I have three sets of lobby cards for "Back Street" with Susan Hayward, all with pinholes and gerneral wear. The interesting thing is that one set looks slightly different to the other two. It is a little lighter in texture subtly different in printing to the other two sets. I dont have any doubts that each set is original. I have seen this quite often with lobby cards. Sometimes when you pick up duplicates of older cards there are slight printing differences. Anyone else noticed this? Regards John
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia WEBSITE: www.moviemem.com eBay Userid: johnwr All you need to know about Australian Posters...... http://www.moviemem.com/about.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "lobby card invasion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:28 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 > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
