The source of the fakes were from a series of estate sale by https://thekeytoestatetreasures.com - they were sold with no guarantee by this company and to date two individuals are offering them around as real. I contacted the estate sale company and alerted them as to what is going on.
These are the two people so far I have been contacted by : Joe Nitz out of Calumet City, IL Anastasia Johnson out of Green Bay ,Wis Please all be on the lookout and very suspicious of any "new" horror poster or lobby card finds Ralph On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:10 PM Smith, Grey - 1367 <[email protected]> wrote: > To all movie poster collectors, > > It has come to my attention that there is a group of apparent horror > poster fakes being peddled on the market now. > > They are usually all “autographed” by the stars. These are all rather > obvious fraudulent autographs. > > The list of titles include the following: > > Frankenstein Insert > > Dracula Insert > > Dracula Half Sheet > > Wolf Man insert > > Wolf Man half sheet > > Phantom of the Opera 1925 Insert > > Wizard of Oz half sheet > > Wizard of Oz Title Card, Balloon Card and Palace Guards scene. > > King Kong Lobby with Wray in tree, Kong and Log and Dead Card with > Brontosaurus, Empire State card > > Bride of Frankenstein half sheet style B > > Bride of Frankenstein Title lobby and Lobby with Clive, Lancaster, Karloff > and Thesiger. > > Frankenstein Title Card and scene card (cliff) > > House of Dracula Title Card and four scene cards > > Raven Lobby Card with erroneous image from 1940s release card inserted. > > London After Midnight Lobbies (3) one with Chaney as Vampire > > Mummy’s Tomb lobby card > > The cards seem to all be rubber stamped with some sort of period bogus > stamp and are on the wrong paper though skillfully done. > > So far this is all I am aware of but believe all of these are poor > reproductions with colors significantly misrepresented. > > I believe this may be just a partial list. > > > > Grey Smith > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > -- Ralph DeLuca http://ralphdeluca.com 800-392-4050 973-377-1007 outside the USA [email protected] Email 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.
