It's worse than that in movie posters. There is a site called http://www.posterappraisal.com/ where you are told that "Nothing is bought or sold on this site" and that "I do not make offers for the material you inquire about nor do I get involved in its eventual disposition", when actually the owner of that site is a paid employee of a leading auction house and gets a finder's fee for any items that go to that auction (not disclosed on the site).
So people *THINK *they are getting an honest impartial opinion, when all they are getting is led to that website! "Legitimate networking"? Many people quickly see through this ruse, and I have refused some excellent consignments from people who started at the above site and were shocked and outraged when they learned the truth. But I am sure there have been others who were bamboozled by this deception, and that is sad. Bruce On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]>wrote: > > Its a bit unrealistic to expect a company who makes their money from > grading not to take the opportunity to make more money every which way they > can. > > Also that people working for that grading company realizing they could > supplement their income by going into business for themselves. > > While AFA/CGA may not have direct links to selling collectibles they grade, > they do employ people who have their own collectible business, and AFA > fields calls so that their colleague. Say someone inherits a collection and > is looking for a way to liquidate it. Grading companies like AFA do field > these calls to colleagues with their own business. I speak from experience > because this is what happened to me. Its not a story I heard. This happened > to me when I called AFA. > > I suppose this is called "networking" and for dealers who are left out of > the loop, ethically challenged behavior. But if your hand is getting > buttered, then you'd call this legitimate networking. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:23 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Grading > > At 01:43 AM 10/12/2011, Adrian Cowdry wrote: > > Personally, if we have to go the way of grading then fine....but the cost > of grading a Rodan or a Frankenstein 1931 should remain the same not a > percentage of the value of the card...which seems to be the case with > Comics. > > > I agree > > I think getting a % of an Action #1 makes them want to grade a book higher > than it should be graded. > whether they realize it or not > ------------- > > From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> > <snip> > > > Of course it is essential that the grading company stay away from the > business of actually selling posters themselves to avoid the appearance of > any conflict of interest. > 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. > > > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> 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.
