I will only bid on this poster if a restorer agrees, in advance, to
give Judy pigtails and change the title to "The Wizard of Oz."
I can't afford an actual Oz poster.
Sincerely,
rk
On Oct 9, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Dario Casadei wrote:
Mopoters,
First, No laughing matter about the Star is Born" poster.
http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?
_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1587544
Again, Bruce makes headlines being first in the world to auctioning
of a Botox injected poster.
End of the day, these are great auctions, an opportunity to pick
sumpsing up for cheap and give it a face lift.
Naturally For fun, I scrutinized the auction to see if any of my
work was up for sale. Even the titles that I have worked on in the
past, I cross referenced with my restoration picture archive and
not a single poster in this auction has gone through my hands.
Having said that, I am sure that one day some of my very few lesser
turn outs will be auctioned off. No matter how hard I try, I fail
miserably to!
The good news is, there's no one else but me to blame.
The sun is setting, getting ready for pizza and a few good movies
tonight.
All is well.
dario.
Bruce Hershenson wrote:
You may be surprised to hear this, but this is a 5 YEAR
accumulation of consignments from around 100 different consignors!
They are ones where I received them with others with better
quality restoration, and I held these back because I didn't think
it was fair for them to be tucked in with better quality ones (as
so many of the ethically challenged auctions do, glossing over
their many defects, and describing them as "fine on linen, with
some restoration").
In each case, I e-mailed the consignor, and told them that I could
either return the poster to them, or hold it for a special "lesser
linen" auction I would do once I had enough of these. To a man,
all of the consignors said "That's fine", and that is where these
posters came from. Maybe in five more years I will accumulate
enough like this for a second such auction!
As to WHO did the restoration, I imagine just about EVERY restorer
who ever worked on posters are represented here. I would bet that
some fair number came from restorers that advertise "linenbacking
for 10 one-sheets for $300, and then after they have them backed
they tell the owner that it only includes minimal restoration, and
THESE are often the results.
In many cases, the posters can simply be removed from the existing
linen, and be properly backed and restored, just as they should
have been in the first place.
Of course, the many, many restorers on this list should strongly
consider bidding on some of these, as they can surely restore some
of them and make easy money!
Bruce
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM, channinglylethomson
<channinglylethom...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Bruce -- I was curious, were these one-sheets all linen-backed by
the same person? Can you tell us who did the linen-backing, or is
that confidential to the consignor?
Thanks, Channing Thomson
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