Unless new unsavory things have come to light, I am seriously looking a a number of his posters. Many of them are on my list and are listed as original rolled. By looking at the pictures I would say they are rolled, and according to Mel's experience they are the real deal.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hellraiser-1987-movie-poster-/360359889100?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e71f88cc
http://cgi.ebay.com/Thing-1982-movie-poster-/360359891558?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e71f9266
Movieposterzone on ebay are ambiguous.
They have good gear, sure, but a lot of the time they leave out information about the poster such as whether or not a poster is single or double sided. I suggest you pm and talk to others on the forum as well.
There are also many that appreciate what LAMP has to offer, as well as the knowledge that Ed and Susan Poole possess in the poster (and film ephemera fields), copyright information, the NSS and its history etc. They are top notch, IMO.
Jeff
I agree, Jeff.
Below is my case for LAMP:
I think Mel's sites are much more fun and informative: Poster Nirvana or Movie Poster Collectors.
T
I have got to disagree with that statement, T.
More fun than LAMP? That's a personal choice (if the headers and body copy don't play up).
But more informative than LAMP?? (sorry, Mel)
Mel's sites might be decent, but at the end of the day with regards to the collector site he, unfortunately, gives no real credit to where he gets his information from. Where's the originality? In the design? The man behind it?
Almost every single thing on that website is secondary research, and not primary research.
The website is also still bias in certain areas.
Is LAMP bias anywhere? I don't think they are.
A collector website such as Mel's should not be bias in any way.
For a guy who has been collecting for just 2 years, it is admirable what Mel has done, but I say this again, he should not portray things on his website as though it is all his doing - it isn't, and that is why LAMP (Ed & Susan) will ALWAYS command far more respect than he ever will (unless he starts changing his crediting & attribution structure). People have explained this to him and he has not listened.
I believe this sentence on his website hinders him:
'Pursuant to the “fair use” provisions of United States copyright law, any images on this site subject to copyright protection are displayed solely for the non-profit purposes of education and promotion of movie poster collecting.'Well, essentially LAMP could do the same, but instead they use their own archive and attribute images to the place/person they received them from.
Yes, LAMP may well be cumbersome for a few, but the wealth of information on there surpasses any other website.
That is a fact. The website may also be rather outdated in design, but at least it doesn't go wrong often, if at all.
And it does its job, and it does it bloody well.
Mel - this is not an attack on you.
Take it as constructive feedback - don't go mental again.