Walter, BLADE RUNNER is a nightmare title indeed. For way over twenty years, I had successfully managed to evade the minty-white inserts, until I ended up purchasing a fake BLADE RUNNER on ebay earlier this year. Unfortunately, I had failed to do proper research before my purchase: The fake inserts are slightly cropped on the left side, with a small detail of the image missing. More unfortunate, the back of this insert is not at all minty-white anymore, so even when I held the poster in my hands, I did not recognize it was fake.
Alas, the rolled BLADE RUNNER I currently have in stock does match Tim's description: Size is pretty much exactly 27x41, with very small Printed in U.S.A. in the left, nothing in the middle, and NSS 870007, both clearly legible, with no ghosting. Title is dark, somewhat rusty red: https://www.filmposter.net/de/bladerunner-originales-us-filmplakat-9187/? I purchased this together with other late 70s/ early 80s posters and I have absolutely no doubt about its authenticity. That the seller turned out to be a crook later on is a story for another day, but his posters were all legit. However, if you want a TRULY RARE poster for this title, take a look at this one in the upcoming Heritage Auction: https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/science-fiction/blade-runner-warner-brothers-1982-printer-s-proof-test-print-28-x-41-john-alvin-artwork/a/7181-86343.s? Cheers, Helmut > Am 16.07.2018 um 15:49 schrieb Info Movie Poster Art Gallery > <[email protected]>: > > > Walter, > > The nightmare one sheet of all time. > > I’d be cautious of rolled examples in quantity. Even 20-odd years ago the > rolled one sheet was really hard to come by, but when it v. occasionally did > surface they were always genuine (the safe banker). They had ‘Printed in > U.S.A.’ bottom left, nothing bottom centre and ‘NSS 820007’ bottom right. The > only folded examples I’ve personally seen and felt to be genuine also have > those same details, but there are other variants I’ve never seen in person. > > Around 2000, phonies of the genuine rolled one sheet suddenly started to > appear regularly. Whoever made them had managed to avoid the black-to-brown > colour shift, but in doing so had made the title red too rich and contrasty. > If you knew the genuine ones first hand they were an instant spot, but were > otherwise pretty well done. > > This was at a time when the almost certainly phoney folded one sheet had been > around for quite a while and was starting to be challenged: this measures > 27”x41”, has ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘820007’ bottom right, super- blurry GAU > logo, ‘Litho in USA’ and ‘Property of National Screen etc’ details bottom > centre, and nothing bottom left. On these posters the true black colours have > shifted in the reproduction to dark browns (as commonly happens), with a > weaker ‘Blade Runner’ title red colour. But, most dammingly, the faint ghost > of the original/source printing’s ‘NSS 820007’ and ‘Printed in U.S.A.’ still > just visible in the corners on very close inspection. We were fortunate > enough a few years ago to be able do a totally unprompted comparison test > between two folded BR one sheets with one of the film’s original producers at > Warners and he instantly identified this one as a fake. Difficult to believe > that any variants that have this ‘ghost printing’ could be genuine without > pretty improbable explanations. > > So genuine rolled one sheets obviously do exist and more may well have > surfaced since then. But it appeared to v.scarce two decades ago with a > subsequent flood of phonies over many years, so..... > > Now even more variations have been catalogued to scratch our heads over, the > whole title needs a Voigt-Kampff test > > > Tim > MPAG > London > > > > > > > > On 16/07/2018, 06:37, "Walter Reuben" <[email protected] > <x-msg://5/[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hello all >> I have forgotten the points to consider with Blade Runner one sheets that >> determine whether or not one is authentic or a repro. >> I was sent a few rolled ones on consignment, they have an NSS 82007 code >> number in bottom right. >> I tried searching online but I could not find a link that clearly explains >> what I need to know. >> Could somebody please clue me in? >> thanks >> Walter Reuben >> www.walterfilm.com <http://www.walterfilm.com <http://www.walterfilm.com/>> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> >> > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> 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.
