Guess we all should have paid more attention in grade school ;)
On Apr 27, 2013, at 9:01, Doug Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Grading is always a debated topic, but I’m not sure anyone in the biz grades > as “broadly” as Christies. I’m always skeptical about buying from them if I > haven’t personally inspected the poster. > > Regards > > DBT > Profile > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of filip de > volder > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Christies June Auction & THE OUTLAW 6sh > > i stopped working with them , they "lost" my french 007 goldfinger > linenbacked poster in their stock , put my original sex pistols and ramones > 1977 concert posters in their catalogue with wrong venue ( how they did that > with the venue printed on the poster is beyond me) stated them as from > somewhere in the 1980s , had an unsold poster go to cadogan tate storage > (instead of returning it to me) unable to get it back with a bill that was > going up to 700£ etc etc ... filip > > Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:36:32 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Christies June Auction & THE OUTLAW 6sh > To: [email protected] > > Hallo MOPO > > So the Christies digital version of their May Sale Catalogue is now online > (link below) and chock-a-block with dozens of brilliant posters that we've > seen for sale hundreds of time before. > > I haven't had time to go through it all in great detail, but it was > interesting to see them try and palm-off a Casablanca Australian Daybill as a > US insert. > > Even more mischievously, they describe their latest Outlaw 6sheet (where are > all these Outlaw 6sheets coming from?!?) as "...only the third time this > poster has appeared for sale at Christies. The last time this poster was > offered for sale in these rooms in 2004, it realised over £50,000." > > A cynic might point out that it only achieved this price because Christies > encouraged the 2004 consignor to claim that they had destroyed the other > copies of this poster. > > And a cynic did point this out (see below) to their expert Caitlin > "Stonewall" Graham, who didn't seem that thrilled about getting involved in a > debate with me. Maybe she's a bit shy. > > Anyway, Christies are having a poster sale, so check out their posters. > There are some "possibly only known copies" of various posters so get them > now or miss out forever! Or at least until the next Christies sale. > > Cheers > > Neil > > > http://christies.scene7.com/s7/brochure/flash_brochure.jsp?company=Christies&sku=CSK8843_SaleCat&config=Christies/eCat_210x267_Full&locale=en&image=Christies/CSK8843_SaleCat > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "Graham, Caitlin" <[email protected]> > To: Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 25 April 2013, 9:43 > Subject: RE: ecatalogue error Lot 238 and Lot 239 > > Dear Mr Jaworski, > > Thank you for your email regarding the cataloguing error on Lot 238. There is > a saleroom notice on this lot to correct the error. It has not yet updated on > Christies.com but will do overnight. > > Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of further assistance. > > Kind regards, > Caitlin > > Caitlin Graham > Pop Culture > CHRISTIE'S > 85 Old Brompton Road > London SW7 3LD > Tel: +44 (0)20 7752 3275 > Fax: +44 (0)20 7752 3184 > > > From: Neil Jaworski [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 24 April 2013 23:27 > To: Graham, Caitlin > Subject: ecatalogue error Lot 238 and Lot 239 > > Dear Caitlin Graham > > The Casablanca poster that you're claiming is a US insert (Lot 238) is > clearly an Australian poster. > > Also, I was disappointed to see your narrative for The Outlaw 6sheet (Lot > 239) "This is only the third time this poster has appeared for sale at > Christies. The last time this poster was offered for sale in these rooms in > 2004, it realised over £50,000." > > I think this description must redefine the term chutzpah. The 2004 Outlaw > 6sh only realised that price when Christies encouraged the consignor of the > poster to publicly state that they had destroyed other copies of this poster. > > > This was after it had transpired that the consignor actually had several > Outlaw 6sheets, which embarrassingly contradicted the "only known copy" > assertion in your 2004 catalogue. > > Your latest catalogue's grinning wink to this shameful episode is shabby and > ludicrous. > > Regards > > Neil Jaworski > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Visit www.christies.com to explore special multi-media sale promotions, > browse our illustrated catalogues and leave absentee bids through > LotFinder(R), Christie's online search engine, and register for Internet > bidding with Christie's Live(TM). > > This message and any attachment are confidential. 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