Eureka!
Nathalie has clearly found a woman who is more than eminently qualified
to serve as the official expert to issue Opinion of Authenticity
certificates on all future high-end poster auctions! Problem solved.
-- JR
After watching the Joe Maddalena interview, I found this and wondered
i
Mostly off topic:
It's true that I called Tom Martin. I actually wanted to call Rich
Halegua, but he keeps warning me not to call him, 'cuz he's in a bad
mood. So, I called Tom instead.
I went to Value Village today and looked for that Cinerama LP in the
99 cent record bin. It was not the
So... as you know Roger Kim called ma out of the Blue on phone and
so did Amos the amish woodworker
also for some reason Ive spoke to Indaisn from India, Asians of all
types. Korean ,japanese, taiwan, China,
and More...
Also I have had orders from Spain, Italy , germany , Portugal. France
folks.. this tops anything I ever sopoke about...dont laugh... IS
anyone in to geaneoolgy from UK Scotland? bermuda?
well I was watching this damn history channel and I got the ebbie geebies...
see they were talking about alll this mason stuff and templar Knights...
and they talked about a ch
I agree with those offering a voice of reason with respect to (as yet)
unsubstantiated claims that Jaime Mendes was involved in the recent
forgeries uncovered in the Movie Poster hobby. Innuendo is not the same
as proof. Jaime has done several pieces for me in which the work was
impeccable. I hat
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If this is something you'd like to try, all you hav
Contrary to some kind of wisdom on this list that interest in Elvis
and Steve McQueen,
on this planet at least, is wasting, waning, dying and otherwise
declining, 60 MINUTES ran a piece
tonight on the companies that represent both of their estates, as well
as The Eternal Marilyn,
James Dean,
Gawd! That is dreadful! I understand what she's (or, they're)
trying to achieve and all but you need to have somebody who is
remotely familiar with the items and maybe has a small amount of
passion for the hobby if you're going to convince me of any worth in
the field.
I would love to g
After watching the Joe Maddalena interview, I found this and wondered if the
dealer's remarks reflect what people outside of the hobby actually think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erPWTY_YDC4
Nathalie
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please let me know.
David Lieberman
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Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az
Yes, Mendez has been tied to this scandal (and the information does
seem to point in his direction), and he, in turn, has filed a
countersuit and says he was not involved. Cool heads should prevail
and, as others have suggested--no witch hunts should be conducted
until the facts are in and
Yes, here on planet earth Steve Mcqueen and Elvis are more popular than
ever.
Obviously, Mcqueen is nowhere near Elvis.but we still sell Le Mans,
Bullitt, and The Great Escape constantlyand we have been nudging our
prices up accordingly the past few years.
And only when t
David,
I live on the plant where Steve McQueen and Elvis (among others) are
fading in buyer interest and popular culture -- are they more popular
than ever on your planet?
-- JR
David Lieberman wrote:
Steve Mcqueen and Elvis are not fading in buyer interest or from
popular culture.
What
Sean,
It's kind of weird. I think you and I agree on far more than we
disagree, and yet we always seem to be correcting each other. Anyway, it
is important to note that Jamie Mendez has officially denied in a court
statement all charges that he had anything to do with the fakes. Now, in
this
there are probably some Peter, but in that area comics are king as I
think today 90% of comics above $1000 are bought by investors and not
true collectors
At 04:01 PM 9/27/2009, P Molitor wrote:
Are there really "speculators" a la comeeks? That's a serious
question, as I honestly don't know
Are there really "speculators" a la comeeks? That's a serious question, as I
honestly don't know and am curious. I do know that a lot of the high prices
paid for UniHo and other rare posters ("Baby Face", "Citizen Kane" style B,
etc.) seem to go to folks that genuinely love the movies and seem
Thought I should mention that S2 Recreations does make a 27x41
Creature from the Black Lagoon poster.
-rk
On Sep 26, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
sadly it's on Linen
do we know if it's real or not??
I'm not a fan of linenbacked posters for my collection.
due to the c
Steve Mcqueen and Elvis are not fading in buyer interest or from popular
culture.
What planet do you live on?
David Lieberman
_CineMasterpieces.com_ (http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/) | 15721 N.
Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az 85260
Vintage Original Movie
I agree that Jerry Lewis, Sinatra-as-an-actor, Robert Mitchum and
even Steve McQueen, Elvis and many others have continued to fade in
buyer interest as those names fade from our popular culture -- but
that would have happened even if online internet auctions had never
come to pass.
yes, bu
For those who haven't read it - Bruce's new weekly club message has an
excellent summary about the fake Dracula poster currently being auctioned by
Profiles, as well as confirming the disturbing news that Heritage continues to
give work to Jaime Mendez even after knowing of his involvement in th
Rich,
It's funny how nobody remembers how absolutely great everyone thought
Ebay was at first. Suddenly there was this huge market you could sell
into and you actually got *much higher* prices for things than you
otherwise would have. I sold my collection of early WEIRD TALES pulps in
1998 fo
Rich,
Your example has undoubtedly been repeated thousands of times over the
past 20 years. It results from too much Big Money moving into the hobby,
as others have already discussed. What happens then is that people look
at their items, things they previously would have been perfectly content
Hello there Friends
I have at least 87 Movie posters auctions ending in 3hs in in ebay,
including great titles and stars, All poster without reserve There 17
different Tarzan Movie posters
Below you can watch the EBAY USer ID and you need the complete list with
your links, please email me.
Ebay
JR, the one subject you do not touch on is that in a deflationary
market, many people see the value of their holdings decrease as well
these losses of value have a chilling effect to the overall health of
the hobby/business
not a very good thing
also, seeing as the internet actually already cr
Rick,
"Otherwise, we ourselves will be an INTREGAL PART of turning Movie
Poster Collecting EVEN ON IT'S HIGHEST LEVEL into a BUYER's MARKET. If
the day comes when you can buy an authentic, original CASABLANCA US
1-Sheet for $7500 or an original FRANKENSTEIN US 1-Sheet for
$75,000, our hobby
That some impressive inflation, particularly considering that prices on
most collectibles are down in this current economy -- but old record
collectors are even crazier than movie poster collectors. But at least
their hobby is probably reasonably safe from anyone creating convincing
fakes...
Some personal experience of this.
I bought a Maltese Falcon Window Card at Sotheby's London in 97, which
I enjoyed for ten years before selling through Heritage.
Subsequent to the Sotheby's auction where it was described as
condition A, I realized the front had been stripped off and the the
I agree with Rich, but we also have to remember all of the linenbacked,
restored posters in hundreds of collectors' poster collections out there that
they've accumulated through the years. Just because a poster is
linenbacked, it shouldn't automatically be viewed as an inferior piece than a
Just wanted to send out a quick reminder that closing later this evening I have
over 100 vintage original stills on eBay representing a really nice
cross-section of cinema: Marilyn Monroe, some beautiful stills of Bardot,
Hitchcock - including a behind the scenes shot with Hitch and the famous
*Hi Diane,
Nothing to add except that it is well written and understood.
Also sincerely, my post was not to harm or say that what you are doing
is wrong and what I am doing is right.
I value you as a fellow restorer and friend.
Sincerely,
dario.
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Diane Jeffrey wrote:
John -
I really un
Speaking of unrestored vs. restored, I recently heard that Heritage is still
using Jaime Mendez to restore their posters for their upcoming auctions.
In light of all that he has (allegedly) done in this business, should anyone be
using him to restore items right now? I think I would much rathe
window cards until the 50s are on card stock
from teh 50s on I have seen variation between
card stock and laminated lobby card paper
after a certain point it is all laminated lobby card paper
At 09:45 AM 9/27/2009, Sean Linkenback wrote:
Actually,
as any collector who has been in the hobby 40
I agree with Rick
we must act in haste and should act responsibly so that fear does not grab hold
Rick's post on that matter is spot on.
I also agree this the next year or two could be a great time to buy
original unrestored posters and like the comic book world, unrestored
items will sell for
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it seems that ebay auctions with RESERVES are a thing of the past.? just a
handful of sellers still use it.? most people don't bid with hidden reserves.?
AGREE?
>THIS posting was prompted by this auction starting at 99cents..??
