Now THERE'S a REAL collector!!
God Bless Him!!
K.
On Feb 3, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Ari Richards wrote:
I bought a blade runner insert (minty white) cos I feel like its a
part of poster history. Sure its fake, I know it, I guess i have a
dark sense of humour.
best thing is............. I got it signed by professor powers.
Ari
--- On Wed, 4/2/09, Robert D. Brooks <b...@damnthe.com> wrote:
From: Robert D. Brooks <b...@damnthe.com>
Subject: Re: [MOPO] those testimonials for tloceposters
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Received: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009, 8:45 AM
OK, since no one is giving it a stab...
It's been years since I've held one (I don't collect inserts or
lobbies), but as far as I remember:
The so-called 'minty whites' are printed on what I can only describe
as a very modern stock of paper (completely different from what NSS
was using in the 70's). I don't know anything about the pulp &
paper industries, but the minty whites are on a paper that has an
inherent shine or gloss to it. Something very un-natural. I would
guess there's some sort of plastic or other type of artificial
chemical in the slurry they make the paper out of. In the old days,
they would have just used pulp, or all-natural fibres. That's why
Bruce says the minty whites have glossy backs - the gloss is in the
paper itself (plastic-y). It's that same kind of new stock that's
only been around for maybe a decade or so. When you look closely at
it in the light, there's almost a spider-webby thing going on
(artificial fibres perhaps?). Looks more like a thousand miniscule
layers of resin stacked on top of each other and heat-pressed
together (almost as if it was sprayed into place), instead of just
natural paper. Very subjective, very subtle, but if you've held
dozens of real inserts or lobby cards, you'll know the difference
when you see it. It just won't look right (especially for the
supposed age). Close to the right weight, but definitely the wrong
paper...
Plus, the poorly-hung-fools that created these made innumerable
mistakes (photoshop errors, little changes, etc...), so they're
pretty easy to tell apart otherwise.
Cheers,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael B
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] those testimonials for tloceposters
one of the problems here at MOPO, is that replies sometimes overlook
prior postings.
i have never really understood MILKY WHITE, but i knew it is bad,
synonymous with FAKE. In fact, bruce sent out a warning to his
consignors on Sunday about this subject. I was tempted to ask him
to put together a small paragraph explaining this again for
MOPOers. Imagine bruce writing a single paragraph? ha-ha. TODAYS
TEST: SOMEONE DEFINE & EXPLAIN "MILKY-WHITE FAKE" in 50 words or
less.
In any event, any dealer or ling-time collector selling fakes is a
cheater. A dealer is held to a higher standard. I don NOT
understand that if a DEALER - COLLECTOR sells a fake once or twice
that he should be given a pass. Don't be naive. Don't buy from
someone like that.
Anyone could surely could dupe someone by placing a $1,500 fake
title among great, original posters. Simply--scruff it up, rip it,
crumple it, use black crayon, etc. and then let the person think he/
she is stealing it for a mere $600. The art of selling a fake is to
create an illusion.
I support the popular position of the MOPOers....DON'T DEAL WITH
THOSE COLLECTORS OR DEALER that have been caught with their pants
down.......no matter how polite they are.
michael
ps---- will someone offer me something on my damn WANT LIST posted
yesterday.......i have been on a crazy buying frenzy in the last 2
weeks.
mbb
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