27 X 42 frames

[Supermansw]

Question...I have a couple posters that are not the standard 27 x 40 like the bulk of my collection. I have looked high and low at retail stores near me but have not found any frames this size. So it looks like I am going to have to look online. I found a few sites that seem to carry them and am curious where people have ordered frames from and if they were satisfied with the them. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance

[PaniqL]

I use eframe.co.uk, I'm not sure if they deliver to outside the uk but they make frames at whatever sizes with a range of finishes, mounts etc.

I have used them many times and they are very good

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Supermansw

Question...I have a couple posters that are not the standard 27 x 40 like the bulk of my collection. I have looked high and low at retail stores near me but have not found any frames this size. So it looks like I am going to have to look online. I found a few sites that seem to carry them and am curious where people have ordered frames from and if they were satisfied with the them. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance

Are we talking original movie posters or reprints? Which poster titles do you have that are 27x42 inches? While originals are 27x40, there are times when they can be slightly off a bit, but I have never heard of any originals being two inches off.

[Supermansw]

It is STAR WARS The First 10 Years, Style B by Drew Struzan. It is a signed and numbered piece. I saw it on a website listed as 27 x 41, but my tape measure had it at around 42 I thought.

the picture in my avatar is of the poster in question.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Supermansw

It is STAR WARS The First 10 Years, Style B by Drew Struzan. It is a signed and numbered piece. I saw it on a website listed as 27 x 41, but my tape measure had it at 42.

the picture in my avatar is of the poster in question.

Sorry for the long post, but posters/prints is a passion of mine and want to make sure you do this right since it sounds like you have a very rare piece there....

I had one of those Star Wars 10th Anniversary limited edition prints many years ago that I had Mark Hamil sign, but sold it as a collector made me an offer I couldn't refuse. If memory serves me correctly these were limited to 3000 numbered pieces signed by artist Drew Struzan. I want to say they were signed in pencil, but can't rightly remember. They were printed on a thicker "rag style" paper, not your typical movie poster paper that one-sheets are printed on. They were made by Gore Graphics I believe who used to handle much of the poster printings back in the 80's and were 27x41 inches in size. When you measured yours, are you counting the space from the beginning of the tape measure to the "0" or are you placing the "1" on the edge of the print and measuring from there?

If yours is what I described above, I would imagine it would be an original, and part of the 3000 print run. If that is the case, you have something very rare and collectible and my honest opinion is you don't want to go with a ready-made inexpensive frame. Instead, if you are wanting to display it, I would highly recommend you have it professionally framed but before doing so you will want to make sure you follow a few bits of helpful info:

I'd first ask your family or friends in your area if they know of a good framer and see what they say. I'd hate to see you buy a $20 frame for a print that potentially is worth several hundreds of dollars or perhaps much more. Once you find a framer in your area, take the print in and the first thing I would do is stress the rarity and collectibility of it. There are some framers who don't know the difference, and will assume its simply a $20 poster and treat it as such, but a good framer will listen to your needs/wants.

With something this size, I would not worry about having it matted, that will just increase the costs significantly. Generally matting prints/posters 24x36 inches or smaller is an option but anything over that you kind of what to avoid.

First and foremost, one of the absolute MUST things you need to inform a framer is this: DO NOT DRY MOUNT. Dry-mounting is a process where the framer takes a large piece of styrofoam-like backing, sprays it down with an adhesive, and then places the poster/print on top of it, puts it inside a machine that bonds the two together and that then becomes a permanent process and devalues your print/poster tremendously. Framers often will say "but it takes the ripples out" of a poster, and yes, it's true, but I personally would deal with a few ripples than knowing my poster/print is now worthless because it was now altered from it's original state. Instead you would want it loose between the glass and the backing of the frame, so potentially IF need be, you could have it removed (for example if you wanted to get it autographed) and then placed back inside the frame.

Make sure to pay the extra money and have acid-free backing used. In the long run, you will thank me later. I had something framed back in the early 90's that was not acid-free and had it removed not long ago to find the back of the print was yellowed and the outline of it on the back from the foam board. Luckily it wasn't a valuable print. So spend the extra money now and go with an acid-free backing which should be an off-white, almost cream colored look with a rough texture when you run your hand over it.

I don't recommend displaying framed posters/prints where you will get a lot of sunlight, but if you do, go with Ultra-Violet (UV) glass, or some like to use UV plexi-glass which is lighter. In hotter climates some have said that UV-glass can cause moisture, which could happen, here in Seattle, we rarely see 80+ degree days so I generally stick with UV-glass myself.

Be creative with the frame itself, color, texture, design-wise, but matte back is always nice, but at the same time, a good framer loves to get involved in this process and generally has an eye for that too so I am sure he/she would offer you some great advice.

With an acid-free backing, UV glass (or plexiglass) and professionally done work you will have a great looking poster that will give many years of enjoyable viewing. Good luck to you!

[Supermansw]

thanks for the great information. You are correct, it is signed and it was some #/3000. I was going through all of my various Star Wars posters/one sheets/prints and came on this one. I also have a few of the mylar Kilian ones. I've parted ways with quite a few of my "treasures" over the years but thought it was time to put some out for display to enjoy.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Supermansw

thanks for the great information. You are correct, it is signed and it was some #/3000. I was going through all of my various Star Wars posters/one sheets/prints and came on this one. I also have a few of the mylar Kilian ones. I've parted ways with quite a few of my "treasures" over the years but thought it was time to put some out for display to enjoy.

No problem, sounds like you have quite a treasure there and that you are a big Star Wars fan, but then again, there are a lot of us out there. I will admit I regret at time selling off the 10th Anniversary one, because I always liked it. I think I also had John Williams autograph on it, as back in the 70's and 80's my uncle ran a very popular venue that Williams would perform at fairly regularly and knew him and I had sent down a poster to have him sign and I think this was the one. I had the original one-sheets from each of the films, this poster, and the recalled Revenge of the Jedi (also signed by Mark) but a collector offered me a very fair price at the time (late 90's) and I went with it.

I will admit if you get into meeting actors from the Star Wars film, having them sign that 10th anniversary poster would be quite nice, and unique. I know Carrie Fisher is doing the convention circuit as is Billy Dee Williams. David Prowse is as well, and a few others. I am doing a show for my movie poster business in Calgary the end of this month and they will have the actor who played The Emperor/Senator Palpatine there, and just meeting him would be cool as he was so incredibly talented as The Emperor, especially in Return of the Jedi.