For what its worth, we just sold this original rolled Blade Runner SPECIAL HOLLYWOOD PREVIEW one sheet.
https://www.cinemasterpieces.com/52017/rh1.jpg Dave On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 7:43 AM Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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> > > > > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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://www.cinemasterpieces.com> 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.
