Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-27 Thread Greg Douglass
h love to you, Tom!     Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:52 PM From: "Tom Martin" To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value? Funny when the movie Corvette fever came out Mark Hamill and Annie Potts came to Toledo because t

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-22 Thread Wim from MOVIE INK. AMSTERDAM
David, I totally agree. It's part of the story and the story adds historical value at least. Of course it depends on the story how much. A signing session with sharpie for which the owner of the signature stood in line to pay the 25 bucks is less of a story than the one of a fan who left

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Tom Martin
hello David/// i think Picasso used to sign stuff at restraunts and neverpaid for a dinneras the owners wanted the sig over money...orit was a skiton snl orsomething LOL:) Iliked letters and contracts and checks i had a errol Flynn Contract and a marilyn Monor and a rockabilly programs i sold

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread David Kusumoto
This debate has been going on for years and people remain split on it. In fact, more recently there was this raging debate on a fan site about removing personalization from a genuine signature from a Beatle. My thoughts, then vs. now, have changed. I used to think personalization ruins a

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Tom Martin
Funny when the movie Corvette fever came out Mark Hamill and Annie Potts came to Toledo because the Corvette used in the film was sourced out from Terry Makaylas a local Corvette dealer who I had supplied models for his Corvette fever magazine so I got to have dinner with Mark Hamill and sit

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Glenn Taranto
Oh, Boy... Here we go! LOL! - Glenn (Stan) T. On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM wrote: > Thanks Stan , that's a great story! > > Wim > > On 2024-02-21 22:41, Glenn Taranto wrote: > > Interesting topic, Scott. I have always been under the impression > > that a personalized autograph was more

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Wim from MOVIE INK. AMSTERDAM
Thanks Stan , that's a great story! Wim On 2024-02-21 22:41, Glenn Taranto wrote: Interesting topic, Scott. I have always been under the impression that a personalized autograph was more likely to be authentic. I had Robert Dix sign a lobby card the first time I met him. Instead of Glenn he

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Glenn Taranto
Interesting topic, Scott. I have always been under the impression that a personalized autograph was more likely to be authentic. I had Robert Dix sign a lobby card the first time I met him. Instead of Glenn he signed it to STAN! I was too polite to correct him or do anything about it. It

Re: [MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Alan Adler
I’ve run across the situation with fine art that salutations with someone’s name quoted - like “Harold” decrease value of the piece - The sense is only people named Harold would want to own it. But I would not remove the signature if there is one. Alan > On Feb 21, 2024, at 1:05 PM, Scott

[MOPO] Does This Poster Restoration Work Impact Value?

2024-02-21 Thread Scott Burns
Interesting video from Fourth Cone Restoration on YouTube where a client wanted "Best to Harold" removed from a "Star Wars" Topps poster, autographed by Mark Hamill. Does this kind of restoration make any difference in the value of the poster? This being a Topps poster, I'm not sure how much value