Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

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feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:49:36 PST

Sent to me by a CHFB lurker:FORBES fer Cryin' Out Loud!http://www.forbes.com/sites/billsinger/2012/04/10/frankenstein-posters-come-back-from-the-dead-to-defraud-collectors/and Business Week - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-11/frankensteins-f...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (David Schecter) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:08:51 PST

Somebody should design a poster showing him in jail, maybe a take-off on a prison movie, then send it to him to decorate his cell with. Aren't I MEAN?

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (pinkfloyd95209) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:56:40 PST

Corloff wrote:Victor Frankenstein wrote: Woooow. Corloff! Though I agree, you opened a Costco sized can of worms! LOLI hope they're gummi worms, 'cause I love 'em! I do want to make it clear that I'm not necessarily dissing collectors. Belie...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Bobtheman) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:37:30 PST

more information herehttp://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/reply/598864/FRANKENSTEIN-MEETS-THE-WOLF-MAN-Dissection-Version#reply-598864

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:21:40 PST

Thanks a million for the Reader's Digest versions, fellas. I think I get the picture (or the poster, as it were). Thanks!

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (TomWeaver999) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:12:33 PST

An earlier thread on the subject, for cross-reference purposes: http://monsterkidclassich...-POSTER-FORGERIES?page=1

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Corloff) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:35:29 PST

Victor Frankenstein wrote: Woooow. Corloff! Though I agree, you opened a Costco sized can of worms! LOLI hope they're gummi worms, 'cause I love 'em! I do want to make it clear that I'm not necessarily dissing collectors. Believe me, I under...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (sillyhuron) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:18:14 PST

So how long before people who bought his fakes start showing them off, boasting about the amazing story behind them? Some people specialize in collecting forgeries (not to mention true crime stuff).

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (taraco) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:15:23 PST

Somewhere on the CHFB there's an original thread or two on this that linked to an amazing story about the lengths he went to in faking the posters. With a helper who suspected something wasn't on the up and up and all kinds of drama.It's an amazing ...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:49:02 PST

>by a color photo of a guy sitting in front of a FRANK MEETS THE WOLF MAN poster and a story with a comical headline that's a take-off on "Monster Bash"!Read More

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (cabmangray) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:36:45 PST

Hal, Yes. He took original lobby cards, sanded off the image, kept the back intact, and stuck the fake image on top of it. I think he did the same thing to window cards, too. Would'nt surprise me if he did inserts and 22x28's as well.Corloff, the repros u...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Victor Frankenstein) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:36:12 PST

Woooow. Corloff! Though I agree, you opened a Costco sized can of worms! LOL

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Corloff) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:17:01 PST

I have nothing but contempt for the fraud. But for me the story calls into question the value of collecting pop artifacts like movie posters. I gather from the story there's a company out there selling movie poster reproductions that are indis...
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feeds@yuku.com (siciliano66) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:46:09 PST

Good! Hope he rots in there!

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (HalLane) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:27:15 PST

Isn't this the guy who combined repro lobby card fronts with vintage cheap Realart backs or whatever to pass the 'carbon dating' test? We ALL know what happens when you meddle with science that was meant to be left alone.

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (cabmangray) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:14:02 PST

Rak, the sorry tale goes like this. The quick version is this dumbf*^% bought really excellent repro versions of posters like Dracula from the company S2, which is licenced to make repros of the posters. The difference is S2 repros are made the old fashio...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Victor Frankenstein) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:04:35 PST

Rak: He created forgeries of classic Uni posters, and sold them or traded them for cash and REAL Uni posters. Value stolen from various ebay/online buyers topping a million bucks...

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:16:43 PST

Can anybody give me a really quick nutshell version of what exactly this guy did? I somehow missed this entire story up until now.

Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (TomWeaver999) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:42:34 PST

It probably goes without saying that he also (allegedly) didn't do the right thing tax-wise when he sold stuff on eBay, evaded income tax payments every year, and and and and and and and. Uncle Sam knows it and THOSE wheels of justice are now turning. If/...
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (TomWeaver999) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:34:35 PST

It's not often that you pick up a NYC newspaper, look at the front page, TURN the page -- and see a page 3 that's pretty much filled by a color photo of a guy sitting in front of a FRANK MEETS THE WOLF MAN poster and a story with a comical headline that's...
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Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries

feeds@yuku.com (taraco) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:53:33 PST

This case has been posted about before, but here is the latest development. This is the government's press release. Whether appeals are planned is not stated here.UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELE...
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