Zeev is right.
I've had lobby cards and posters 70-90+ years old with no pinholes and no
yellowing of the paper. I've also had items that were 25 years old that
looked like they were over 100!!
Todd Feiertag/Poster City
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From: "lobby card invasion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] [Bulk] Re: [MOPO] Poster allocations and imperfections
> Barton,
>
> I don't doubt your story, and I also believe that your conclusion may very
> well be dead on, but come on, you've never seen a dead mint genuine card
> before? I have literally hundreds of them of the 30's to 60's vintage.
> You should'nt compromise on condition just to ensure you don't buy fakes.
>
> My 2 cents worth
>
> Zeev
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:16 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [MOPO] Poster allocations and imperfections
>
>
> > This is a subject I have been thinking about ever since I bought a lobby
> card several months ago that I am sure is a reproduction. The card was
from
> a reputable and long-standing seller from whom I have bought cards in the
> past, and in this particular case, had purchased several cards at once.
One
> of the cards was an early 50s noir, and I had another card from the set
from
> an earlier purchase. The card in question looked immediately suspicious.
I
> am not an expert, but I have been buying movie paper now for about two
years
> and feel that my eye is pretty "trained" when it comes to looking at 50 to
> 60 year old paper (I don't buy anything past 1959). The card in question
> was flawless - no nicks, dings, tears, or even pinholes. I have never
seen
> a 50 year old lobby without even so much as some yellowing of the white
> border, but this had none. Also, the lobby was not printed on the same
> heavy stock as the other one I had. The stock was slightly lighter in
> weight, and when !
> > I held both cards up to a bright light, I could see the color image
> through the back of the suspect card, but not through the back of the
other
> one.
> > The card was not expensive and the seller offered to take it back,
> although he maintained that it was an original that had been stored for 50
> years and never used (a conjecture on his part). I kept it as an example
of
> what I believe to be a reproduction (albeit a decent one). The seller
also
> said that it was not worth the money to reproduce and sell a card that is
> not a top price getter. I have heard this argument several times before,
> and I have to wonder: You can get a color Xerox now that looks fabulous,
> and it's pretty cheap to do so. So, the bottom line for me is, while I
> don't like glaring deficiencies on my movie paper, I don't mind - and even
> EXPECT - for them to more or less "look their age." For me this means
> definitely some yellowing or tanning of the border, and preferably a
pinhole
> or two. I suppose these things can be faked, but it can't be as easy to
do
> as it must be to make a reproduction of an old card and make it look
"mint."
> >
> > Barton
> >
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