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Originally Posted by hariseldon
No real reason to quote except I'd specifically like your opinion
Considering finally framing some of the Star Wars double sided Posters from DMR and need an opinion on a frame source.
Hollywood Poster Frame seems to have the type quality I'm looking for, but need an opinion of them now. I ran across several posts from 2010-2013, but nothing mentioning them since. Are they still a high quality site or have they been replaced by a different go-to retailer. We have an excellent custom frame shop locally, but they seem to want to dry mount everything though it would be easy enough to say no, but they cost is too much for what I want to do.
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Well just my opinion despite what some may think the Star Wars posters from DMR, which are authentic, do have a strong value to them and with it being Star Wars, the collectibility of them will continue to rise. With the exception of ones that theater employees get to sell, the DMR ones are really the only ones "out there" per say with regards to the poster collecting community. Poster dealers themselves generally have a hard time obtaining Disney originals, it's been getting more and more difficult, that started right around the time the first Avengers film posters were hitting. So from a collector's stand point you really can't go with any of the Star Wars posters.
Condition though is key and affects the value greatly and just about everyone on this site knows DMR aren't known to package very well. So if you were a lucky one and you got them in near-mint/mint condition that alone makes them even more collectible. From a framing perspective, you can go the professional route, however you do need to stress the "do not drymount" aspect to them. Remember a framer is working for YOU, not the other way around and if you tell them no drymount, they need to do that. Sure you will see some ripples or waves, but so be it, at least you will know it's not drymounted and don't let a framer tell you otherwise. Dry mounting may be good for posters with zero value, but when it comes to original movie posters, I personally am against it. Again, my opinion only.
Cost-wise having it done professionally will be more expensive. The standard size of a theatrical one-sheet is 27x40 inches but sometimes a poster can be off a tad bit, either smaller or larger but when that occurs its a small amount, but a standard 27x40 frame that is pre-made won't fit the bill so a custom poster is needed. I imagine there are some out there who trim or cut down a poster to fit, I would urge people not to do it. But if you lay the poster out flat as can be and measure if it comes out to 27x40, you can consider frames at Michael's Arts & Crafts, or Arron Brothers Framing for example, both sell ready-made frames, and generally both of those retailers have coupons you can sometimes find in Sunday newspapers, the overall quality is not as good as a professional frame. Also, you want to go with acid-free backing and those ready-made ones don't feature that, instead cardboard backing and cardboard is acidic and over time can and will yellow your poster/print. I have seen it and it can get to be pretty bad.
There are probably frames online that you can consider, surely there are some here who have bought some, but I haven't and can't speculate on what is out there that is good or bad. Just go with a good metal frame, acid-free backing and UV-glass or UV-Plexiglass if you get a lot of sunlight in that room and you should be good to go.