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Hi,
i'm pretty sure that it was forbidden to take picture without permission of "sensitive" places (like the LVF recruitment centres). I was unable until now to find war pictures of the Recteur-Poincaré recruitment centre / HQ of the Ersatzkommando Frankreich in Paris. Maybe Zucca did some shots that are in the BHVP archives ?
But it is quite obvious that when the centre was opened some newspapers in the area made articles about it, but again it is doubtful that they included pictures (that can be used by resistance units to plan attacks on them).
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I do now, it's unused and it's a little damaged but i am really happy with the postcard.Originally posted by IchHattEinenKameraden View PostI would love to have that card in my collection.
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Come on - you can't quote your own post from who knows when and not post a photo of the item. It's like you're having a conversation with yourself.....Originally posted by IchHattEinenKameraden View PostI do now, it's unused and it's a little damaged but i am really happy with the postcard.
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I just realized this card in particular, of which the image is no longer working, is another card i am looking for to include in my collection. I shouldn't post in the middle of the night.Originally posted by TonyS View PostCome on - you can't quote your own post from who knows when and not post a photo of the item. It's like you're having a conversation with yourself.....
I recently received another card which came to my attention by the member: Viewfinder, as you can imagine, i wanted it badly.
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I believe this card was posted by Harm Wulf:
I am still looking for this stunning card.
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Galleria Arte Thule has dedicated a space to the german artist Felix Albrecht
http://www.galleria.thule-italia.com/albrecht.html
Many works about SSComment
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Hello everyone
I'm new at this forum. You guys seem to have a lot of knowledge on ss posters, therefore I'm hoping to find a helping hand here. If I'm doing something wrong, excuse me but i'm not used to work with fora :-)
I'm searching for various info on a poster I bought as a teenager 20 years ago ( for ex. could it be real, who made it, ...) The poster is glued to an 18mm wooden board. I have been searching Google images and among all the ss posters i don't find mine.
Since I can't upload photo's here, I'll paste a Dropboxlink of the poster at the end of the message.
Thanks for any info you might have.
Kind regards
Reinoud
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That's someone's interpretation or a fraud who traced an image of the original engraving by Ernst Birke and painted it while filling in some details to make it more interesting.Originally posted by Reinoud View Post
I have an original postcard of this particular piece:
Personally i wouldn't want it in my collection.Comment
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Thanks for posting Tony.
Too many nice posters, not enough space on my walls. Really, I need to invest in more wall space!
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This is a fake - sorry......Originally posted by Uscha View Post
Authentic ones have a green cap and green tunic.
This is what a real one looks like.Comment
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serious questions about fakes
Tony,Originally posted by TonyS View PostThis is a fake - sorry......
Authentic ones have a green cap and green tunic.
This is what a real one looks like.
This latest poster has crystallized my long pondered thoughts on "fake posters."
have you ever ventured a guess why the ones that are "fakes" usually have such obvious tell tale markers (tells) like cap and tunic in "wrong" color? -or no signature?
At some point as a faker...I would imagine one would abandon being so continually careful to not get in trouble making obvious fakes to fool,
and simply make the BEST fake in the world...to fool everyone.
After all, psychology of a faker will trend towards the desire for more profit and the perfecting of one's craft.
i.e. the faker gets the thrill and personal reward from making the ever better fakes.
Usually a faker is NOT that into preserving the subtle differences between authentic and the fake.
It sometimes seems very odd that fakers seem to want us to know they are fakes!
As you study these posters with enormous zeal, I wonder what you might think about this seeming odd set of circumstances.Comment
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Good question and one I've often thought about myself.Originally posted by Michael Fay View Post
With the quality and low cost of desktop printers these days it wouldn't be too hard to experiment with getting the colors right and playing around with different papers to get rid of the glow from paper whiteners. There are probably even off the shelf papers that don't glow. Bank notes don't glow so I'm guessing there probably are non glow papers are available.
As for motive well I guess it all boils down to money. Maybe the fakers think "close enough is good enough" and "hardly anyone of those suckers will notice a slight color difference." I've had a few guys approach me about doing reproductions from my collection but I've always told them to piss off. Maybe next time I'll question one a bit closer......
If I was a faker I would be trying to perfect it. Even if you ran off 10 copies of one of Anton's most in demand posters and they were close to perfect there's a good $50,000 to $100,000 in your pocket.
Maybe a faker would like to come and comment?
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