[snakes]

beau said:

email seller - bet he has others - i'm not going through another experience like i did to get my monkey though!

You cannot just tell part of the tale!

[craigf]

Ok, not seconds this time, have to just admit to being useless tonight (thought some time with my gf rather than on the net would be a good idea )

[lesbianwednesdays]

the praportions looked a bit skewed to me, how does it look to you FPR, all good?

[finsburyparkranger]

rudeboyrupert said:

the praportions looked a bit skewed to me, how does it look to you FPR, all good?

It looks fine, its just the way the picture has been squeezed into the box once taken sideways. But i didn't see it mention any prov so maybe exlains how an unsigned went at bloomsbury for £3000 last month and this went for £750 on the bay.

[beau]

snakes said:

beau said:

email seller - bet he has others - i'm not going through another experience like i did to get my monkey though!

You cannot just tell part of the tale!

Mate i've been through this fuckin tale 15 times tonight! check the old laugh now thred in the ebay section and the horror story one in the main section!

what a saga! really draggin! a 5 way tale of woe!

[rustyb]

I think its his best image, someone got a bargain at £750

[pokerdonp]

I was one second away from hitting the pay button in payapl, when i saw he has just confirmed his account, and only has £150 cover, and then saw that, he had over 600 sales, that dont figure to me, also
he required, payment right away, through paypal, it would not let you buy it now, without paying the full amount right away.

I also thought the proportions of the print where wrong, and no paper trail, to p.o.w.

Smells funny to me, but i hope someone got a good deal.

[banksman]

IF HE KNEW 1 WENT FOR £3000 WHY WOULD HE PUT IT ON FOR £750 BUY IT NOW??

HE COULD'VE PUT BUY IT NOW £3000 WITH OFFERS ACCEPTED.... SEEMS DODGY TO ME....

[stingray]

Is it a fair price?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

[morrissey1]

it's a fair 2007 price....but how fair is it going to look in 08...oh crystal ball....(I say take it and run!)

[manchestermike]

Seems about right matey, erring on the side of a good deal. If you're a fan of it then go for it, I doubt you'll get cheaper

[bond]

providing it's in good nick , any prov ?.

If you want it it's a good price if your ok paying it mate

[snakes]

Have you seen it in the flesh so to speak 1st?

Think 1st b4 jumping as a grand is a lot of money by anyones standards (except 4 MM) ;D!

[RBK]

Fair price and great print.

[ctc2]

If it is in good condition and with all the paperwork, it is a pretty good deal.

[stingray]

It is from a friend of a friend so I trust that is genuine. Framed from new so should be in VGC.

Not sure about provenance but will ask.

I am leaning towards going for it. It is one of my favourite images.

[BME]

A very good price IMO. Great image too

[craigf]

A good price and if framed nicely that's an extra bonus ;D

[seidbereit]

at what point can a print no longer be described as being in mint condition?

This one's been trimmed and looks rippled to bejesus yet he still describes it as mint so I'm curious as to where the line lies....

160188971897

Not mine btw.

[wazandy]

Trimming should automatically reduce the price. My guess is he's blu-tacked the print or ripped it and he's trimmed it away to conceal the damage.

As such, calling it 'mint' and five hundred quid still not hitting his reserve makes it a very dodgy buy.

You could make him a low offer if you really want it letting him know it's simply not the print it once was.

Then again, some idiot will probably buy it.

[leehambly]

"neatened for framing"... trimmed for squeezing into a tight-assed Athena frame more like, so likelihood is it has also been squashed up against some glass for a prolonged period of time, too.

Its just not "mint" by anyone's estimation except hers (I think its a her... Bridget Jones, Harry Potter and username all add up!)... I feel "slightly intentionally damaged" (I really do!) is about as good a description as you could honestly put on it.

[wazandy]

I feel for the guy who admitted to blu-tacking 'love is in the air' on his office wall on eBay the other day.

At least he was honest.

But man, a blu tacked classic.

Poor bugger.

[leehambly]

yep.. saw that, defintely kudos for the honesty... but to be fair if there is damage it will be found out in the end and better to be up front about it. I remember (about 2 years ago to the day now) getting home from the Ghetto and pulling down some frame or other (can't even remember what was in it now) and measuring up my Jack and Jill and then agonising over how it was about 3mm too big to fit... I stood there over it with a pair of scissors in hand for about 3 hours, finally forced myself to go to bed and think on it... totally didnt understand the value of it at the time, went to a framers eventually - it could have easily been so much worse! 1 can of cider is all it would have taken.

[leehambly]

and to be fair, while these damaged prints won't reach the same resell value as an otherwise mint version, they will still legitimately reach many, many times the original retail price.

Heaven forbid anyone treats a current release with the same techniques as a few years ago!!! I would love to be able to just pin a trolleys up on the wall... think it would add a certain something!

[craigf]

Definitely not mint, would be interesting to know how much has been trimmed off. Framed up it could look as good as new, but you'd know it had been attacked by a pair of scissors. At £500 if no other damage it is probably in my mind ok, but that said I won't be bidding

[ABC]

My question also would be, who has trimmed it?

[hypovalaemic]

When I asked what "neatened" meant this was the response:

Dear hypovalaemic,

hi - when i had the picture framed, the framist leveled the edges off for mounting- if you are familiar with POW prints - they have a sort of ripped finish around the edges -all he has done (which i didnt realise was such a issue) was level the edges off so it didnt look funnt framed.
Hope this answers your question and thanks for the interest.

[ihate69]

any one have any comments about his prints.
any one like them

[fasteddie]

hypovalaemic said:

"if you are familiar with POW prints - they have a sort of ripped finish around the edges"

Golf sale never had deckled edges.
The tube is newer than the print. POW didn't have the skull stamp then and not the tissue paper either.

That said I don't think it's a fake, but an original in bad condition and delivered with tube and paper from some newer POW print.

[jam]

Really... the seller must be a total moran. Anyone looking at the print in the first place would likely know his info is total shit about older prints having deckled edges.