Movie Posters Discussion Thread

[lucasatakros]

Originally Posted by 314carpenter

After much deliberation and research, I decided to start making my own custom poster sleeves. I'll be using Library of Congress approved Melinex 516. It's the best.

What would you consider to be an affordable price for 10 archival quality sleeves? My research is showing some places selling 20 for $250 plus tax. I could potentially offer them for a much more reasonable cost, just for the few here that may want to buy them from me. It'll be a few more weeks until I get setup before I can make any promises though.

Although this company is located in the UK, they have some good information: https://www.preservationequipment.com/

I'm very cost conscious (i.e. really cheap!)- most of my posters are newer films and were acquired for $1-5 each, therefore I'm looking at possibly several archival boxes (with archival tissue paper between posters- as well as archival cardboard as 'dividers' every 10 or so posters). I'll hopefully find an inexpensive flat file at some point. I'm looking at a couple of dollars each for sleeves/pockets. Bags unlimited sells "One Sheet Poster Sleeve. 27-5/8 x 43". 2 mil Polyethylene. No flap." for around $1.50 when ordering 100.

That's not to say I won't be much more careful with valuable posters.... I'll spend more for a higher quality Mylar/Melinex pocket...but I only have a few that are rare/older.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by 314carpenter

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Those look like the cabinets we used at Warner Bros. for one sheets. We had a huge stack of them and it takes up a lot of space, but so do the posters.

[Xboxbydegrees]

Originally Posted by lucasatakros

I'm very cost conscious (i.e. really cheap!)- most of my posters are newer films and were acquired for $1-5 each, therefore I'm looking at possibly several archival boxes (with archival tissue paper between posters- as well as archival cardboard as 'dividers' every 10 or so posters). I'll hopefully find an inexpensive flat file at some point. I'm looking at a couple of dollars each for sleeves/pockets. Bags unlimited sells "One Sheet Poster Sleeve. 27-5/8 x 43". 2 mil Polyethylene. No flap." for around $1.50 when ordering 100.

After poking around I found them. Here is the link if anyone is interested.

Link

[Xboxbydegrees]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Got my new Baroque portfolio. The clips were all jagged and screwed up on my original and they said this new batch was a "new version" with better clips. I haven't opened it to check yet, but I guess we'll see..

My Baroque portfolio just shipped. Can’t wait to get it!

[314carpenter]

Originally Posted by Xboxbydegrees

After poking around I found them. Here is the link if anyone is interested.

Link

Polyethylene
I'll stick with Polyethylene Terephthalate (Mylar; ie, polyester)

https://www.gaylord.com/resources/kn...cs-infographic

For anyone else, this stuff is 50% thicker than 2 mil for 33% less $$ than the quoted link above
https://www.bagsunlimited.com/produc...le-20-offbfont

[Xboxbydegrees]

Originally Posted by 314carpenter

Polyethylene
I'll stick with Polyethylene Terephthalate (Mylar; ie, polyester)

https://www.gaylord.com/resources/kn...cs-infographic

Thanks. I'm new to the poster storage/preservation. Can you post a link to the ones you buy?

[314carpenter]

Originally Posted by Xboxbydegrees

Thanks. I'm new to the poster storage/preservation. Can you post a link to the ones you buy?

I failed to find an affordable supplier that could offer me a substantial enough discount (even when paying over $800 for product) to actually make a purchase. I'm working several manufacturers now, so I can begin making my own. The startup costs for me are very high. In turn, I hope to soon be offering a more affordable product while still maintaining the highest quality standards for "indefinite storage". That's totally different than the "long term" storage you get with lesser film stocks.

Here is a handy guide that help to understand the level of detail that I'm now putting into this. It's becoming quite the hobby.

https://p.widencdn.net/aqvadn


Regardless of where you buy from, you should be able to easily identify the exact nature and properties of the materials you are purchasing. If you aren't able to do that, then the supplier isn't being honest with you, and are selling you an inferior product, with a lower price to get you to make a purchase. There is far more low grade stuff than not, and the vast majority of collectors really have no idea about what they're actually getting. For most people, it doesn't matter to them anyway.

Just remember that your dealing in paper. It's far from being the most durable medium to collect or trade in. There are specific methods approved by the Library of Congress for mitigating those kind of concerns. The materials that I intend to purchase actually come with multiple certificates of origin and authentication. I will eventually be able to offer those same certificates to anyone I sell my products to, or trade with.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by 314carpenter

Polyethylene
I'll stick with Polyethylene Terephthalate (Mylar; ie, polyester)

https://www.gaylord.com/resources/kn...cs-infographic

For anyone else, this stuff is 50% thicker than 2 mil for 33% less $$ than the quoted link above
https://www.bagsunlimited.com/produc...le-20-offbfont

Doesn't anyone make polypropylene bags?

[314carpenter]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

Doesn't anyone make polypropylene bags?

LOL. Sure they do, but the expiration date on that stuff is only slightly longer than the loaf of bread inside of it.

[Xboxbydegrees]

Got my Baroque LED light box frame! Picture attached. My portfolio should be here tomorrow.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by 314carpenter

LOL. Sure they do, but the expiration date on that stuff is only slightly longer than the loaf of bread inside of it.

Didn't see that you were referring to Mylar. I use Mylar for a lot of my collectibles, but Polypropylene for the cheaper stuff.

I steer clear away from Polyethelyne.

[RandomMovieFan]

I have noticed more modern posters that have someone looking out a window and there is aways rain on them and thats a couple that i have noticed there many more but i just found it interesting.

[RustinCohle]

Now that I'm back at a theater, I have access to basically every single (current film) one sheet there is. I said I was going to stop buying posters, but now that they're free..

I may need a third Baroque Portfolio..

[GreatGreg]

I should just work for a theatre for free when I retire.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

I should just work for a theatre for free when I retire.

All the popcorn you want too! ;-)

[lucasatakros]

Originally Posted by RandomMovieFan

I have noticed more modern posters that have someone looking out a window and there is aways rain on them and thats a couple that i have noticed there many more but i just found it interesting.

That's one of the very effective 3D scenes in "Finest Hours", looking out the car window with melted snow on the windshield.

However, your poster selection is much more interesting!

[RustinCohle]

I'm thinking of investing in really nice museum quality frames for a couple of my one sheets. UV resistant glass, acid-free boards, etc.

They'll run close to $300 per frame, but it's probably worth it since a couple of my posters are already yellowing a little from using cheap frames.

[roar]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

I'm thinking of investing in really nice museum quality frames for a couple of my one sheets. UV resistant glass, acid-free boards, etc.

They'll run close to $300 per frame, but it's probably worth it since a couple of my posters are already yellowing a little from using cheap frames.

That is about what I paid to have a couple of nice Mondo prints framed, the UV resistant glass is also usually anti-glare/reflective and is really sweet. Make sure your framer uses archival mounting techniques and doesn't try and talk you into any dry mounting, if they are going to tape the poster at all you will want to know how they are going to not damage the poster.

The Library of Congress has a cool page on the proper techniques and a section of questions to ask your framer that are pretty hardcore

Confirm with the framer:
- Hinges: Non-adhesive hinging (e.g., photo/mounting corners; polyethylene strapping; mounting strips) whenever possible or Japanese tissue hinges applied with refined wheat starch paste
- Matboard (for window and for backmat): 100% cotton rag or chemically purified, lignin-free wood pulp stock; pH-neutral or slightly alkaline (pH 8.5); 4-ply minimum; overmatting provides more protection than "floating" in the window; for matting photographs, board must pass the Photographic Activity Test
- Tape for hinging the window and backmat together: Water-activated gummed linen tape; object should not touch linen tape
- Glazing: UV-opaque acrylic (also available as anti-static for objects with friable media); ensure the object does not touch the glazing -- use a sufficiently thick-ply window mat or add spacers along the perimeter of the mat
- Backing board: acid-free and lignin-free corrugated board (necessitates an additional moisture barrier) or corrugated polyethylene or polypropylene; at least 3 mm thick
- Moisture barrier: metalized polyester film; polyester film
- Frame: metal or wood (if wood, rabbet should be lined with a barrier film (e.g., aluminum or polyester tape with acrylic adhesive) to prevent acids in wood from moving into the mat package); of sufficient depth to accommodate the complete package including the backing board; constructed to minimize potential for warping, bowing, torquing
- Method for securing mat package in frame: pins or brads; no tape

[Weirded Wonder]

Snagged a 50th Anniversary Godfather double sided poster!!! So awesome.

[russweiss1]

I've been collecting movie memorabilia for over 40 years. In my 20's I started framing posters and currently have about 20 up on the walls. They just take up so much space that I don't have any interest in framing more.