Hi MoPoers and Happy New Year to you all Have a look at the following auction for a Day the Earth Stood Still poster. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=290280815420
1. It is listed in the category Entertainment Memorabilia > Movie Memorabilia > Posters > Originals-United States > 1980-89 2. It is described as "Vintage" in the title. 3. The description states "Vintage 1980s Re-release poster for the movie "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL" starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe. This Litho or Poster was produced for the remake of the movie, done by FOX, some time during the 1980s. I think this would lead most buyers to think that they were getting a genuine original movie poster albeit a reissue. The poster obviously looks very much like the 70s reissue Australian daybill. It is hard to be absolutely sure from the photos that it is in fact the 70s release poster so I thought I would purchase it to see exactly what it was. It arrived yesterday and is clearly a copy, printed on different paper to the 70s reissue daybill. For some reason, the MAPS Litho logo is larger than the genuine poster. I believe that these posters were reprinted for sale in a retail store but sold as reproductions. I have contacted the seller but have not received a response as yet. My concern is that the seller is listing more of these with one currently on eBay at the moment with the same description. Hopefully, they are just unaware of the fact that the poster is a copy and will list any more posters as "reproductions". Regards John Sign up for my regular newsletter on movie memorabilia: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?mod=account&go=register Visit my Website: www.moviemem.com All About Australian posters: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/johnwr_W0QQuqtZg My eBay Store and Lisitngs: http://myworld.ebay.com/johnwr/ Exhibitions: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?page=15 JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: rixpost...@aol.com To: mop...@sol03.american.edu Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:19 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] "Original" DRACULA Poster or worthless Portal Repro? As Greg gathered, my first email was extremely polite, thinking that the seller would stop the auction. When that didn't occur, I sent a second email that was a quite a bit more firm, letting the seller know that she was, in fact, committing a fraudulent act by listing the poster as "original" and requesting that she stop the auction immediately. I asked her point blank if she felt right selling a worthless poster to some unsuspecting buyer for at least $300 and possibly much more. She has yet to reply to my second email. Rick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
