In reference to Jeff's concerns about Printer's Proofs, these have been present in the marketplace for many years. However, it's only recently that they've been perceived to have significant value. In the past, they may have even been looked down upon.
My belief is that when items begin to sell for good money, more of them tend to appear in the marketplace and often continue to be bought and sold again, which may give the impression that there are more than actually exist. I am confident in the Printer's Proofs that I have handled of late. On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM Rich Halegua <[email protected]> wrote: > concerning the Empire Strikes Back poster that turns up from Japan > > it is becoming clear that it is a probable bootleg poster and I heard one > top Star wars collector was going to be writing and posting an article to > expose this reality. > > I won't sell them and have turned down a couple opportunities to buy them. > However until such a time that the information is published, it is > difficult to say for certain this is the issue. > > One thing for certain, the auction that has sold the most of them is going > to not like upholding his supposed "we refund our mistakes" policy, as they > have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth > > Rich > On 9/16/2025 10:29 AM, jeffrey walton wrote: > > So in the past three or so years I’m seeing at auction more and more > printers proof posters appearing- especially Star Wars posters and Jaws- > they seem to be in every major auction. Yet years ago we rarely saw one if > any. What is going on? This is also like that special Empire Strikes Back > poster that now regularly sells for over $10k Apparently some Japanese > collector found 2 of them and said there is about 6 in the world though > Bruce has auctioned this poster 10 times not to mention all the other times > by other auction houses. > > There was a big stink years ago with all the minty inserts - to me there > is an even bigger one with the flooding of printers proofs as of late - and > the seem to be on the same big titles. > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > 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.