>BUTlook at the buy-it-now.? does this sel
Hello Everyone,
I'm coming in after reading all the posts this morning in regards to my
post yesterday about de-backing window cards during restoration. Diane has a
very valid point as to why this is necessary. The backing is very acidic and
has often caused degradation to the card. T
Hi, Everyone,
I'd really appreciate it if you'd take a quick look at my Auctions
CLOSING WITHIN 8 TO 9 HOURS (Plus about 20 More CLOSING TOMORROW NIGHT): Link
to
ALL Auctions and PARTIAL LIST is below:
Thanks very much. Rick
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Hey, I DON'T know if the Creature one sheet is real. But I certainly
wouldn't consider bidding on it with the intention of possibly spending
thousands of dollars until I'd discussed with the seller WHO did the
linenbacking +
restoration (hopefully not Jaime). If I were able to get that
Actually,
as any collector who has been in the hobby 40 years knows - structurally they
aren't the same.
Early window cards (like the 30s Universal forgeries we have been discussing)
are on a much thicker layered stock than lobby cards are printed.
- Original Message -
From: James
How do you know that Creature From the Black Lagoon is real?
It certainly wouldn't be the first one-sheet that was faked, or even the least
expensive one, or even the first fake Creature item to hit the market.
Despite what JR erroneously claimed, the forgeries have not been limited to
$10,000+ o
In the continuing effort to get to the truth about this poster -
I noticed, the other day, when I was able to look at a photo of the Profiles
poster, and zoom in to the lower , right corner, I saw that the text, "Morgan
Litho Co." was there. We did not add that text to the poster in my shop.
This is slightly off topic but, I haven't sold much on Ebay for a while and I
saw that an LP titled The Musical Wonders of Cinerama sold for $550 see link
below.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180397403208&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
I had one that I won on Ebay for about $20 b
Hi MoPo,
Just a short note to let you know that I have some interesting posters and
lobby cards ending today (Sunday) on eBay.
Please have a look:
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=lobbies
or you can search by my eBay ID lobbies
Thanks so much,
Lumi
I think that any collector or dealing who's looking to buy or bid on a
high-end poster or lobby card should be CAUTIOUSLY CONCERNED before proceeding
with his possible acquisition, but I can see the lever of PARANOIA and FEAR
reaching some kind of a fever pitch soon...and I this 99% of it i
I don't need to tell any of you that week in and week out I auction hundreds
of items that sell for low, low prices. My *218 current Sunday items (50
glass slides, 60 movie magazines, 50 presskits, 50 German programs, and 18
bulk lots)* ending in just nine hours include 60 that are still at $1 each
no michael you won't lose any sleep..it is i who will lose sleep when i want to purchase the posters from you...sweet dreamsi'd like to say that the above is said in jest..but this is a new reality for all of us and its impact on our hobby and business for dealers is unknown...i take some solace in
Hi MOPO-
Looking for a few Italian Doris Day posters (39"x55" or 55"x79"):
JUMBO
CALAMITY JANE
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
Also still looking for the U.S. 1 sheet for the current arthouse release IN THE
LOOP
Finally, a question regarding a Japanese EAST OF EDEN re-release poster (the
style with Dean
“It saddens me,” he said. “I feel like this hobby has been degraded in a
way.”
What is really sad is that none of this exposure will affect guys like
Thomas Loce, who still continues to brand himself "The King of Posters".
That is sad AND pathetic. I wish legal action was raised against the
day-to
Hi Diane,
can you elaborate? I never thought that WC were made by a poster
image being attached to a thicker card stock. I assumed that WC stock
was a thicker card material that had a printable side,and the reverse
was the non printable card side. The artwork was printed on the
printabl
John,
Precisely my feelings. Considering the hobby-industry is now looking at
some $2 million or more in fake paper having been floated before anyone
noticed, I'd say it is long past time for the backers and restorers to
form a guild and establish some rules of the road. Doubt it will happen,
Alright, Jimbo, so I misread that Diane was talking about window cards
instead of lobby cards, but the operative word in either case is "card"
and aside from the fact that a window card is a bit longer, structurally
they are the same, so why wouldn't the same restoration techniques be
applied t
Hi Diane
That all makes good sense and I wouldn't want to put anyone off having posters
linen backed. I think the problem is that in recent times some restorers have
stretched the boundaries in the interests of satisfying the customer. Sometimes
when the percentage of restoration becomes more th
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