Nate’s sister has been on at least 1 Sad Littles set, so you may have bought a card from her — either a return, or a pack she picked up. I’m not sure, but that’s a possibility.

I agree — the titles on the backs of the cards are a nice touch.

Thanks for your comments.

Jon

My only big complaint may not be an issue at all, but perhaps a
misconception. With the Damsels cards, it seemed certain artists
popped up late in the game. For example, I don’t recall seeing many
Duron or Molinelli sketches when the set was first released. They
seemed to come up later. And Eisu sketches seemed to be in earlier
packs. Same with Essence of Fairyland. Several Treece cards showed up
in the last couple of weeks. I imagine that the packs were filled up
depending on when the artists returned the cards.

I also won a card on eBay yesterday that was same last name as Nate
and in St Louis, but not his usual account. So it seems he is selling
the leftovers directly? Doesn’t matter at the end of the day if I win
my card, I suppose.

And a neat touch, in my opinion, is that the artists were apparently
asked to “title” their cards on the back. Not all did (Martinez just
signed his on the back, for example), but some like Jeff Chandler did
well with the names.

All the best,
Jason

To whom it may concern,

I recently purchased a set of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (2010) Autograph cards from a buyer on Ebay who sells a large volume of these. I assumed these were official, legal and legitimate Disney products as Ebay’s policy is such that fakes, fraudulent or copyrighted materials were illegal and in violation of their practices.

After paying a substantial amount for these cards, apparently produced by Starz Cards in Hollywood (although I am not given a contact address for this “company”, nor can I find one in any business directory in the US), I was then told (cleverly not via the selling advertisement) that these are “novelty cards” made for the “fun of it” and are limited to 500 worldwide.

After contacting the seller I have not been given any proof that these ARE in fact limited, that the production run is NOT endless and they are obviously making a substantial profit at the Disney Company’s expense. The prices these “cards” are sold at are made to be suggestive that in fact, these are “official” products, that they are “limited” and they are “not” in violation of copyright laws. Even though they are in direct conflict with Ebays “laws and policies”, I was “warned” by Ebay and my account apparently put at risk for asking questions about this seller and the cards legality on the message board for sellers/buyers.

It is because of this, that an honest buyer with “ethics” has been reprimanded that I post this to you. Even though I have lodged a complaint with Ebay, the seller is still able to sell these Disney “fakes”. They are not the only ones.

I have added the links to this particular seller AND the products for you to view but would certainly appreciate a reply from you so that I may be inclined to make contact again in the future if I come across another violation of your copyrighted material. It might also assist my endeavor to help make Ebay a safer place to sell and buy in.

Yours sincerely,
M. Pratt
Perth, Western Australia

The links to the offending items are as follows:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TIM-BURTONS-ALICE-WONDERLAND-AUTOGRAPH-CARD-SET-/220633610413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_2455wt_1139

the reply from Disney so far:

Thank you for your correspondence. We want you to know that we appreciate the time you took to bring this matter to our attention. We protect our intellectual property rights vigorously and we take reports of suspected infringement seriously. However, as you can appreciate, investigations are confidential.We neither reveal our sources nor generally correspond further with them about any investigations.

Please feel free to use our email address: tips@disneyantipiracy.com or our Antipiracy voice mail hotline, 818-560-3300, if you want to provide more information about the suspected infringement or to report a suspected infringement in the future.

Very truly yours,

Antipiracy Group, Corporate Legal

The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-0527

Luckily, I found you CAN (at least it’s the law here in Australia) get a refund as soon as they arrive by applying to PayPal as a case for the item “significantly not as described”…the argument being that “novelty”, “entertainment only” (theirs not yours) and “just for fun” DO come into that category. I’d give it a go. Then search as hard as you can for the company who own the rights to the artwork etc, they are out there but a bit of a search and then send them the details and the links to the products being sold.

Hopefully, bit by bit these mongrels can be deprived of their parasitic sales.

All the best and thanks for the blog. PEACE!

Michael.