Author Topic: Newb looking to buy first poster. Need help (Read 53928 times)

archie leach · « **Reply #125 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:30:28 AM »

Quote from: kovacs01 on April 17, 2011, 11:55:49 PM

My advice is to look lots of places for information before you buy. There are a lot of sites, and all display different information in a wide range of formats. None of them have all the information you need or guarantee to be 100% correct all of the time. Not all of them endorse only sellers that i would put on my own personal trusted list. Not all sellers always know or disclose exactly what it is they have for sale, even the best out there. The good ones, however, will make things right if there is an issue. Sometimes you can get a good authentic poster at a good price from a known whack job. What you gain in price, you sacrifice in security when dealing with these types. If there is a problem, they will their own arm into a wood chipper before you see any money back. But, this shouldn't steer you away from someone just because their wares seem to be cheaper then everyone else's. Sometimes lower prices are just that, and you see no appreciable drop in service or condition!

Well said, but you forgot the phrase 'grain of salt'...

Oh, and your country dresses you funny...

archie leach · « **Reply #126 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:19:01 AM »

BTW, here's a prime example of a normally solid, if overly flamboyant, dealer who is mistakenly sellling a reproduction as an original...

Here's the auction listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RESERVOIR-DOGS-MR-BLONDE-ORIG-BRITISH-MOVIE-POSTER-/180634808376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0eac7038

Here's the thread on NSFGE that gives the correct info (most of it is about Pulp Fiction, but it also covers these Reservoir Dogs UK posters):

http://stylec.yuku.com/reply/102319/Real-Fake-or-Real-Fake-Bruce-Posteritati#reply-102319

You'll also note that in the thread Bruce, as usual in these situations, did the right thing. Posteritati no longer shows the Sam Jackson mock poster for sale. Hopefully, they pulled it and didn't sell it as an original.

Ari · « **Reply #127 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:25:12 AM »

Hey NS4 still has its place? (you darn youngsters always stealing the show).
oh and anyone thinking we aint in the loop.

http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1730

BTw I think both have a particular place, xx's to Holiday and Cheesy.

joneyyy · « **Reply #128 on:** April 18, 2011, 05:46:18 AM »

this thread has become shocking..

brude · « **Reply #129 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:55:36 AM »

Voila! She has been pinned...

Bruce · « **Reply #130 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:04:16 AM »

"this thread has become shocking.."

Maybe so, but doesn't it sum up what APF is all about (and more happens here in a day than on most other forums in a week or a month).

Bruce

Zorba · « **Reply #131 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:44:29 AM »

Quote from: archie leach on April 18, 2011, 01:19:01 AM

BTW, he's a prime example of a normally solid, if overly flamboyant, dealer who is mistakenly sellling a reproduction as an original...

Here's the auction listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RESERVOIR-DOGS-MR-BLONDE-ORIG-BRITISH-MOVIE-POSTER-/180634808376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0eac7038

Here's the thread on NSFGE that gives the correct info (most of it is about Pulp Fiction, but it also covers these Reservoir Dogs UK posters):

http://stylec.yuku.com/reply/102319/Real-Fake-or-Real-Fake-Bruce-Posteritati#reply-102319

You'll also note that in the thread Bruce, as usual in these situations, did the right thing. Posteritati no longer shows the Sam Jackson mock poster for sale. Hopefully, they pulled it and didn't sell it as an original.

NSFGE has some very good info on posters and people. Great place to search to aid your research.

I just learned some new stuff in that thread

Zorba · « **Reply #132 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:45:59 AM »

Quote from: Bruce on April 18, 2011, 09:04:16 AM

"this thread has become shocking.."

Maybe so, but doesn't it sum up what APF is all about (and more happens here in a day than on most other forums in a week or a month).

Bruce

This is the poster place to be and it is very newb friendly.

110x75 · « **Reply #133 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:57:41 AM »

Quote from: Zorba on April 18, 2011, 09:44:29 AM

NSFGE has some very good info on posters and people. Great place to search to aid your research.

I just learned some new stuff in that thread

NSFGE It is indeed a great source for info (and fun too!)
I think I`ve read the whole thread archives at least 2 times and always find something new
It does seem to have less traffic nowadays, but it is the first poster forum I`ve joined and spent countless hours there just reading, so I`m

with it.

