Movie Posters & Collecting - for all that are interested..

[Raider]

Every now and again somebody in here asks about movie posters and after quite a bit of time I'm finally drawing my website together. It's basically a complete guide to Movie Poster Collecting. i.e. where to buy, how to store & display them, watching out for fakes etc..

So if any of it takes your interest then take a look:
www.moviepostercollector.co.uk

I'd greatly appreciate any response in terms of any information that you think is missing, especially if you have no idea about collecting movie posters.
I've most recently added the "My Collection" section here:

http://www.moviepostercollector.co.uk/my_collection.html

Hopefully much more to come there!

 

[Raider]

Wheres a good place to get cheap frames, im talking under £20, a frame makes a poster 1000% better imo

That's something that has come up before. All the framing I have done is custom framing, mainly because it ensures the poster is properly protected, but also because you can pick the right style to match the posters. The cheapest you can do that for a 1-sheet is around £70, but for UV-glass and conservation materials it's more like £120.

But the main problem with a cheap frame is that I don't think you can get them "off the shelf" that big. I know of one site that sells ready made frames for UK Quads, but even those are around £75 a pop.

 

[Raider]

Raider,

Need to ask you a quick question regarding buying some more posters...

Have you ever used Moviemarket.co.uk??

They have a couple of posters I'm after adding to my increasing collection & just wondered if they can be trusted for originals?
Their prices seem too good so I'm not convinced but any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Neil

Hi there.

Well I've never used them personally. All I know is that they don't exclusively sell original posters. They seem to sell a few originals (modern and vintage) along with quite a bit of other stuff. However they do seem a reasonable source for original modern posters. Better than risking on Ebay probably

With older posters it's a LOT easier to spot a fake, but with modern posters where they're all rolled and glossy, it's quite hard. There are ways and means, but you'd have to know what an original looked like before making the comparison!

Which posters were you looking at?