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Michael
As Claude pointed out, with a well-photographed and well-lit
high resolution photo, you don't worry about the words -- unless they talk
about something you can't see, like "lots of tape on the back". Otherwise,
you do your own grading based on the photo when that is possible, as it is in
this case. Using words to grade is far too subjective... a photo is worth...
well, you know...
But if one is playing the world game I would rate this "fair
to good" myself. Actually, I'd use a rating system and either grade it C3
(Warren's interpretation of the C-grading system is too strict, by the way. He's
directly transposed his idea of what the various C-grades mean from the world of
Comic Book Collecting, which you just can't apply 1-to-1 with movie
posters the way he does... according to Warren, there is hardly any
difference between a C-10 and a C-6 and going by his standards, 90% of all the
movie posters in the world are C5 or less). I prefer the star system,
anyway, and would rate it 3.5 stars out of 10. Why? You have to balance the tear
and small amount of missing paper against the fact that the rest of the
half-sheet is really in very good shape. Actually, the seller went out of
his way to make the tear look worse that it is -- he's actually physically
spread it open and pulled the top right section of the poster back a bit
(with the clip at the top of the photo), making it look like there is paper loss
in the tear when I don't think there is much, if any. If you look closely at the
hairline and forehead in the image, you'll see that they will actually butt
together if the tear is closed -- the only real paper loss appears to be at the
center fold intersection and any restorer worthy of the name would have no
trouble fixing that up. This poster would not be that expensive to
restore.
Which is why photos are a much better was to evaluate
condition than words.
By the way, noting the acid burn along the entire length
of the horizontal foldline of this poster makes it a perfect example of why all
collectors should immediately go to their posters and UNFOLD each and every one
of them, put them in plastic sleeves and store them flat, so paper is no longer
pressing against paper. The longer you leave your posters folded, the more
damage time and acid will do to those fold lines. OK, don't believe me... just
leave them folded and check back in 10 or 20 years and see for yourself... it's
not the last 30 or 40 years of folding that counts - that's what got them to
where they are now. It's what the continued accelerated deterioration of the
paper-in-contact-with-paper will do over the next decade or two that
matters.
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael B
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:54
Subject: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ??? I looked at this ebay item because i am seeking this poster, not because i
am policing ebay:. http://cgi.ebay.com/SUSPECT-1-2sh-1944-Charles-Laughton-Ella-Raines_W0QQitemZ190028404864QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2321QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
title describes it as FAIR TO GOOD.
the seller is honest to provide a clear picture, but do you agree with his
grading?
michael
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- Re: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ??? JR
- Re: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ??... Bob Brooks
- Re: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ??... Claude Litton
- Re: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ... Sean Linkenback
