Film poster forger Kerry Haggard has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Haggard used a New York printing company to make high-quality copies of classic 1930’s horror film posters from prints and digital scans.
"The fakes were very clever and difficult to detect," said Grey Smith, director of movie posters at Heritage Auctions. "The obvious marks of a fake? Paper stocks, i.e., quality of paper, was an obvious sign that tipped us off... clarity of the reproduced image was also a factor in denoting the fakes."
Sh*t. There goes my plan for an early retirement.
Posted by: The Screaming Art Director | Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 04:24 PM
Ignition Print has been making high quality reproductions of classic movie posters for years. Where's their indictment?
Posted by: no respect | Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 07:15 PM
Hey --I think this Finding Nemo poster I bought at the Disney store might be a fake!
Posted by: The 4th Stooge | Friday, April 13, 2012 at 05:07 PM