MoPo-L mailing list (Movie Poster Discussion) (Listserv by Scott Burns).Not Suitable for General Exhibition (Yuku Board Topic).My primary sources of information are the following: As such, my attempt with this article is to summarize the recent events as best as possible. This interview segment used the Dracula poster as subject for the discussion, and following discussion with hobbyists in that field, I subsequently published a “ Reader Comment” to that article with native, high resolution, 1920×1080 video stills of the poster from my footage.Īs noted in preface to the video and prior articles, I personally do not collect posters or know very much at all about that pursuit, but I do believe that these developments are notable and of interest to the original prop and wardrobe collecting field. Part of this discussion was memorialized on video (filmed 09/15/09), which was published in an earlier article (see Vintage Universal Horror Poster Fraud Update: Video Interview with Joe Maddalena, Profiles in History). The following is the original catalog page from the Profiles in History catalog:īelow is the original assessment and analysis from John Davis at Poster Mountain, serving as the basis of his authentication:Ĭoincidentally, I did discuss the preceding fraud controversy with Joe Maddalena of Profiles in History earlier this month, during my preview of the “Hollywood Auction 37” offerings. The Dracula poster adorning the cover of the latest Profiles in History catalog, authenticated by John Davis of Poster Mountain, has been pulled from next week’s auction event and declared a fake. On the heels of the vintage poster scandal reported on earlier this month (see Charges of Fraud Rock The Collectible Movie Poster Market and Hobby), there has been more controversy in the collectible poster memorabilia field as yet another scandal – and altogether different kind of fraud – has been uncovered by members of that community.

Graven Images by Ronald V. Borst