Hope I am ok to post this here. I originally posted similar message in Tom Loce fake thread but not had any responses so not sure if the thread is being red anymore as it is a couple of years since anyone posted in it. I need a bit of feed back as I don't know if most of these posters are fake or not, Some look genuine but is there any real way to tell please?
I'm afraid to say that I may be the latest victim of the Tom Loce fakes. Not 100% sure but at least I know one of them if a repro due to the size. But to be honest, all the posters I have bought of him over the last few months have all seemed a little thin but I could never be certain as I didn't have the original to compare them with.
Some actually seem ok to me but I just cannot be sure, how can I find out? I am sure that at least one is original as it is on hfailly think paper and the way it has been folded seems to have been like that for decades, by the look of it.
Ok, nothing was expensive, spent a total of £180 on about 12 UK Quads - which I thought were good prices if they are originals - as advertised. I had my doubts on a couple as they seem to be fairly thin paper but the thing that unhinged was a UK quad of Heathers that I bought last month (I see that he has sold 2 so far in the last few weeks and has another on sale now starting at $10 - it is listed as original UK Quad, not a fake or repro/reprint etc and the size is stated as being 27 x 40 (to be honest I didn't notice the odd size), but when I got it and measured it was only 28 x 37 (so obviously not an original quad - and again thin paper).
I have been collected quads for years so normally I am very good at spotting fakes but when someone blatantly advertised it as "Original UK Quad not a repro/reprint) then I tend to trust them. Maybe foolishly - but it is the first time I have been caught out and to be honest if I had known abut this thread I would not have bought of him - but a fellow collector on here just today pointed him out to me for selling fakes.
I think he seems to lure people in to the site with cheap posters on auction (low price start) possibly in the hope that once you are hooked on buying from him then at some stage you may buy something expensive of him - luckily I haven't .
But any advise on the ones I have bought - how to spot the fakes from the originals - they are all UK Quads.
Off the two that I was disappointed before I found out about this thread he has already refunded without issue.
Any advise appreciated. Incidently they are all single sided and all with the acceptation of the Bowie and Fritz the Cat all seem a bit dull. I would say the Fritz is an original as it is on much harder paper and looks like it has been folded inwards over the years on one of the folds.
These are images taken from his listings, I need to get them out and photograph them properly but just wanted to see what you guys think first of all with the ones I have access to.
This was only 37 x 28 inches so definately not right as not correct size and on thin paper
This was the image he used but to be honest the poster I received had strong aged folds so I am thinking may well be original.
The other quads are as follows (but can't access the pictures from listings anymore so will have to get them out and take photos of them.
Shin Godzilla
Performance
House of wax 3D
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance