[MOPO] cut window cards

2009-05-08 Thread Michael B
would you agree that a window card (the ones that the theatre owner would hand-write information on the top portion)?are defective if they were cut? at one time, people would frame these after cutting the blank area or blank area that had?hand-written words and display the image only. michael

Re: [MOPO] cut window cards

2009-05-08 Thread Phil Edwards
Yes. Phil - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:53 AM Subject: [MOPO] cut window cards would you agree that a window card (the ones that the theatre owner would hand-write information on the top portion

Re: [MOPO] cut window cards

2009-05-08 Thread lobby card invasion
@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: [MOPO] cut window cards would you agree that a window card (the ones that the theatre owner would hand-write information on the top portion) are defective if they were cut? at one time, people would frame these after cutting

Re: [MOPO] cut window cards

2009-05-08 Thread Richard Evans
Yes here too. And as long as it's printed or decently hand rendered, prefer screening details to blank. Bit more history. The later hand scrawled marker pen stuff can be appalling though. Rich On 8 May 2009, at 22:53, Michael B wrote: would you agree that a window card (the ones that the

Re: [MOPO] cut window cards, etc.

2009-05-08 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
the blank area at the top of a window card or belgian poster is part of the poster and therefore it's removal in either case is certainly a defect however, it still remains a collectible item as the art is otherwise intact and it is not nearly the same as a lobby card that has been trimmed

Re: [MOPO] cut window cards, etc. - NO BIGGIE

2009-05-08 Thread McDaniel Kirby
All this may be true, yet replacing the theater imprint area is one of the easiest restorations going. Having this area absent certainly doesn't seem to deter buyers around MovieArt Austin from getting great window cards. Having said all this, I will take this opportunity to offer a trimmed