4/27/2024 0 Comments Who designed the scarface posterGOOD: A poster that is heavily used, which can have significant tears/paper loss, an excessive number of pin/staple holes, significant fold separation and tears, tape or tape marks to the front and repair tape to the rear. For older posters, there may also be minor bleed-thru of a stamp, mark or writing applied to the back of the poster. It may exhibit staining, creasing, scuffs/wear, discoloration, slight fold separation, small tears, increased number of staple marks, increased level of fold wear compared to ‘Fine’ and minor paper loss. VERY GOOD: A poster that is well used but still presentable. It will show signs of use, such as pin/staple holes to the corners, edge dings/creasing, surface creasing/marks and minor wear to the fold lines. This is generally the highest grade that you will find film posters listed, this allows for minor edge dings and creasing to the surface.įINE: A poster showing light wear. NEAR MINT: A poster that is virtually unused. It is highly unlikely you would find a poster that will truly achieved this grade. MINT: To achieve this grade a poster would have to be totally flawless, no markings or creasing of any kind whatsoever (inclusive of oily fingerprints on high gloss examples). Please feel free to contact us should you require a more detailed condition report. If a poster has been linen backed (see FAQ’s) we will grade it as per its current condition and endeavor to highlight any flaws it may have had prior to the backing/restoration process. Please bear in mind that this is genuine ‘theatre used’ advertising material and it will inevitably show some sign of use and its age. When listing a poster we use the guide below to provide you with a fair assessment of the posters condition. The main faults of note with this example (much brighter/whiter than shown in our image) are the faint horizontal lines/curves (from being stored with tri-folded posters – will flatten when framed), foxing to top border, some minor marks and creasing to the border.įaults aside, this is still an incredibly rare US one sheet and would look wonderful if framed with a mat-board surround.Īboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that listings on this website contain images and names (by way of posters or photographs) of people who have since died. Sadly eBay has done nothing to stop these criminals and is highly unlikely to act in the future. These 3 or 4 eBay dealers are well known within the collector/dealer community and have been selling bootleg posters for years, which is main reason that the market is so heavily flooded with fakes of all the major film titles. The vast majority of these being sold privately (through eBay etc.) are missing these marks, with criminals who have been repeatedly selling them to unsuspecting collectors for years claiming that it is a printing error or use blurry images on their listings so that the buyer can’t see that they’re missing. this poster is one of the most bootlegged/forged posters of all time.Īpart from many of the bootlegs being undersized (not a full 27″ x 41″) the easy way to spot a full size fake is the missing printers ‘L shaped’ guide marks (as seen on my additional images). Please also note that due to its popularity, along with Star Wars, Jaws and Indiana Jones etc. This poster features in many ‘film posters of the 80’s’ or ‘Top film posters of all time’ books and for that reason is highly sought after by collectors in folded or rolled format. Quite possibly Al Pacino’s finest performance which charted the rise (and ultimate fall) of legendary drug baron Tony Montana.
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