* In Bruce's e-mail club message this week, there's an article and a link to a
site that until now, I'd never heard of. It's hosted by a lawyer named Mel
Hutson and it's called MoviePosterCollectors.com.
* While it features a familiar list of titles associated with known bootleg
posters, e.g., Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Jaws, minty white inserts,
etc., it also lists other poster titles I did not know had been counterfeited,
such as 2003's Oscar-winner, "Lost in Translation" (Scarlett Johansson
version); detailed info at link below:
http://www.moviepostercollectors.com/MPC_Authentication_Lost_In_Translation.html
* Parenthetically, Bruce has a scarce/authentic double-sided original
"Translation" closing later today (Sunday) at...
http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2605000
...But the existence of counterfeit one-sheets for "Translation" - being sold
as originals by unscrupulous dealers- was news to me and disheartening (it's
one of the few contemporary titles I own that's housed in a Sue Heim frame. I
double-checked mine with the site and it's original.)
* I think everyone should check their 1970s-to-present inventory with the
titles listed on this site. It's also among the most daring - because it
boldly identifies sellers of bogus posters by name. The link to the site's
"sellers' hall of shame" is below:
http://www.moviepostercollectors.com/Fake_Sellers.html
-d.
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