great read Vaughn! I really wouldn't want my lobbies looking like Dinner table placemats, I am a paper freak, I love the different colors, smells and textures of the years, and do prefer older paper because of its beautiful quality inks and matte finishes. I have bought newer paper because I love the movies or images but after a few days on my display board I just cant handle the glare. Slabbed comics do not appeal to me because if I cant puruse them occassionally then they bring no joy, its not just about the cover art Art or back, or the piece as an investment. I collect many pulp mags and I love thumbing through them, slabbing would make more pieces unattainable for me as a collector and would be a turn off. I received a wonderful Japenese program from a friend of Todd Brownings Freaks and I just couldn't imagine not being able to open it up. Linen Backing, I love a deacidified linen backed poster, with the colors just tits up and popping! and if one is done correctly, I don't hesitate to buy! But you know that really depends on whats available, if there are plenty of them, Ill pass on a backed one,
Ha but I am like the Mercedez mechanic who drives a pinto, unless they come that way to me many of mine remain untouched. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Vaughn K. Mann<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] When ARE lobby cards going to be "slabbed" anyway? Good Morning Folks, When I first started collecting and, of course, starting selling, Linen Backing was done by folks that belonged to the country club........For those that do not understand that analogy, I'm talking about folks that only had the money to do so and the only people that linen backed were those that had expensive item to linen back and of course linen backing was super expensive. Today everyone belongs to the country club and every one linen backs, even the lesser expensive pieces. The cost has gone down considerably. My experience has been "that for the most part", many, perhaps not all, buyers would rather have a good, very fine or whatever piece of motion picture history rather than something that has been "fixed" and, to them, no longer authentic. That, in a nutshell, expresses my feeling about "slabbing". I, personally, would rather hold that gorgeous 11" x 14" "Laura" lobby card in my hands, frayed border and all, then something that certainly appears to be a card, but "I can't get at it......................and have no idea what has been "done to it to fix it". No offence to those of you on the listserv that do Linen Backing. If I had a mint (unused) 1sht of "My Darling Clementine" a gorgeous 1946 litho; wanted to Keep it, I would have one of you people linen back for me. However, if I were to sell it or buy one................wouldn't consider a Linen Back! Thus, slab away, but I personally would never buy one.................My personal thoughts, of course! Take care; stay happy all..............Vaughn At 09:41 AM 4/15/2007 -0500, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >I notice MoPo is mahty slow as of late (mostly FA or FS posts from people >like myself) so I thought maybe I could get a conversation going with this >question: > >Considering that "slabbing" has taking over just about every other >collectible other than ours, and considering that the main proponents of >slabbing are major sellers of movie paper, then why HAVEN'T they started >slabbing lobby cards (obviously, posters would be much more complicated to >do, but lobby cards could easily be slabbed in such a way that the front >and back can be completely seen, with just a small strip on the side or >bottom or top with the slabbing info, and there could easily be frames >that show the card but hide the slabbing info, so they could be displayed >great)? > >Of course, only that company can explain why or when they will start >pushing slabbing, but in the meantime, I would like top dealers and >collectors here to weigh in with their thoughts on slabbing of lobby cards. > >1) Would you like to see it happen? >2) If it does, do you anticipate you would have some or all of your >collection/inventory slabbed? >3) Would it make you more likely to buy slabbed items over un-slabbed ones? > >Etc. If this happens, it will be the biggest thing to happen to this hobby >since my first Christie's auction. If there are any significant number of >follow-ups to this post, I will explain why I say this and how I >personally feel about slabbing of lobby cards. > >Bruce > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com<http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[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<http://www.filmfan.com/> ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[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.
