pretty much correct about their reasons.
At 12:06 PM 3/21/2014, Richard Evans wrote:
Beginning of my collecting coincided with Christies London's first sale in 95.
(Pretty sure it was their first sale, or first decent one, at least
first Tony did I believe.)
At that time, I found linen backing was accepted practice generally,
whether or not strictly speaking the condition of the piece demanded it.
I bought into it, nasty folds were enough of a justification.
(Though perhaps not quite as automatic there then as now, I did buy
posters at Christies that weren't backed, and were below condition A.)
I'd imagine the justification is that presenting cosmetically
perfect posters is effective with their particular clientele.
Probably tricky to argue against, they do seem to get some very
healthy results.
Sent from my iPad
On 21 Mar 2014, at 18:34, Jeff Potokar
<<mailto:jpotok...@ca.rr.com>jpotok...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
Tommy,
Did they suggest doing this to ANY poster, regardless of condition or age?
If so, what reason did they give?
Jeff
On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Tommy Barr wrote:
Interesting, Rich. Christies in London recommended to me some time
ago that I should linenback my posters.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic
Art <<mailto:sa...@comic-art.com>sa...@comic-art.com> wrote:
Tommy
people do have a belief in many cases that linenbacking a poster
is what you're supposed to do
while myself and other believe linenbacking is only done for
restorative purposes
yet other people believe that linenbacking adds value to a poster
regardless of condition (I don't)
I've actually been replacing all my linenbacked material as I can
find the items
why anyone would back a Striptease poster is beyond me
Rich
At 09:55 AM 3/21/2014, Tommy Barr wrote:
I just had a look at Bruce's preview and I have to say it is
pretty amazing. What surprises me, though, is some of the posters
which people have gone to the expense of having linenbacked, and
I wonder at what point does that become a viable option. I am
using EMP sales as an example here, but I imagine it is the same
across the board.
'The Big Hangover' (1950) is listed as 'good to very good' in
linen, but that is a poster which normally sells for around
$20-25 in that condition, folded. As having a poster backed and
foldlines retouched by a reputable restorer would cost at least
$120, that means the poster should fetch around $150 at least,
but that is unlikely to be the case. 'Striptease' (1996), again
in very good condition maybe $25, but how much more would you pay
for one linenbacked?
Taking just one example from EMP (though it is not hard to find
others) - 'Bite The Bullet' (1985), very good, folded, sold for
$4 last year, and one in similar condition, linenbacked, sold for
$28, also last year. That means the added value for restoration
and backing was only $24, probably at least one fifth of the
actual cost. So at what point does the expense become worthwhile?
I appreciate that, as a matter of personal taste, someone may
wish to have a poster framed and displayed to best advantage, and
so has it backed, regardless of actual value, but do they expect
that the cost will be recouped on resale? Really, I am just
curious here, as I would only ever have higher value posters backed.
Anyway, even the prices realised for higher value ones do not
necessarily always reflect the cost of restoration, something
which I have gratefully taken advantage of in the past, and hope
I may do so again! Which, I have to say, make EMP's Signature
Auctions quite exciting events (no remuneration was made by Bruce
to have me highlight his listings, but hey, I'm open to offers!)
Tommy
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