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Common Poster Subjects => Authentication => Topic started by: Ba517401 on March 10, 2014, 11:34:05 PM
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Hi,
I was looking at some posters on EBay and I thought that I would compare 2 reputable dealer's posters to an unknown seller's poster of the same title. On the 2 reputable dealer's posters, the fold lines were remarkably similar. On the unknown seller's poster, the fold lines were noticeably at different points throughout the poster, both vertically, and horizontally. I read somewhere that posters issued to theatrical venues were (and maybe still are) machine folded.
In your experiences, can fold lines be a barometer, of sorts, to determine authenticity?
Ba
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Most posters are folded similarly, but it is not uncommon to find posters with different fold lines, a little to the left, a little to the right. It happens. So I wouldn't use this criteria for authenticity. Size, smell (yes, smell, as ridiculous as it sounds) and paper texture are more telling, imo.
Also, I wouldn't buy folded US posters past 1984-1985. This is when studios started sending them rolled to theaters.
T
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Very good info...thanks