About some James Bond posters

[AdamCarterJones]

Just noticed... a virtual collection, with no actual posters???
Very odd if you aren't going to buy even a single poster.

I also don't think you have read people's responses properly going from your reply.

I think you need to think more about what you are actually trying to do.
Why create a website like the one you are proposing when there are websites which already do this? You can purchase James Bond posters for varying amounts and the time it will take for you to build your website could be better spent on acquiring actual posters. And a lot of them aren't as expensive as you think.

[Simes]

Andy - what do you class as 'big' files?

I have some images ready to go at 1 to 1.5 Mb if that is helpful.  If so, pop me a PM with an email address and I can shoot over your wants that I already have available.  That said, my digital images only go as far back as Casino Royale in terms of recent releases and whatever I have happened to buy in the meantime (I do have a Moonraker image); and I would prefer not to photograph more.

Anyway, maybe this is a start for ten.

Cheers.

[andyvee]

Out of principle, my advice to anyone is NOT to use this site.
They rip off many, many artists.
AND they sell unlicensed reprints.
AND THEY GENUINELY DO NOT GIVE A DAMN.

Bruce's emovieposter is great, heritage auctions is also great.
And if you need any help, just as Ted and Jeff have alluded to, get in touch with one of the Bond collectors/sellers such as myself, "Simes" or "harrycaul" who are fantastic Bond collectors.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

After trying to find the posters that I am missing (in the resolution that I want, I mean) in this site (movieposterdb dot com) I have to agree with you that they are a total rip-off. I could not find any of the posters that I am looking for and the ones I have seen there, although too many, look like they were harvested from the internet itself. And the quality (resolution) is so low in many posters that it is impossible to take seriously such a site. they seem to sell crap although they do charge very low, still too much for the crap they "sell". You can find better images or the same in google images, bing images, etc., for free.

[andyvee]

Just noticed... a virtual collection, with no actual posters???
Very odd if you aren't going to buy even a single poster.

I also don't think you have read people's responses properly going from your reply.

I think you need to think more about what you are actually trying to do.
Why create a website like the one you are proposing when there are websites which already do this? You can purchase James Bond posters for varying amounts and the time it will take for you to build your website could be better spent on acquiring actual posters. And a lot of them aren't as expensive as you think.

I have read carefully every one of the replies in this thread, trust me.

Show me ONE, just one, site that has all the correct and OFFICIAL non-advance regular Quad UK posters for all 25 James Bond movies in an acceptable resolution (at least 1024x768px) and quality!

When you build your own site, you have freedom. Again, this is for my own pleasure. I am an on-and-off fan of James Bond. Right now, I am in the "on" state. It will pass. Then it will come back... I am not a fanatic, I am a fan, regular fan, that happens to like to have fun in my computer and right now my "project" is to build this site and collect the images.

I will probably later, if my wife does not get too mad at me for wasting my time with these "unimportant things", add all US 1-sheet posters too. These are much easier to find than the damned Quad UK.

Some people take pleasure with having physically some thing. Some take enough pleasure with having a virtual thing. If this was not true, many games in Facebook (of which one I have been very addicted in the past) would not exist.

Cheers,
Andy

[AdamCarterJones]

Sent you a pm, Andy.

[Ari]

Surely there's a book, I now sorry it's paper, but a book with every damn bond poster ever? Of there's not then someone should do it, but I'm sure there would be.
That would be a darn site better than a folder of jpgs surely?
Or am I just too much of a paperphile?

[Mirosae]

I believe there is one James Bond 50 Years of Movie Posters. I found it rather good, though can't say I am an expert on Mr 007 films or posters...!

[andyvee]

I bought the James Bond 50 Years of Movie Posters. It is a nice book but it states that it covers all the movies up to and including Skyfall which is a big overstatement, if not a plain lie. It covers up to Quantum of Solace. For Skyfall, it has only ONE poster, the "International" format, nothing else. Even a description about Skyfall is missing. They only have this one poster for Skyfall and absolutely nothing else. So, they put it there just to be able to advertise that the book "covers all 25 JB movies to date".

