[MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-02 Thread Doug Taylor
The current issue of posters being copied/replicated and sold as original got me thinking about copies/forgeries and legal/illegal. Specifically, I thought about the Academy who (as I understand it) commissioned an exact copy of the Cavalcade OS to hang in their collection to represent the orig

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-02 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Doug your example is well taken, however I think there is one very important factor here: the Academy will never sell the item. It will never be out in the marketplace, probably even if a Cavalcade one sheet comes up & they beat you out of it in an auction it will not be sold. Also, isn't it

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-02 Thread Doug Taylor
[mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Comic Art Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:20 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery? Doug your example is well taken, however I think there is one very important factor here: the Academy will never se

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-02 Thread Jeff Potokar
: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery? Doug your example is well taken, however I think there is one very important factor here: the Academy will never sell the item. It will never be out in the marketplace, probably even if a Cavalcade one sheet comes up & they

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-02 Thread Franc
ceive. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Taylor Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:17 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Copy or forgery? The current issue of posters being copied/replicated and sold as origina

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-03 Thread James Richard
AMERICAN.EDU *Subject:* [MOPO] Copy or forgery? The current issue of posters being copied/replicated and sold as original got me thinking about copies/forgeries and legal/illegal. Specifically, I thought about the Academy who (as I understand it) commissioned an exact copy of

Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery?

2009-09-03 Thread Jeff Potokar
t has committed the fraud, not the artist who created them with no intention to deceive. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Taylor Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:17 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MO

Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery

2009-09-03 Thread Anne Coco
Just to clarify. The reproduction of the Cavalcade o/s in the Academy's collection is a photograph sized 41x27. It is not a painting or recreation but was produced in the late 1980s from an original that was in an institutional collection. The whereabouts of the original o/s from which our repro

Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery

2009-09-03 Thread Jeff Potokar
thanks anne. i think many were assuming it was a photograph of an original one sheet. others assumed someone created a painting of some kind, which would have been more costly and prone to minor errors (color, shading, etc). thanks for the clarification. best. jeff On Sep 3, 2009, at

Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery

2009-09-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Anne thanks for the info.. and the knowledge of a Cavalcade one sheet out there must be perking up Doug Taylor Rich At 08:13 AM 9/3/2009, Anne Coco wrote: Just to clarify. The reproduction of the Cavalcade o/s in the Academy's collection is a photograph sized 41x27. It is not a painting or

Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery

2009-09-03 Thread Doug Taylor
t Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:54 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery Anne thanks for the info.. and the knowledge of a Cavalcade one sheet out there must be perking up Doug Taylor Rich At 08:13 AM 9/3/2009, Anne Coco wrote: Just to clarify. The reprod

Re: [MOPO] copy or forgery

2009-09-03 Thread Steven Yafet
rrel occasionally finds an acorn. > > > > Regards > > > > DBT > > Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] *On Behalf Of *Richard > Halegua Comic Art > *Sent:* Thursday, Septem