DreamWarrior · « **Reply #134 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:24:29 AM »

Quote from: erik1925 on April 17, 2011, 10:20:43 PM

I like this Spanish OS for the film, which I am thinking is a later re-release poster?:

Funny you should post that. I was looking at the Spanish 1sh online. For some reason I really like "El Exorcista". It sounds cool.

brude · « **Reply #135 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:40:07 AM »

It is a nice image, isn't it?

DreamWarrior · « **Reply #136 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:48:40 AM »

I haven't been here long enough to pick a side of these arguments, nor am I interested in doing so. I have no grounds to judge the alleged mistakes on Mel's website, and have yet to find a reason to question his advice regarding sellers legitamicy or his general knowledge of authentic originals. Perhaps these issues should be brought up in another thread. At least the in-fighting here is nothing compared to the firearm related froums I frequent.

Moving on. For some reason I had trouble drawing a portrait of Linda Blair and never completed one. BTW I am a somewhat decent artist and draw a number of horror portraits. I am now inspired to give it another go.

paul waines · « **Reply #137 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:23:28 PM »

This is some thread, And you DreamWarrior must be as confused as hell... $:-\$

If you still haven't bought your first poster, just jump in feet first. You'll eventually learn how to swim.

DreamWarrior · « **Reply #138 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:26:30 PM »

I am a little confused Paul but I'm good. Thanks to a couple members here I found what will probably be my first poster. I will let you guys know and post a pic.

paul waines · « **Reply #139 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:29:40 PM »

Jollygood....

brude · « **Reply #140 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:47:22 PM »

Quote from: DreamWarrior on April 18, 2011, 11:48:40 AM

Moving on. For some reason I had trouble drawing a portrait of Linda Blair and never completed one. BTW I am a somewhat decent artist and draw a number of horror portraits. I am now inspired to give it another go.

Do you have any samples you are willing to share?
I (for one) am always interested in artists.
In fact, many APF members seem to have art backgrounds.
Maybe we should get a thread started like Ari's on NSFGE...

paul waines · « **Reply #141 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:53:40 PM »

Not a bad Idea Ted, I would love to see some of your stuff, especially after the Mars attacks kit pics we talked about...

DreamWarrior · « **Reply #142 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:55:07 PM »

Quote from: brude on April 18, 2011, 12:47:22 PM

Do you have any samples you are willing to share?
I (for one) am always interested in artists.
In fact, many APF members seem to have art backgrounds.
Maybe we should get a thread started like Ari's on NSFGE...

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paul waines · « **Reply #143 on:** April 18, 2011, 12:58:13 PM »

That is quite the ticket, you do know we are a greedy bunch and will now need to see some more...

Zorba · « **Reply #144 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:11:37 PM »

Quote from: paul waines on April 18, 2011, 12:58:13 PM

That is quite the ticket, you do know we are a greedy bunch and will now need to see some more...

True that!...and one day Paul will run out of quads to flash us with....Nah.

brude · « **Reply #145 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:13:04 PM »

Quote from: DreamWarrior on April 18, 2011, 12:55:07 PM

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Verrrry nice. At first glance, I thought it was a photo.

Zorba · « **Reply #146 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:55:50 PM »

Quote from: brude on April 18, 2011, 01:13:04 PM

Verrrry nice. At first glance, I thought it was a photo.

Same here. I thought that that was the actual dude.

DreamWarrior · « **Reply #147 on:** April 18, 2011, 02:40:51 PM »

You guys are too kind, thank you. It is probably my best work so if I show any more they won't be quite as good.

Edit:Here is a link to a bigger pinhead pic and some others for erik and anyone else who wants to look. http://s939.photobucket.com/albums/ad233/slippy6666/Drawings/

wonka · « **Reply #148 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:47:15 PM »

DreamWarrior, it never fails, at least once or twice a year, some random thread will take several pages of turns that delve into the most dramatic and random commentary. While it is entertaining and sometimes insightful, our musings here can really distort a thread's initial intentions, especially a good one that you started...so sorry about that.

Still, there are great points to be made here, and I hope you are finding the answers you were/are after here amongst the muck and the mire.

Us poster nerds are passionate about our paper...and at the end of the day, its a good thing.

CSM · « **Reply #149 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:47:41 PM »

Ohhh popping the poster cherry! This is exciting...

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