Also, they start each section, for each movie, with a big picture of the UK quad except for Casino Royale (2006) and obviously Skyfall. Why not show the final UK quad for Casino Royale, I don't know. They use the advance version which is pretty much the same as the final but with the release date, still not the final version.

For the price, around US$30, it is still worthy, if you want to see tons of JB posters. It is big and heavy. But I am sure that there will never be a comprehensive and complete book of ALL official JB posters ever produced. Too many countries, too many movies, too many formats, too many variations, too many styles...

I also bought the book The Official 007 Collection James Bond Movie Posters. I could not resist the price: US$1.50 (plus US$3 for S&H). It was supposed to be a paperback version but I received the hardcover, and it is in mint condition. I will not complain and not return it...  . But I am glad I paid this much for it because it is essentially the same as the first one but covering all the movies except the most recent ones (3 or 4 last ones). It has the same size, same pictures, with little variation from the newer book. They changed a little the order, layout, but it is the same book. The author is different but I am skeptical. The two books are so alike that it is weird to think that they have different authors. Probably the same people is behind both books.

The newer book has more posters than the older one for all the movies though.

[Simes]

Well, I think you answered your own question.  The poster book does cover all the movies; it just doesn't cover ALL of the posters from all of the movies.

Thing is, these books will always be a halfway house between being a complete catalogue and something that doesn't 'waste' paper on 10 printings of what is essentially the same poster, but with dated variations - as what happened for all three versions of the Skyfall posters.

These forum sites dedicate so much time to unearthing the variations, and in our own little intra niche world, it is fun...  But I would bet a pinch to a pound of sh1t that if a book of just all the UK Bond posters was attempted to be published, variations would be missed.

Perhaps as an exercise, naming all the Bond UK quads should be attempted.  Might have a think about it, but I reckon there will be around 80.

[Simes]

Might have a think about it, but I reckon there will be around 80.

....I was short!

[andyvee]

I saw your list, pretty long and informative!
Very nice.

[CSM]

http://movieposters.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=54+790+231&Nty=1&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Ntt=james+bond+quad

[Harry Caul]

http://movieposters.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=54+790+231&Nty=1&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Ntt=james+bond+quad

Yes, lots of nice pretty, high-resolution photos at HA.

[andyvee]

HA.com was the main and probably ONE reason I decided to make a site showing nice posters of James Bond. I was looking for images all over, most are not good enough, too small, or badly scanned, etc, but ha.com was precious. A few of the ones I wanted, they don't have but, well, nobody is perfect (or should I say nothing is perfect)! :-)

[jayn_j]

I doubt this is of interest, but Bruce does have a set of good repros of the first 6 Bond movie UK Quads closing this afternoon.

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3103164

[andyvee]

I doubt this is of interest, but Bruce does have a set of good repros of the first 6 Bond movie UK Quads closing this afternoon.

http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3103164

Thanks for the info. US$208 for 6 posters, reproductions, is too high for me. I want $10 posters. As long as they show the exact same original design, it would be fine for me. The extra price of being "vintage" or "originals" is usually too high. I am not an investor, I am a fan.

[erik1925]

For very many (if not most), it's not about investing - it's about how you see the hobby and what gives you the most enjoyment from it.

 

[andyvee]

I decided to read the terms of the bidding for those 6 posters and I have to say they are draconian... You buy things you have not seen, the seller has not seen them as well, you cannot return them and the zoom of those thumbnails bring ... the same thumbnails...

[erik1925]

I decided to read the terms of the bidding for those 6 posters and I have to say they are draconian... You buy things you have not seen, the seller has not seen them as well, you cannot return them and the zoom of those thumbnails bring ... the same thumbnails...

You clicked on the wrong thumbnails... look more closely and carefully, (scroll lower on the page) and you can click on the thumbs that will take you to the SUPER sized images of each of the 6.  

One link, as an example, from that listing:  

http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/giant_size.php?lot=2s308&image=british_quad_lot_of_6_shot01_MF01231_L.jpg

[Mirosae]

For very many (if not most), it's not about investing - it's about how you see the hobby and what gives you the most enjoyment from it.

