Has anyone brought items from franfrak5gikc on Ebay? He seems to have a number of linen backed posters. They do seem to be well restored and linen backed. Any thought would be appreciated.
Rudy
Hey Rudy..
I bought one poster from him (it was unbacked, tho).. a month or so ago. It was mailed in a very solid, sturdy gorilla tube... BUT ..when I opened it, my heart sank... he had not bothered to put any protective padding on either tube end.. the naked poster was rolled and placed in the tube.. nothing more... and the entire right border was crushed in with wrinkling, creasing and 9-12 horizontal micro-tears and fold splits that happened..
Also, there was a lot of tape (tho it looked like archival tape) that was on the back cross folds and some small areas of paper fills/restoration, too, that had been done.. but none of this had been disclosed in the ebay ad.
What was the deal crusher, (no pun intended), was the damage it had sustained due to improper care when packaged. When I got in touch with him, he said nothing with regard to the pics and described damage i sent him... no apology or anything and to just to send it back for a refund. (That surprised me a little to be honest, as I would have commented in some way to a buyer, had i been the seller). I asked, too, that he cover my return shipping cost, since it was due to his improper packing, that i was returning it. He did reimburse me that, as well.
Prior to my buying from him, tho, we exchanged a few Pms, via ebay, and he said he had also taught himself to linen back.. and had been doing that a while. I wouldn't be surprised if those he is offering, he backed himself.