Possible fake 98 Hartford

pjungers
pjungers Posts: 77
edited December 2011 in Lost Dogs
I saw this poster on ebay and thought it was interesting:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEARL-JAM-HARTF ... 500wt_1016

The guy might be right about it being a reproduction. The images on Expresso Beans show it says "Ames Design" at the bottom, not "Ames Poster". So does that make this one a fake?

Also, why do some images of this poster show the background as orange-ish and some have it as yellow?

If this is fake, I'm surprised that someone was still willing to spend almost $200 on it. Anyone have any insight?

Thanks.
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  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    yes, definitely a fake. this one looks wrong, not just the wording. to my mind it is worthless.
  • Chicagone
    Chicagone Posts: 184
    That's definitely a fake. The colors are off. Here's what a real one looks like and you can see the "Ames Design" in the last pic.
    http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sha ... 1486797472
    So, yea, it's already at $200, wait til it ends. Unbelievable what people are pulling these days on some PJ fans who obviously have money to burn. I mean $500 for a backpack or a dvd, are you kidding me! And some people won't pay that for a true limited item like a real poster from 98 :)
    pjungers wrote:
    I saw this poster on ebay and thought it was interesting:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEARL-JAM-HARTF ... 500wt_1016

    The guy might be right about it being a reproduction. The images on Expresso Beans show it says "Ames Design" at the bottom, not "Ames Poster". So does that make this one a fake?

    Also, why do some images of this poster show the background as orange-ish and some have it as yellow?

    If this is fake, I'm surprised that someone was still willing to spend almost $200 on it. Anyone have any insight?

    Thanks.
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    I want this fucking poster so bad but there's no way I'm paying 500 plus for a legit one. I've been thinking about having an artist friend paint it on some canvas for me so I can just hang it in my man cave.
  • Elzar
    Elzar Posts: 966
    theres been a bunch of weird prints lately on the bay that seem counterfeit to me - especially the ones from a seller that all the posters are size 20"x26", and they are all off-color and off-centered.

    be careful what you bid on! :lol:
  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    this was posted on BRY back in 2007.

    Real on the left, fake on the right.

    ebay_3_050111.jpg
  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    Planet of Sound wrote:
    this was posted on BRY back in 2007.

    Real on the left, fake on the right.

    ebay_3_050111.jpg

    Really off... I noticed that auction but the colors were so weird that it wasn't even worthy :|
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    arq wrote:
    Planet of Sound wrote:
    this was posted on BRY back in 2007.

    Real on the left, fake on the right.

    ebay_3_050111.jpg

    Really off... I noticed that auction but the colors were so weird that it wasn't even worthy :|
    yep, the fake looks too bright and way less earthy than the real thing.
  • dmaradona10
    dmaradona10 Posts: 915
    I don't get why fakes are obviously not the real thing. I mean come on! Make some fakes that look at least similar to the real poster!
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  • pjungers
    pjungers Posts: 77
    Thanks for the visual. Although I must say, the fake in the side-by-side looks a lot like the "real one" in the slide show in the 3rd post above (i.e. yellow vs orange-ish).
  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    edited December 2011
    pjungers wrote:
    Thanks for the visual. Although I must say, the fake in the side-by-side looks a lot like the "real one" in the slide show in the 3rd post above (i.e. yellow vs orange-ish).
    think that's mainly due to the lighting in the slide show 3rd pic. the real one is definitely yellowy-orange in real life, rather than the bright yellow of the fake imo.

    I think that's probably why the fake is not very similiar in colour to the original - I assume the person that made them used a picture off the net and therefore got the colour wrong.
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  • bosshogg18
    bosshogg18 Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,100
    arq wrote:
    Planet of Sound wrote:
    this was posted on BRY back in 2007.

    Real on the left, fake on the right.

    ebay_3_050111.jpg

    Really off... I noticed that auction but the colors were so weird that it wasn't even worthy :|

    Variant :lol:
  • DAMON
    DAMON Posts: 256
    What is weird is they can copy it all perfect and mess up the color?? I can put a pic on my $200 printer/scanner from Target and do a better job than that....They get the paper and ink and??? Yall think they did it purposely; oh I dont have that version?
  • Elzar
    Elzar Posts: 966
    DAMON wrote:
    What is weird is they can copy it all perfect and mess up the color?? I can put a pic on my $200 printer/scanner from Target and do a better job than that....They get the paper and ink and??? Yall think they did it purposely; oh I dont have that version?

    the ink they used was probably cheap ass paint, wasnt colorfast. the colors might have matched at one time, but probably discolored over time. or maybe they were just bad at mixing ink.

    and i doubt this was forged using a web pic - the size and details look like theyre matching closely according to the pics (though i havent seen either in person) - there would be way too many measurement flaws.
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    I like the fact that the seller on eBay says it's fake on the description, and people still spend that kind of money on it.... WTF??? :?
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,078
    I like the fake one better
  • PillowPants
    PillowPants Posts: 4,877
    Chicagone wrote:
    So, yea, it's already at $200, wait til it ends. Unbelievable what people are pulling these days on some PJ fans who obviously have money to burn. I mean $500 for a backpack or a dvd, are you kidding me! And some people won't pay that for a true limited item like a real poster from 98 :)

    who is "pulling" anything?

    it's called reality... people are paying stupid prices for stuff so that makes people sell stuff


    i understand it seems silly... but to say someone is pulling something makes it seems like there's something shady or illegal about it
  • branscop
    branscop Posts: 1,185
    PillowPants wrote:
    Chicagone wrote:
    So, yea, it's already at $200, wait til it ends. Unbelievable what people are pulling these days on some PJ fans who obviously have money to burn. I mean $500 for a backpack or a dvd, are you kidding me! And some people won't pay that for a true limited item like a real poster from 98 :)

    who is "pulling" anything?

    it's called reality... people are paying stupid prices for stuff so that makes people sell stuff


    i understand it seems silly... but to say someone is pulling something makes it seems like there's something shady or illegal about it
    I think by pulling, he just meant "pulling in" in terms of $$, not anything to do with a scam..just my thought
  • PillowPants
    PillowPants Posts: 4,877
    branscop wrote:
    PillowPants wrote:
    Chicagone wrote:
    So, yea, it's already at $200, wait til it ends. Unbelievable what people are pulling these days on some PJ fans who obviously have money to burn. I mean $500 for a backpack or a dvd, are you kidding me! And some people won't pay that for a true limited item like a real poster from 98 :)

    who is "pulling" anything?

    it's called reality... people are paying stupid prices for stuff so that makes people sell stuff


    i understand it seems silly... but to say someone is pulling something makes it seems like there's something shady or illegal about it
    I think by pulling, he just meant "pulling in" in terms of $$, not anything to do with a scam..just my thought

    but he says "pulling these days on some PJ fans"

    i see your point on pulling in... but he says pulling on


    anyhoo... people will learn soon when they buy this stuff to flip and then get stuck with it

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