This "everything is fake lately" hysteria is just ridiculous. The conspiracy theorists are alive and well!! (not aimed at you Freeman or Kirby!!) reasons we believe they are authentic.....given the evidence presented so far. 1. full size 27x41 2. right kind of paper consistent with the era....thin stock, glossy/semi gloss front with matte back. 3. LPIU printer union logo. 4. L hash marks on the corners. 5. Some of them have light foxing.....signs of age (so we've been told by a mopo dealer who has a few).....so they are definitely old unless someone faked foxing on a few of them. 6. Print quality is far from perfect.....which suggests authenticity........not repro. If someone were creating a bootleg/fake for resale they would undoubtedly fix the minor printing defects this has. 7. expert opinions from 3 other dealers who have actually handled them (admittedly, they like to stay out of the fray and remain anonymous). 8. I've been told that the source these came from had just a few other titles from that same time period (unconfirmed). 9. If anyone was trying to create a poster to commemorate and capitalize on the 40th anniversary.....it certainly wouldn't be a poster like this.......one that has (see points 1 through 6 above) rolled yes....a red flag certainly.....but not unheard of especially if it was a giveaway. Freeman says there really were no giveaways back then..........well, this I can't really explain...I also can't explain why this particular one sheet (see below how it differs) never seems to have surfaced before until recently. But if you think about it.....how many times have we read in one of Bruce's auctions "We have never seen this particular style one sheet before!" or something to that effect. He doesn't say it often.......but he has said it before. And could it be a commercial poster from spencers, suncoast, etc? Well anything is possible but again it just doesn't seem/feel like a commercial poster. again, here is a closeup of the one we have: _http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/aapics09/woodoct09.jpg_ (http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/aapics09/woodoct09.jpg) many coming to light all from the same source.....a bit of a red flag yes....but totally plausible they were tucked away all these years. it is highly unlikely someone just all of a sudden decided to bootleg this poster....one that is far from being in "high demand". look at the bottom of this poster.......it has completely different and more info. than pictures of other woodstock style c one sheets. The two that heritage has sold are different.....one of them is completely blank at the bottom (a rolled wilding poster), and the other is folded...theater issued but with no nss info..... And there are NO credits....blank on the bottom except for the copyright line, the printer union logo, and where it says C style. This one we are selling has full credits. It even gives credit to magnum photos inc. and to the photographers on the bottom right. What does that mean? Is that significant? is this a clue? So where did the supposed bootlegger copy this poster from?? Did he just create the credits?? We only have one by the way......and it is on consignment. I don't expect it to sell....but we have been pleasantly surprised before with this title so we agreed to give it a shot. And rick please get your facts straight....we have NEVER had a rolled cool hand luke one sheet. Never claimed to have one. We did have 1000's of rolled posters from 68-72...but sadly cool hand luke wasn't one of them....and we still have hundreds of obscure titles from this find that are rolled near mint that no one would ever want (well, no one except Rich H as we sent him several a few years ago)...... We have sold several of these rolled one sheets to dozens of mopo members......and not one of them has ever suggested they weren't authentic. Only you. Someone who hasn't even seen one in person.........someone who can't even tell a fake rolled Friday the 13th from a real one. so much petty jealousy in this hobby!! again.....I am more than open to pulling it at the drop of a hat. I just think that it looks and feels real so I'm going with my instinct. If anyone else has anything to add.....just let me know! ---------------------------------------- Hey, Dave, I'm not alone. Guys like Bruce were there, too. I think you're single-handedly attempting to create your own "movie poster reality" in insisting that these obvious reproductions are authentic. It's far more plausible that they're repros than they suddenly appeared out of nowhere after 40 years. It would be different if we were only dealing with the Woodstock one sheets----but we're not. It seems like over the past two or three years you've had more explanations for the appearance of rolled one sheets from the 60's---first Cool Hand Luke, then a dozen other titles. If you proclaim their authentic long enough, people will believe what you're saying is true---with one lame explanation after another for their appearance out of nowhere. I can't believe being the respected dealer that you are---the pride of eBay---that you wouldn't wait until you were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN of a poster's authenticity--to offer it to your trusting clientele. Sure, you say you'll refund every buyer's money if the posters are ultimately found to be reproductions. But tell me, Dave, who's keeping track? You're certainly keeping track of all the money your stuffing into your pockets in the meantime, aren't you.......
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