COA's are a waste of time
what is someone supposed to do when buying something? Do they call
the certification company at the point of purchase and ask "does the
coa #1234567 for Frankenstein 1947 one sheet poster accompanying the
poster that I'm looking at 2000 miles from your office mean this
poster is authentic?"
coa's are easily reprinted, faked or matched to other items
if we are to slab posters, really it isn't feasible to slab anything
larger than a lobby card so what do we do with half sheets and
inserts and one sheets??
if we mark a linenbacked poster with a laser signature in the bottom
extra of linen at the bottom, what happens when that area is cut away
by someone who wants to frame it smaller or if the poster is rebacked
in the future??
in other words - while it all sounds good, in practice this is much
more difficult to bring about
About Heritage issuing a certificate saying "this poster is 56.75892%
authentic and 43.24108% repainted" .. that's silly
the real question is "do youthink that Heritage in any way
what-so-ever mis-represented the Frankenstein half sheet in any way?"
if they did indeed describe the poster correctly, identifying all of
the defects and the restoration - which clearly they did - then they
did everything right.
concerning anyone else who may own thsi piece or any other and hope
to mislead future buyers are the problem of course to which I say
"considering what we're going through right now with one fraud, does
it surprise anyone that there are people gambling in this place??".
there will always be scum. that's why, to paraphrase Sean.. you
always look for the cream
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