It is easier to sell something stolen like this than one might think. When my posters were stolen several years back, they were given as collateral for a loan to a collector than is very much involved in our hobby. I mean nobody leaves over $30,000 worth of posters with someone for a $2500 loan and never comes back. Not to mention, that my search for the posters was extremely vocal on all the forums, etc. Even with that, the collector began to sell them and I would not have known anything without a framing customer of mine framing a poster from the stolen batch that he bought from that collector on ebay. I knew it was mine because it was a rare style from a film and it had been trimmed 1" at the top.
The person who stole my posters had done it before with a collector who filed a lawsuit out of Sacramento. Those posters were of extreme rarity and value and they were sold for next to nothing to dealers and collectors all over the country and no one said a word. Many times posters of great value are sold to collectors who never question where they came from. The same guy who stole my posters approached me several times trying to sell posters to me that he said were his, but the price was so low and he had a reputation for shenanigans in our hobby, and I declined. None of them were particularly rare or expensive items, but still he priced them very far below what they were typically going for at the time. Now, the Cabin in the Sky 6 sheet is very rare, but I'm sure there is a buyer somewhere who, unfortunately, is willing to get a deal and keep his mouth shut. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames (800) 463-2994 > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:06:59 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] stolen cabin in the sky 6 sheet > To: [email protected] > > I truly hate thieves; nothing lower than taking things that do not belong to > you. I hope he's caught and punished accordingly. (I must say that this is > also either a very selective thief or someone who's on crack if they think > it'll be an easy, anonymous sell/fence.) > One question, though: how on earth does one sneak a 6 sheet out of a > building? > Security at this place must be a tadge lax. > Greg Douglass > ---- daniel strebin <[email protected]> wrote: > > If anyone out there, especially in the greater Los Angeles area, is offered > > an original 6 sheet from "Cabin in the Sky" it is almost certainly the one > > recently stolen from collector Ron Finley's exhibit at the African-American > > Museum in Los Angeles. It was removed from the exhibit in a frame, and may > > likely still be in the frame, unless the thief destroyed the frame to > > remove the linen-backed poster. Please contact me, Daniel Strebin, if you > > hear anything. > > > > 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. > > -- > Greg Douglass > Guitarist- > Lessons, Live Shows, Touring, > & Studio Work > (760)212-3648 > > 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.
