Re: [MOPO] More Info on the Various Poster Lawsuits

2010-02-12 Thread Kerry Laws
Thanks for giving these links to the articles.. it sure is surprising there gave been no other responses as this always seems like a hot topic.. although whining about Ebay maybe has trumped even this important and continuing story.. --Kerry On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Jeff Potokar

Re: [MOPO] Anyone Yet Receive their Beatles \HELP\ Tri-Folded One Sheet posters?

2010-02-09 Thread Kerry Laws
Peter, you are showing a delivery confirmation number. that's very different than a tracking number. --Kerry On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:34 PM, peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.comwrote: Sean-here is an actual shipment from my dashboard: * * *Postage Transaction Record*

Re: [MOPO] Check out Reel Art - Great Movie Posters Rebello Allen Brand New -...

2010-02-08 Thread Kerry Laws
I have looked around online over recent months... searching various online book sellers... MANY ship large and heavy books for this price, if not a little less. So i would hardly call it sickening that ebay is similar in this regard. my only other question is.. why does one need 3 copies of this

Re: [MOPO] CONSIGNMENT policies

2010-02-05 Thread Kerry Laws
Why would you not read the fine print on any auction house you dealt or deal with? That would be the first thing anyone should do--rather than step into something uninformed. Then you would know the parameters as well as their policies, from the start. --Kerry On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:22

Re: [MOPO] looking thru ebay today

2010-01-31 Thread Kerry Laws
Hi Michael, After reading your response-- all i can say, initially, is.. Unreal. Your spin (and weak marketing verbage) to defend the placement of catalogs and books in an ORIGINAL poster section from the pre 1940s is astounding. What if the magnets, tee shirts and coffee cups have original

Re: [MOPO] DRACULA - Update

2010-01-30 Thread Kerry Laws
I ran across this old posting from Sept.. what was the final outcome of all this DRACULA business? does anyone know? Was the poster returned and unmounted? examined? any other info who created it, etc? Kerry On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Diane Jeffrey dianejeff...@roadrunner.comwrote:

[MOPO] looking thru ebay today

2010-01-30 Thread Kerry Laws
I wanted to ask, with all the issues with ebay and people advertising in wrong categories, wong decade, new, old, repro rather than original, etc. ..why does one seller always advertise old poster catalogs (which are books and NOT posters) in the Original Poster category? These ads are poster

Re: [MOPO] looking thru ebay today

2010-01-30 Thread Kerry Laws
more cash flow. Hope that helps... the poster catalogs seem to me pertinent to Movie posters and I would think many poster collects would love to find them... and what better place to offer then in the Poster category? best, Tom Kerry Laws wrote: I wanted to ask, with all the issues

[MOPO] Could these be real? or repros?

2009-10-30 Thread Kerry Laws
hello mopo'ers, i was trying to help a friend out who was looking at these framed posters (half sheets are 2, and the other appears to be a one sheet but have no size reference). i told my friend that the red flag on the 2 of them (RIDE RYDER RIDE and SANDFLOW) is that they have been framed and

Re: [MOPO] Could these be real? or repros?

2009-10-30 Thread Kerry Laws
the matting on this poster, however. Once in awhile you get lucky Greg Douglass Kerry Laws wrote: hello mopo'ers, i was trying to help a friend out who was looking at these framed posters (half sheets are 2, and the other appears to be a one sheet but have no size reference). i told my

Re: [MOPO] Could these be real? or repros?

2009-10-30 Thread Kerry Laws
thanks for the input, sue. these arent ebay items but being sold thru a private seller. the framing looks low quality and like newer wood, as do the mats. to me, too.. if a seller doesnt want to ship without the frame, i would be a little concerned, too, because of potential damage and the fact

Re: [MOPO] Could these be real? or repros?

2009-10-30 Thread Kerry Laws
and ship the frames in a separate, very sturdy package (carefully padded) and you put the posters back in the frames once you get them. -- JR Kerry Laws wrote: hello mopo'ers, i was trying to help a friend out who was looking at these framed posters (half sheets are 2, and the other appears

[MOPO] Amazing S2 reproductions

2009-09-30 Thread Kerry Laws
pretty stunning, that's for sure: kerry [image: SHE MARRIED HER BOSS] [image: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT][image: CLEOPATRA][image: WOMAN IN RED] [image: THIEF OF BAGDAD] [image: INVISIBLE MAN (THE)] Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

[MOPO] More BAD Handwritten Lettering (Restoration)

2009-09-28 Thread Kerry Laws
Whoever this restorer is cannot even spell the word, FIRST, (First National Pictures). And in the second closeup, the orange background caught my eye. What kind of print process is this? This film is from 1933. It isnt stone lithography, with that dot pattern? Is this offset printing? And would

Re: [MOPO] More BAD Handwritten Lettering (Restoration)

2009-09-28 Thread Kerry Laws
originally? On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Richard Halegua Comic Art sa...@comic-art.com wrote: Yes Kerry that is offset printing At 12:57 AM 9/28/2009, Kerry Laws wrote: Whoever this restorer is cannot even spell the word, FIRST, (First National Pictures). And in the second closeup

Re: [MOPO] FS: Re: [MOPO] DRACULA - Maybe relevent, maybe not

2009-09-23 Thread Kerry Laws
im curious.. this listing of ebay items has nothing to do with the DRACULA poster discussion... is this a try at marketing? hehe.. kerry On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: RE: *DRACULA* I have listed on ebay now the new PROFILES IN HISTORY

[MOPO] a new member-- and a hello

2009-09-19 Thread Kerry Laws
Hello-- I was told about this poster group and wanted to say hello. my name is Kerry and i think posters, especially the noir pieces, Hitchcock, from the 40s and 50s are great. i look forward to learning and some interesting reads. I see that other member list things for sale, too, now and then.

[MOPO] Belgian collectors here?

2009-09-19 Thread Kerry Laws
Hello again, i was wondering if there were any fellow belgian issue poster collectors here? I really also like the pre war images made (primarily) for US films. kerry Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

[MOPO] thanks for the welcome

2009-09-19 Thread Kerry Laws
Thanks for the posted welcomes.. i was telling a friend of mine, who is in the process of moving, about the site, etc. he has a number of posters he wanted me to try and list for sale-- he fluctuates about it but needs the $$ to help with some moving expense recoup.. i was going to do ebay for

Re: [MOPO] Belgian collectors here?

2009-09-19 Thread Kerry Laws
Belgians, then look out for the book SOUVENIRS D'HOLLYWOOD, which features some of the finest as well as some useful infomation. Phil Edwards - Original Message - *From:* Kerry Laws loveno...@gmail.com *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU *Sent:* Sunday, September 20, 2009 4:42 AM