Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-12 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
At 05:37 PM 3/11/2014, I have fewer than one in 1,000 posters returned for condition, so I feel my grading system is working fine, so I see no reason to change mine. my grading system must be working better. the last item that I had returned due to a grading mistake was a Godfather lobby

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] Murder is my Beat vs. Danger is My Beat

2014-03-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
This is not noir, but apparently, GHETTO FREAKS was originally released as 'Love Commune' and while I have never seen a poster that shows the original title, I just listed a nice onesheet for re-titled version on my website:

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-12 Thread Helmut Hamm
I'm not an auction house, so I don't sell posters by the thousands, but I hardly get ANY returns whatsoever, so I guess I must be doing SOMETHING right. I don't see any need for a 'uniform' grading system, and as long as a potential buyer is able to make an EDUCATED GUESS about the condition, I

Re: [MOPO] Poster grading

2014-03-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I agree. I see this as trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist (the need for uniform grading). People who mis-grade items (either intentionally or unintentionally) will surely still do so even with that uniform grading code, simply by missing defects, or by using deceptive images. Word gets

[MOPO] FA: Heritage has Phantom of the West, Big Street, Three Little Words, Body Snatcher, Hell's Angels, One Million Years B.C., and much more!

2014-03-12 Thread Carteron, Bruce - 1551
This week Heritage features 512 VINTAGE lots of RARE MOVIE POSTERS and LOBBY CARDS closing this Sunday evening, March 16th, at 10pm CT! www.ha.com/161411http://www.ha.com/161411 A GREAT selection of affordable posters, lobby cards, photos, pressbooks, and related Memorabilia! Heritage has

[MOPO] Animation Classic Posters! Ending Soon!

2014-03-12 Thread Smith, Grey - 1367
More than 1200 lots of great, beautiful and rare vintage posters! All are online and open for bidding in the Heritage Signature auction event, March 22 and 23. You owe it to yourself to see one of the greatest selections offered! WWW.HA.com/7094http://WWW.HA.com/7094 Highlights include: Snow

[MOPO] MoviePosterBid.com March Auction Has Begun! Almost 500 Listings from Superman to Big Lebowski

2014-03-12 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
MoviePosterBid.com Vintage March Movie Poster Auction Has Begun Among the great items being auctioned are a restored 3 sheet for the 1948 Superman serial as well as a Spanish-US one sheet for the film. A number of science fiction horror items, a large selection of Quentin Tarantino titles

[MOPO] We have been consigned an amazing set of twenty five 11x14 color-glos stills that MGM issued in 1940

2014-03-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Color-glos stills used a special kind of color printing that the studios experimented with in the late 1930s and 1940s. It has a different effect than regular color printing, and color-glos stills were made in both an 8x10 and 11x14 format, primarily only for major releases (including The Wizard

Re: [MOPO] We have been consigned an amazing set of twenty five 11x14 color-glos stills that MGM issued in 1940

2014-03-12 Thread walter reuben
Beautiful pieces, and I am sure that collectors will be very interested in these. Walter On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bruce Hershenson brucehershen...@gmail.com wrote: Color-glos stills used a special kind of color printing that the studios experimented with in the late 1930s and 1940s.

[MOPO] LA DOLCE VITA

2014-03-12 Thread Posteritati
Hi, We are looking for the Czech poster of LA DOLCE VITA (image on request) thx. sam posteritati.com / facebook / twitter / pinterest / instagram / skype posteritati 239 Centre St New York NY 10013 / tel 212.226.2207 / sms 516.900.2207 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at

[MOPO] I have done nothing but auction 912,000+ movie posters for the past 24 years!

2014-03-12 Thread Bruce Hershenson
When you consign your posters to an auction company (or when you send them your money for a purchase) you want to know that they are a substantial company you can trust. I have done nothing but auction 912,000+ movie posters for the past 24 years, and eMoviePoster.com occupies this entire downtown

[MOPO] On the subject of variability in poster grading!

2014-03-12 Thread Evan Zweifel
In case you were wondering what Good/Very Good looks like at Heritage check out this baby! http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161411lotNo=53251 I guess its a good thing that there is a full sized picture with the listing at least. -E Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at

Re: [MOPO] On the subject of variability in poster grading!

2014-03-12 Thread Jay Pea
HOW does something in this condition get a Good/VERY Good grade? (photo aside). Interesting. to say the least. img id=image-frame-1112711127631 src=http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F1%2F1%2F2%2F7%2F11127631%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5Dcall=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D;

Re: [MOPO] On the subject of variability in poster grading!

2014-03-12 Thread Alan Adler
I think what they mean to say is that this piece is a Good/Very Good example of a poster in Poor Condition. Alan On Mar 12, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Jay Pea wrote: HOW does something in this condition get a Good/VERY Good grade? (photo aside). Interesting. to say the least.