Jimmy,
Do you know the difference between a WINDOW card and a LOBBY card?
Maybe you've been collecting 40 days and not 40 years?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:37:57 -0400
From: jrl...@mediabearonline.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Profiles in History...question
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Diane,
Now see, I never knew that --I always assumed that when lobby cards were
restored they were deacidified the same way a one sheet is -- soaked in a
chemical bath to neutralize the acid naturally present in the original paper. I
had no idea y'all were stripping off the back layer of card stock and replacing
it with new card stock.
If that has been the "common and acceptable" practice for a long time, it's a
wonder we haven't had a lot more fake lobby cards -- since the even authentic
original cards which have been restored have had their original back paper
replaced, you've removed the easiest, surest way of telling if the card is
authentic -- i.e., its original card stock paper.
So, now... well, looking at it honestly and impartially... I have to wonder how
many fake expensive lobby cards have been slipped into people's collections
over the years? I mean, if you can't use the back of the card check its
authenticity, well, heck, the front layer is easy to reproduce extremely well
with modern technology. And given the relative small size of lobby cards
compared to other poster sizes, it a lot cheaper to do -- so this sort of
high-end lobby card fakery could have been going on for quite some time now.
Seems the more we learn the worse things sound.
Diane Jeffrey wrote:
Sue
When working with window cards, we remove the back layer card stock, this way
the poster can be cleaned, washed and deacidified, which also results in
removing any creasing/folds. We back it then with a layer of acid free masa
paper, same stuff used in linenbacking. A lot of window cards have been
trimmed at the top, this then allows us to add the missing paper, making it to
size. Card stock is then adhered to the masa, repairs are made, touched up,
etc.
If you look at my first post about the Dracula, I mentioned the fact that there
was a layer of something on the back. To me, it looked like the poster had
been backed to card stock, cardboard or "something" and when it was pulled off,
a layer remained, giving it a "fuzzy" (term I used on NSGE) feel. So we removed
what we could on that, washed and linenbacked it.
So to answer your question, you are absolutely right, it is possible, and just
might be what happened with the Dracula poster.
Diane
Studio C
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