Here are a few more of my better, but terrible condition, posters. They came from a very stylish 1950s house, and the entire basement/bomb shelter area was wallpapered in early 1960s travel posters. The estate sale company tried to get the owner of the house to let them try to steam the pasted posters off of the walls, but the buyer wanted them left in place. I missed out on at least a TWA/Klein London poster before I got there. I think the blue "Greece" poster is the only one missing too many pieces, but they're all out of the solid blue field, so filling in shouldn't be too hard.
I also have a stack of (mostly) less desirable folded movie posters from the early 1980s that will serve as practice subjects before I work on the more desirable items.
I'll get photos of some of the other movie posters that need work up soon. Most of them are in decent shape other than a bit of dirt and fold lines. I also have a collection of modern (last decade or so) movie posters, some of which are framed and on the wall, some of which are in storage.
Movie posters hanging in the hallway. Serenity is a DVD release poster that will eventually be replaced by the Flash Gordon one sheet pictured above. (I love Firefly/Serenity, and if it was the theatrical it would get to stay. This one is just too busy of a design.) Goldeneye is an original teaser poster that I got through some sort of promotion. It needs a bit of work, due to bad handling in my younger, stupider years. Star Trek Into Darkness is a teaser marked as a limited edition of 1701, but not individually numbered. I won it through a promotion before the movie was released. Veronica Mars and Watchmen are both backlit theatrical posters. Not pictured is a Forbidden Planet reprint.
I have some other modern posters that aren't on display, including a theatrical "Inception."
Here is the stack of folded posters that are going to be restoration practice fodder. More bad photography. The Star Wars re-release with the "Revenge of the Jedi" tag is surprisingly not valuable, and this one has heavy fold damage. Brainstorm is somewhat interesting as a movie that didn't see too wide of a release, and it was Natalie Wood's last movie before her disappearance.
The Pink Floyd Back Catalog advertisement is an image that has been reprinted a zillion times, but this is a huge format subway poster that I managed to order out of the UK in the late 1990s. It's the same size as the Grateful Dead poster from London pictured above.
This is going to be a challenge: I found it in a thrift store, suffering from the obvious heavy water damage. Some of the black printed background, especially at the bottom, has suffered damage where the paper was in contact with the glass of the original frame. One lower corner has a dark water stain that's only visible on the back, it probably covers 20% of the surface. The paper stock is very heavy, it's the only poster I've ever seen that will stand on it's own, unaided.
Great mix there Sam, you clearly have an open mind when it comes to paper. Any Paul Newman posters are just wonderful...just because...Paul Newman is wonderful
I generally think "simple is best" when it comes to movie posters, though there are many notable exceptions. "Veronica Mars" is a clever twist on the generally overused and boring "every character's face" theme, since it frames the characters' faces as candid poses on 35mm proof strips, with the title character (a nosy private investigator) holding the camera. I got a bit lucky with that poster, only two theaters within a two-hour drive showed it, and I talked the local art house into giving me the poster when they were done with it.
This is the "Serenity" poster that I wish I had on the wall:
Much more elegant and coherent than the rather disjointed DVD release poster design.
A few more from the pile, including a couple that I forgot I had.
Inception (backlit theatrical, tear on right side and some stress marks):
Goldeneye (backlit theatrical, two pieces missing at top corners and stress marks): Much less elegant than the teaser that I have framed and hanging.
Risky Business (quite a bit of fold damage):
Rattle and Hum (U2 concert movie to which the much better-known album is the soundtrack):
Bullfighting advertisement from Spain (appears to be authentic, the paper is the kind of cheap material you'd expect for bills designed to be pasted on walls and not last long):
Unlicensed 1976 Heineken advertisement featuring Mr. Spock from Star Trek:
I'm not into bullfighting ..but that poster is beautiful. Tomás Campuzano & Linares were the best "matadores" so it looks like you've got a treat there!
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I also have a stack of (mostly) less desirable folded movie posters from the early 1980s that will serve as practice subjects before I work on the more desirable items.
I'll get photos of some of the other movie posters that need work up soon. Most of them are in decent shape other than a bit of dirt and fold lines. I also have a collection of modern (last decade or so) movie posters, some of which are framed and on the wall, some of which are in storage.
Movie posters hanging in the hallway. Serenity is a DVD release poster that will eventually be replaced by the Flash Gordon one sheet pictured above. (I love Firefly/Serenity, and if it was the theatrical it would get to stay. This one is just too busy of a design.) Goldeneye is an original teaser poster that I got through some sort of promotion. It needs a bit of work, due to bad handling in my younger, stupider years. Star Trek Into Darkness is a teaser marked as a limited edition of 1701, but not individually numbered. I won it through a promotion before the movie was released. Veronica Mars and Watchmen are both backlit theatrical posters. Not pictured is a Forbidden Planet reprint.
I have some other modern posters that aren't on display, including a theatrical "Inception."
This is going to be a challenge: I found it in a thrift store, suffering from the obvious heavy water damage. Some of the black printed background, especially at the bottom, has suffered damage where the paper was in contact with the glass of the original frame. One lower corner has a dark water stain that's only visible on the back, it probably covers 20% of the surface. The paper stock is very heavy, it's the only poster I've ever seen that will stand on it's own, unaided.
That Pink Floyd is great, The Verdict is a fabulous one of Newman too. Love that you have so many framed too.
Good samples you've picked out to begin your restoration! Be sure to post your progress as you get started! :plus_one:
This is the "Serenity" poster that I wish I had on the wall:
Much more elegant and coherent than the rather disjointed DVD release poster design.
Inception (backlit theatrical, tear on right side and some stress marks):
Goldeneye (backlit theatrical, two pieces missing at top corners and stress marks):
Much less elegant than the teaser that I have framed and hanging.
Risky Business (quite a bit of fold damage):
Rattle and Hum (U2 concert movie to which the much better-known album is the soundtrack):
Bullfighting advertisement from Spain (appears to be authentic, the paper is the kind of cheap material you'd expect for bills designed to be pasted on walls and not last long):
Unlicensed 1976 Heineken advertisement featuring Mr. Spock from Star Trek: