For years I have put away posters I liked for future use.
Yesterday I bought one off ebay that I had wanted for some time .... 1959 "space age".
I am guessing it is original. I know there were copies out there but the copies I found did have the power title or copyright date in the white boarder area ... this one does.
Anyway, I want to mount and display this one.
It is not worth a lot of money ... I only paid $35 for it .... but actually have most of the plastic models pictured in this poster and what to put up a small display in my "man cave" (ie the basement).
The poster has a lot of "wave" in it ... not flat at all.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1959-Space-Age-Educational-Poster-New-/182884646386?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=OSL%252Feu7gsbm7%252B4%252B%252BwdeX0tjZM7Y%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=ncI think the poster is 24" x 37"
So I started looking at pictures, reading web sites and getting more and more confused!
I originally thought about getting one of those frames that sandwich the poster between plastic sheets. I am afraid this will not flatten the sheet and also I was told never to let anything touch the print (I have had one stick to the glass).
I then started reading about dry mounting but also read this is "cheating" and that the backing might come apart in years to come (I want to do this once and have it last 50 years).
I started reading about linen mounting. Some sites said this is the "standard" others said not to do it unless the poster is in very bad shape. Also cost seems vary widely ... $100 to $1000
I am not even sure what the finished poster should look like. I was originally going to frame it with a mat but then you would cut off the title and the copyright date. I see most pictures mounted so that you can see the entire poster.
So, I am lost!
I want to preserve and display this poster in the "correct" way. I don't mind spending $100 or so to linen mount if that is what is best ... but then how do I mount this?
Is there someone online I should send this off to?
I live in rural Vermont USA (my brother says all Vermont is rural
).
Thanks so much ..... Mike