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
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
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
I am using Heritage as an example, but I hope nobody uses that as an excuse
for sniping, as I think we all suffer from a mote in the eye here. In a
recent auction HA had this poster -
http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161410lotNo=52344.
I noticed it was the same poster as previously
What a brilliant post, completely on topic and of vital interest to
everyone who collects movie posters, asking insightful questions that have
never really been answered.
Therefore, I expect zero replies to the group (but likely a flurry of
off-group personal comments).
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at
A unified system wouldn't harm, but think it would still be compromised to some
degree by subjectivity.
For instance, I'd assume Emovieposter would continue to provide unflattering
grades, because the approach appears to be to exceed expectations, have
pleasantly surprised, returning
Tommy
while an interesting question, the question is how do you get all
dealers to use the same grading methods and the answer is you can't
Jon Warren tried that 15 years ago or maybe 20 and dealers are
resistant to working with others frequently.
One auction you cited only uses a
Poor / fair (depending on amount of missing paper)
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From: Bruce Hershenson brucehershen...@gmail.com
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster grading
Here's my opinion. The problem doesn't seem
Here's my opinion. The problem doesn't seem to be the rating system, but
rather those who abuse their own grading system and are inconsistent,,
especially those who overlook flaws, or any who use stock images,
enhanced images, or the wrong image..
I have fewer than one in 1,000 posters returned
I took from many sources on grading and put a guide on ebay about posters to
make it less subjective i used stuff found off dave liberman's site see what
you think
http://reviews.ebay.com/Selling-posters-How-should-i-grade-my-poster-listing_W0QQugidZ100756376
please vote on it
I have always thought that the grading system that has been almost
universally used by everyone has really come close to an abuse of the
English language. The dictionary definition has a totally different meaning
to that used in grading posters. The word good in the world of movie
posters
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From:
clinton crews
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 1:38
AM
Subject: [MOPO] Poster grading
I took from many sources on grading and put a guide on ebay
about posters to make it less subjective i used stuff found off dave
liberman's site see
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