Andrea77
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I'm not sure but I think I may have been scammed by an eBay seller.
I won a Gozer temple prop door on eBay (Item number: 130371545817) from sudzy648.
(http://cgi.ebay.com/Ghostbusters-Gozer-Temple-Door-Movie-Prop_W0QQitemZ130371545817)
Item description:
For auction is a very rare finished and displayable studio casting of the miniature Gozer temple doors from Ghostbusters. This casting came directly from an ex-BOSS employee that worked for many years alongside Mark Stetson. The casting came from the original studio molds and is solid resin. The detail on this piece is exceptional and all of the sculpting is present. The paint finish resembles aged NYC copper/patina/bronze and is completely weathered with areas of green, grays, and soot. The paint is a very close match to the actual aged metallic miniature doors that were part of the Gozer temple model. The doors casting (there is no scribed part line separating each door) is 15 ½” wide X 20 ¾” tall X ½” thick.
He included a signed letter to back up the prop authenticity with a slightly different story from the one on the ebay item description. It says:
I got it three days ago but when I smelled fresh paint coming from the partially opened box I had a bad feeling.
I trused the seller but the prop could to be one of the really poor white resin castings that occasionally pop out on eBay.
It is has poor definition and soft details (probably 2nd generation casting) and it's full of thousand of tiny bubbles on the door front and on on its back.
Here's some photos of the door:
What do you think? Is it a real (bad) casting or a recast? If so, what do you suggest me to do? Any help is appreciated.
By the way, isn't the original mould now owned by a RPF member?
I won a Gozer temple prop door on eBay (Item number: 130371545817) from sudzy648.
(http://cgi.ebay.com/Ghostbusters-Gozer-Temple-Door-Movie-Prop_W0QQitemZ130371545817)
Item description:
For auction is a very rare finished and displayable studio casting of the miniature Gozer temple doors from Ghostbusters. This casting came directly from an ex-BOSS employee that worked for many years alongside Mark Stetson. The casting came from the original studio molds and is solid resin. The detail on this piece is exceptional and all of the sculpting is present. The paint finish resembles aged NYC copper/patina/bronze and is completely weathered with areas of green, grays, and soot. The paint is a very close match to the actual aged metallic miniature doors that were part of the Gozer temple model. The doors casting (there is no scribed part line separating each door) is 15 ½” wide X 20 ¾” tall X ½” thick.
He included a signed letter to back up the prop authenticity with a slightly different story from the one on the ebay item description. It says:
3/13/2010
Dear [my name]
My name is Dave [last name] and I was the original owner of the Ghostbusters Gozer
door that you recently purchased on Ebay. The door casting came from a mold
that was acquired during my time at Mattel Inc. back in 2002. It was painted back
then to match the studio scale model reference photos.
The actual door mold came from a friend of mine named Erich Stoh!
(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831128/) that brought it to Mattel so we could
create 1/6 backdrop display piece with some custom Ghostbusters figures. The
mold was created at Boss Film Studio before it shut down in 1997.
Best regards,
Dave [last name]
[signature]
Senior Project Designer, Mattel 1999-2004
I got it three days ago but when I smelled fresh paint coming from the partially opened box I had a bad feeling.
I trused the seller but the prop could to be one of the really poor white resin castings that occasionally pop out on eBay.
It is has poor definition and soft details (probably 2nd generation casting) and it's full of thousand of tiny bubbles on the door front and on on its back.
Here's some photos of the door:
What do you think? Is it a real (bad) casting or a recast? If so, what do you suggest me to do? Any help is appreciated.
By the way, isn't the original mould now owned by a RPF member?
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