I sell coins, bullion and banknotes for a living, and the company I work for has been around 46 years, people often ask for a COA or some written proof that what they are buying is real. I reply, sure I can type you something, but its not the item, you could put that COA with an apple, the proof is the item. So if you want it? sure, when your ready to sell again (most of these people are into it for investing and come back) - dont bother to bring the COA, we have the knowledge to know what you have. (not in those words - Im nicer in person )
So what Im saying is a COA is useless, cripes you could make your own if you wanted, Danke, Ari --- On Wed, 2/9/09, James Richard <jrl...@mediabearonline.com> wrote: > From: James Richard <jrl...@mediabearonline.com> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster Villains > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Received: Wednesday, 2 September, 2009, 9:20 AM > > > > > > > Warranties are > all good > and well, but I'm maintaining that it in the future it > would be far > better for the hobby, the business, the auction houses and > dealers and > ultimately the buyers if independent, recognized (and > named) expert > verification were done for a very pricey item prior to it > being sold. > Such a verification would actually *enhance* the value of > the auction, > so how would the auction houses and dealers (or the > consigners) lose > with such a policy? And I'm sure it would make the > auction house's > insurance companies feel better. It would also give > confidence to the > buyers/bidders and they might be willing to pay more. > > > > Going with strictly the warranty, it becomes the > responsibility of the > buyer to determine if he has been sold a fake or not. > That's not right. > Maybe he does get someone to verify, or maybe he mistakenly > takes the > auction house/dealer on their reputation and doesn't > bother. Or maybe > the buyer doesn't find out about the fake until after > the warranty has > expired. That's exactly the opposite of the way things > should work. > > > > Keep the warranties, sure, but on very pricey items be able > to > auction/offer a MUMMY's HAND half-sheet with a > description that says > "This poster has been examined by recognized poster > expert > ______________ who has determined to the best of his > ability that it is > a genuine original movie poster containing ___% original > paper. Mr > _____________ states that this is his best opinion but is > not legally > responsible for any loss or damage resulting from this > opinion or any > subsequent purchase of this item." > > > > The lawyers can work out the exact wording. > > > > I fail to understand why there is resistance to such a > simple and > effective idea. > > > > -- JR > > > > Franc wrote: > > > Message > > I just decided to take a look at the > "limited > Warranty" provided by one the big auction houses. It > clearly reads that > the auction house " warrants for a period of 6 years > that any article > described in UPPER CASE TYPE which is unqualifiedly > stated to be the > work of a named author or authorship, is authentic and not > counterfeit." In other words the auction house is > responsible for this > warranty. Villian or not, the auction is clearly > responsible for > returning the full cost of the salet to the buyer by virtue > of this > warranty. FRANC > > -----Original > Message----- > > From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] > On > Behalf Of Richard Halegua Comic Art > > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:07 PM > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Poster Villains > > > > > Kudos to Steve > > > > > > At 01:01 PM 9/1/2009, Stephen Fishler wrote: > > Clearly, > there are > villains here who decided to CREATE some very valuable > posters in order > to line their pockets. > > > > Having said that, let's not work overtime in order > point the finger of > blame where it clearly does not belong. There auction > houses that may > have sold fakes have acted responsibility here. 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