I'm new to the forum and have quite a few recent acquisitions which I'll look to share when I get them unpacked and laid out.
However, I thought I'd post my most recent, and most painful, purchase - a mint, rolled 1976 King Kong advance one sheet bought off eBay. When I saw the tube I knew I was likely in for trouble.
It was a sturdy enough tube, so i figured that whatever crushed it during transit from the US must have been heavy... Maybe the wheel of the aircraft?
Right enough, opening it up I could immediately see the poster was bashed, but worse still there was a tear at the top. Further inspection showed some creases running down a poster which had remained in mint condition for over forty years - and which is seared into my memory from having seen it promoting the film while holidaying as a child.
Fortunately, it was shipped through, eBay's own global economy shipping service. Upon seeing the pictures they immediately apologised and provided me a refund on both the poster plus shipping/customs charges.
Even more fortunately, the seller, who's a really nice guy, had another one of these for sale in the same condition, so I've bought it. He's kindly going to look into placing the poster in a tube
inside the tube, to offer more protection. Does this seem like a good idea?
I now have a damaged 1976 King Kong that I've been told by eBay that I don't need to return, and is still displayable, but I'm just glad to have a mint one on the way and will breathe easy when it's here and framed.
Desk