[edwest]

A friend of mine used to collect animation cels. The catalogs he received contained interesting terminology not for the unwary. Example: a "presentation background" may or may not have been used in the film or could be drawn by someone entirely unconnected. A "photo-litho" background was just a lithographic print of a photo of the original background. My friend was present at a live auction where an individual bought a piece with such a background. He thought it was original! Granted, "photo-litho" is not a term one uses in everyday conversation. Almost needless to say, after someone among the participants told him this, this man went to the auctioneer and demanded a refund. The auctioneer calmly pointed out that the term "photo-litho" was used in the description and defined in the catalog.

Outright fraud, such as in this case, is not uncommon either, but sometimes, isolated individuals who are unaware of forums like this, assume they've spotted something unique. But, even though one can find answers to questions in under one tenth of a second on google, there are more than a few who simply don't want to do the "work."

Oh well. Perhaps once bitten and warned for the future.



Ed