I seem to recall Sean or perhaps another on the group uncovering Alien LC reprints a couple months back. Not vintage horror, but I remember them being fairly obvious to spot once you knew what to look for. Are these part of the same situation that is being discussed now?
Myles ________________________________ From: "Smith, Grey - 1367" <gre...@ha.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:39:32 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Underlying cause of these fake horror cards and posters Look, this is limited at this time to high end horror material, only, that I am aware of! Sean mentions sci-fi, but I am unaware of that as have not seen any of that material nor heard of it being sold. I believe I was the first to uncover this scam independently, about three months ago when I was consigned a Dracula title card reproduction pretty skillfully done. I knew from handling it immediately that there was something wrong with the card and as I examined it, became very aware that it was a forgery. I contacted the consignor who then contacted the person he bought it from, etc. Since that time I have had at least a 15 to 20 items sent to me to examine which I have found to be forgeries. Again, all from high end horror titles. This includes one sheets, lobbies, window cards, inserts and half sheets. Is there reason to be afraid of forgeries running rampant in the hobby? Not at all. This has been halted in its tracks at this time and the real problem now is determining who bought these and where they are. I feel sure a number will end up at my door at some point and I will be the one to have to break the bad news. Sean has mentioned in his post the only people at this time that we are aware of that have allegedly sold these. From:MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Glenn Taranto Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:05 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Underlying cause of these fake horror cards and posters Greg - How can there not be a fallout? When it's hard to tell a fake, everything becomes suspect. How can there be 100 percent certainty once it's out there that "incredibly real" forgeries are out there. Every poster over a certain price will have to go through some sort of vetting process. I've heard it said that there was so much fake US money floating around that if finally prompted the government to start redesigning the bills after all these years. This is why I urge those who know what's going on to get it out there NOW and not later. It's ridiculous not to know who destroying the hobby. It's a sin of omission to know something and not share it when it could hurt so many people. "I wanted to help but I thought I would wait and see if anyone else would first." Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- >From:Greg >To:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:56 PM >Subject:Re: [MOPO] Underlying cause of these fake horror cards and posters > >Combine those technological advances with the seemingly bottomless human >capacity for greed and falsity and, bingo!, you've got the perfect >shitstorm . I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen long before this. >I'm glad that alarm bells are being raised at last, and I'll be >interested, both as a long-time collector and a lifelong lover of >scandal, to see who is involved. I feel bad for anyone who was >hoodwinked on this one, but generally if something seems too good to be >true..well, you know the rest. On a selfish note, I'm very happy that my >financial situation has forced me to be highly parsimonious with my >poster purchases. If I'd just picked up a one sheet from "Dracula's >Daughter ", I'd be sweating even more than I am right now. (It's 103 >degrees here today.) >I'd be very interested to hear Todd Feiertag's reaction to all this. Do >you guys really think there will be future, and possibly permanent, >financial fallout from this situation for the hobby? >Greg Douglass >Cory Glaberson wrote: >> The underlying cause of this upsurge in fakes has to be the invention >> of some very good photographic processes. Technology is catching up >> with us. My restorer has shown me some extremely good photographs that >> once they are linenbacked are very difficult to tell as fake. The >> photography is chillingly perfect. >> Looking at these reproductions certainly sent a chill up my spine. >> Its going to be harder and harder to establish the provenance of >> extremely rare pieces once they are linenbacked. 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