It was a long time ago, but I never forgot the VERTIGO Onesheet on ebay that was faded to a light yellow. The full-time movie poster dealer (excuse me if I don‘t use the term ‚professional‘ here) had it described as ‚possible Style B‘. Uh-huh.
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 29.03.2023 um 19:03 Uhr > Von: "Matt Johnston" <drharryc...@gmail.com> > An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] FA: THIS WEEK HERITAGE has DETOUR, DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE, > FASTER PUSSYCAT, & More- 364 lots > > For color reference… This is an unused example I bought from Alan Alder many > many years ago. He said it had only been unfolded once for his picture. I > unfolded it a 2nd time for these photos and it’s been in a flat file since. > My photo setup was designed to get a true and honest representation of color, > detail and condition — no added sharpening and absolutely no added color > saturation. Yuck. This was shot on a vacuum board with color steady strobes > and color corrected, honestly, to the best of my ability so that I end up > with good consistency between various batched of pictures. I guess it’s > possible uploading to imgur for hosting (where they probably recompressing > it) could slightly affect color representation. And of course the screen you > are viewing it on might not be color correction, etc., etc... > > That all said, this is probably as close as you’ll come to a “reference" > example. > > Apologies if the pics don’t embed… I never was quite sure how to do that > here. > > https://i.imgur.com/hH4ni3N.jpg > > https://i.imgur.com/aegyhXp.jpg > > > > On Mar 29, 2023, at 12:02 PM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> wrote: > > > > I take your point. Having said that, sun-faded or something else, I would > > not want this poster, either personally or for inventory, because it's not > > within the range that was intended. Not for $9000 +, not for $500. > > > > Kirby > > > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 10:32 AM, peter contarino <mpexchangeu...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Kirby look at the blacks on that poster. That thing must have come out of > >> Maddalena's Florida room. > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:15 AM Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com > >> <mailto:ki...@movieart.com>> wrote: > >> Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one > >> sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", > >> if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have > >> seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of > >> the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the > >> range that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color > >> shift since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my > >> question is: is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of > >> "lighter". Most of the posters that I have seen which are significantly > >> sun-faded have some textural degradation of the paper itself. > >> > >> I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that > >> it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. > >> > >> K. > >> > >> Kirby McDaniel > >> movieart.com <http://movieart.com/> > >> > >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com > >>> <mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > >> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> > > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
