With the recent events of all the fake horror lobby cards and movie posters, collectors and dealers are now pondering the idea of a third party company that will authenticate and possibly grade movie posters. It has been done with coins, stamps, baseball cards and even comic books, so movie posters may be the next logical choice. Slabbing is the term used for those other collectibles, meaning the item is placed inside a tamper proof plastic case with a unique serial number. I am on the fence about this one, as I would hate to see my posters encapsulated in plastic cases, instead of the beautiful frames and binders they are in now. I think that once the criminals who started this are brought to justice, and the collectors, dealers, and restorers in this hobby learn how these fakes were created so it never can happen again, things will calm down. More to come...
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Ralph DeLuca
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