A- is only slightly better B+.Does that qualify for "close to
mint"?
Zeev
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Michael B
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] BONHAM'S
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MovieArt
Grading condition is often all in the eye of the beholder.
I've long found auction house grading in the A,B, C method applied to
posters is the loosest of the lot.
A simple out of 10 doesn't do it for me either.
We prefer to describe
Begin forwarded message:From: Kirby McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: January 22, 2006 11:29:02 AM CSTTo: Shelly Whitworth-King [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [MOPO] BONHAM'S DISASTER not a disaster for MovieArt I bought ten posters from Bonham's and all of them were quite good. SoI have no
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kirby---
kirby, my guess is that you attended the auction or had a dealer-friend
look at the items you sought.
clearly, if you attend
, January 22, 2006 5:24 PM
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] BONHAM'S DISASTER not a disaster
for MovieArt
kirby---
kirby, my guess is that you attended the auction or had a
dealer-friend look at the items you sought.
clearly, if you attend in person, you cannot get burnt
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] BONHAM'S DISASTER not a disaster for
MovieArt
Grading condition is often all in the eye of the beholder.
I've long found auction house grading in the A,B, C method applied to
posters is the loosest of the lot
I was at the auction and unfortunately won nothing. I
did notice, however, that there were several faded
posters which people won and they were at the auction!
They saw the damage and still bid. Those buyers
knew what they bought. I wanted the IN A LONELY PLACE
insert but when I saw it
I wasn't able to attend the Bonham's auction and I was not planning on bidding
with them because I couldn't attend- that is until I had a friend in LA look at
the items for me in person. Then I felt I could at least bid via phone. My
prior experience with Bonhams Butterfield's has not been a
I certainly did not mean to demean Michael's post or his experience
with Bonham's. I simply chose 10 posters - and it didn't hurt that I
had Freeman Fisher look at them for me - and the posters I got were
all OK. I agree with Ron that a unified grading system would be
good, but then so would
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