Grading is always a debated topic, but Im not sure anyone in the biz grades as broadly as Christies. Im always skeptical about buying from them if I havent personally inspected the poster.
Regards DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of filip de volder Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:58 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Christies June Auction & THE OUTLAW 6sh i stopped working with them , they "lost" my french 007 goldfinger linenbacked poster in their stock , put my original sex pistols and ramones 1977 concert posters in their catalogue with wrong venue ( how they did that with the venue printed on the poster is beyond me) stated them as from somewhere in the 1980s , had an unsold poster go to cadogan tate storage (instead of returning it to me) unable to get it back with a bill that was going up to 700£ etc etc ... filip _____ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:36:32 -0700 From: neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [MOPO] Christies June Auction & THE OUTLAW 6sh To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Hallo MOPO So the Christies digital version of their May Sale Catalogue is now online (link below) and chock-a-block with dozens of brilliant posters that we've seen for sale hundreds of time before. I haven't had time to go through it all in great detail, but it was interesting to see them try and palm-off a Casablanca Australian Daybill as a US insert. Even more mischievously, they describe their latest Outlaw 6sheet (where are all these Outlaw 6sheets coming from?!?) as "...only the third time this poster has appeared for sale at Christies. The last time this poster was offered for sale in these rooms in 2004, it realised over £50,000." A cynic might point out that it only achieved this price because Christies encouraged the 2004 consignor to claim that they had destroyed the other copies of this poster. And a cynic did point this out (see below) to their expert Caitlin "Stonewall" Graham, who didn't seem that thrilled about getting involved in a debate with me. Maybe she's a bit shy. Anyway, Christies are having a poster sale, so check out their posters. There are some "possibly only known copies" of various posters so get them now or miss out forever! Or at least until the next Christies sale. Cheers Neil <http://christies.scene7.com/s7/brochure/flash_brochure.jsp?company=Christie s&sku=CSK8843_SaleCat&config=Christies/eCat_210x267_Full&locale=en&image=Chr isties/CSK8843_SaleCat> http://christies.scene7.com/s7/brochure/flash_brochure.jsp?company=Christies &sku=CSK8843_SaleCat&config=Christies/eCat_210x267_Full&locale=en&image=Chri sties/CSK8843_SaleCat ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Graham, Caitlin" <cgra...@christies.com> To: Neil Jaworski <neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, 25 April 2013, 9:43 Subject: RE: ecatalogue error Lot 238 and Lot 239 Dear Mr Jaworski, Thank you for your email regarding the cataloguing error on Lot 238. There is a saleroom notice on this lot to correct the error. It has not yet updated on Christies.com but will do overnight. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of further assistance. Kind regards, Caitlin Caitlin Graham Pop Culture CHRISTIE'S 85 Old Brompton Road London SW7 3LD Tel: +44 (0)20 7752 3275 Fax: +44 (0)20 7752 3184 From: Neil Jaworski [mailto:neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 24 April 2013 23:27 To: Graham, Caitlin Subject: ecatalogue error Lot 238 and Lot 239 Dear Caitlin Graham The Casablanca poster that you're claiming is a US insert (Lot 238) is clearly an Australian poster. Also, I was disappointed to see your narrative for The Outlaw 6sheet (Lot 239) "This is only the third time this poster has appeared for sale at Christies. The last time this poster was offered for sale in these rooms in 2004, it realised over £50,000." I think this description must redefine the term chutzpah. The 2004 Outlaw 6sh only realised that price when Christies encouraged the consignor of the poster to publicly state that they had destroyed other copies of this poster. This was after it had transpired that the consignor actually had several Outlaw 6sheets, which embarrassingly contradicted the "only known copy" assertion in your 2004 catalogue. Your latest catalogue's grinning wink to this shameful episode is shabby and ludicrous. Regards Neil Jaworski - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit www.christies.com <http://www.christies.com/> to explore special multi-media sale promotions, browse our illustrated catalogues and leave absentee bids through LotFinder(R), Christie's online search engine, and register for Internet bidding with Christie's Live(TM). This message and any attachment are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. 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