I hate to be a downer but Kevin McCarthy was at an autograph show in Hollywood and I asked him to sign one of my lobby cards from this set. He most definitely has Altzheimer's and could barely focus on writing his name. It was sad. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: Steven F. Poole [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:14 PM To: Franc Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet Well, if your insert for INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is indeed authentically signed by the Body Snatchers themselves, it certainly has much greater value than one I saw signed by Kevin McCarthy! Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Franc <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet And I have an original insert to Invasion of the Body Snatchers signed by "the Body Snatchers". FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven F. Poole Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet Oh, c'mon Kevin. There might always be one out there that is the real deal! I really do want to believe. If there is anyone who is lamenting not getting the WIZARD OF OZ 1/2-sheet signed by "Dorothy", I have something that I am offering that is even better. How about my linenbacked 3-sheet from SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS authentically signed by "Santa"! Serious inquiries only, please. With tounge firmly placed in cheek, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Conway <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet JR, In 30 years colelcting vintage Hollywood autographs I have NEVER seen her sign "Dorothy". About 7-8 years ago there was a forger (pretty skilled) on eBay selling autographed OZ books. He would pick up the old Oz books and trace the signatures from an authentic Oz book sold by R&R in 2000 for $47,000. But the forger would go a step further and add "Dorothy". If you were ware of the Genuine Oz signed book you could compare and see he was using it as a reference. I even saw an experienced dealer sellign the set of OZ forged autogroahs on eBay where the forger even traced the same Inscriptions from the R&R book. So, outof the maybe couple thousand Judy Garland autographs I have seen or owned I have NEVER seen her use "Dorothy". But, in addition if you are familar with her handwriting this reproduction Oz poster was NOT even close to her handwriting. -----Original Message----- From: James Richard Sent: Dec 7, 2009 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Link to Wizard of Oz half sheet Am I being dense in thinking that if Judy Garland had autographed the poster that she would have signed it "Judy" and not "Dorothy"? Duh... Also the border of this "original poster" was conveniently trimmed to cut off any identifying markings of the company that reproduced it. I might accept that it is barely possible there is someone with over 500 feedbacks stupid enough to fall for this and buy it for $589 (from a seller with 7 feedbacks no less), but I'm not willing to believe there are *two* such people and that they both saw and both bid on this same auction. It's 99% certain both top bidders are shills. Although eBay does not provide enough information in the jokingly-named "bid history" these days to tell anything about a bidder, the supposed winning bidder has only bid on 2 posters in the past 30 days -- this and one other. The guy he outbid (whose maximum was $579) only bid on 1 poster in the past 30 days -- this one. There are some people who set up "shill bidder" accounts 5 or even 10 years ago on eBay and have been building up the feedback of those shill bidding accounts so they look "real". And they don't necessarily have an exclusive connection with a particular seller. There are some sell shill bidder services clandestinely. They will bid on your items up to the amount you tell them to, with the agreement that if they happen to win, they don't pay for the item but you tell eBay they have and you leave each other positive feedback. -- JR Richard Auras wrote: Rich, Thanks for pointing out my lack of a link: Here ya go: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260513841563&ssPageN ame=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123&autorefresh=true> &item=260513841563&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123&autorefresh=true Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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