To: [email protected] > > For $33,500.00 > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/1946-Rita-Hayworth-Gilda-One-Sheet-Movie-Poster-/170611645124 > > > > 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. > 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. > > > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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