 

Well put. Though there are some posters that will hold a/o increase its value.

[andyvee]

You clicked on the wrong thumbnails... look more closely and carefully, (scroll lower on the page) and you can click on the thumbs that will take you to the SUPER sized images of each of the 6.  

One link, as an example, from that listing:  

http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/giant_size.php?lot=2s308&image=british_quad_lot_of_6_shot01_MF01231_L.jpg

Thank you. 18 years of internet use and I can still be a total dumb sometimes...   

[jayn_j]

Andy, at the time I posted that pointer the lot was at $80, which is in the ballpark of the $10/ea.  Even at $208, it is only $35/poster.

Bruce's Sunday auctions of large lots are not typical of most of his auctions.  Usually he allows returns with no questions asked.  However, the bulk lot stuff is kind of like those remainder books in the vestibule of Barnes and Noble.  Bruce doesn't see great value, so he says buy them as a lot, and never let them darken my doorways again.

You are obviously not a collector, and are looking for stuff that has value to collectors at fire sale prices.  Suggest you try flea Markets and be prepared to search long and hard.  The reality is that Bond material has been desirable for many years and Connery stuff hasn't seen the prices you are offering since the mid-70s.

You were looking for high res images, but I am sorry to say we couldn't help.  Nothing is going to make them magically appear.  Perhaps you could convince Adam or one of the other big Bond collectors to scan them (for a price)

[paul waines]

I'm very worried Andy is the start of the "new-age" collector.... this is the slippery slop to all of us getting rid of all this useless, heavy, space taking up paper, and having it all on a flash pen...

Beware! the end is Nigh, remember his name, this is where it all started.....     Soon Apes will rule the planet..........Wait a minuet, Ted's a Moderator.....Yikes, head for the Hills..

[andyvee]

Andy, at the time I posted that pointer the lot was at $80, which is in the ballpark of the $10/ea.  Even at $208, it is only $35/poster.

Bruce's Sunday auctions of large lots are not typical of most of his auctions.  Usually he allows returns with no questions asked.  However, the bulk lot stuff is kind of like those remainder books in the vestibule of Barnes and Noble.  Bruce doesn't see great value, so he says buy them as a lot, and never let them darken my doorways again.

You are obviously not a collector, and are looking for stuff that has value to collectors at fire sale prices.  Suggest you try flea Markets and be prepared to search long and hard.  The reality is that Bond material has been desirable for many years and Connery stuff hasn't seen the prices you are offering since the mid-70s.

You were looking for high res images, but I am sorry to say we couldn't help.  Nothing is going to make them magically appear.  Perhaps you could convince Adam or one of the other big Bond collectors to scan them (for a price)

I am not offering $10 for JB valuable posters that I know are worth tens, hundreds or even thousands times more, that would be silly. I am saying that I'd like $10 reproductions existed for JB posters. They do exist but mostly for US posters, not for quads. I have seen the mini-quads too, they are fine, but the collection now for sale is incomplete and incorrect.

Reproductions, in my POV, do not diminish the value of the real deal, they are a completely different "market". Original is original, reproduction is not original so they could cost $10 each and still be of good quality, representing faithfully the original posters.

[andyvee]

I'm very worried Andy is the start of the "new-age" collector.... this is the slippery slop to all of us getting rid of all this useless, heavy, space taking up paper, and having it all on a flash pen...

Beware! the end is Nigh, remember his name, this is where it all started.....     Soon Apes will rule the planet..........Wait a minuet, Ted's a Moderator.....Yikes, head for the Hills..

I disagree. A collector would never settle for a reproduction. You guys like the real deal. It is just that each person has its values and for me, because it is just a piece of paper with a very nice and representative graphics on it, I can't see myself paying too much money for them. As I said and say it again, I like the image, not the paper. I can be amazed by staring at them in a monitor.

I already have all the images I need to finish my "gallery". Some of them I'd like to have in bigger resolutions, but what I have now is good enough for what I want to do.