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Movie Posters => Show Us Your Collection! => Topic started by: Dread_Pirate_Mel on January 03, 2010, 10:56:49 AM
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My wacky collection of 56 framed & 5 unframed posters in my 900 sq. ft. apt as of January 3, 2010. All 100% originals except the Superfly & 9 1/2 Weeks.
I've got room for about 10 more frames, which I'll add soon (hopefully). Not really ready for decent company but they keep me amused....
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Now that is a lot of framed posters! Holy cow, I will be happy when I have a single room to devote to posters.
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Yep...that's pretty impressive. There are more frames than bare wall :)
Mel, what are those two Star Wars posters from (the white Star Wars with Luke and Leia and the bluish ESB)? I have not seen them before...
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Yep...that's pretty impressive. There are more frames than bare wall :)
Mel, what are those two Star Wars posters from (the white Star Wars with Luke and Leia and the bluish ESB)? I have not seen them before...
There are more frames than bare wall: A pal described it as a "visual assault"!
Star Wars prints: Those are commercial posters by Russell Walks for the Star Wars Retro Collection (http://www.starwars.com/vault/collecting/20090618.html). I wrote detailed info about them on MPF a while back (http://www.movieposterforum.com/index.php?/topic/30882-russell-walks-star-wars-retro-collection-posters/). I like them, some people don't.
Empire Strikes Back: The top title is blue on some or all ESB movie posters. Here's one from Cinemasterpieces (http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/empirenov07.jpg). Mine is definitely an original - the GAU logo is razor-sharp and there are no known bootlegs.
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Sweet display,Mel!!
Is that a poster in the table?? Looks cool either way.
Anthony
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Hey Mel, I think you need a "whats not on your walls" topic!
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Hey Mel, I think you need a "whats not on your walls" topic!
I very much agree!
Chad
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Mel, a quick question, are you married? I'm only asking because my wife would not allow 10% of what you put up. Not in 1,000,000 years. So if you are, kudos to you. And if you're not, how do you explain 100 women on your walls to your girlfriend, or even date, especially in your bedroom. Something that I've been wanting to ask you for a while.
T.
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Mel, a quick question, are you married? I'm only asking because my wife would not allow 10% of what you put up. Not in 1,000,000 years. So if you are, kudos to you. And if you're not, how do you explain 100 women on your walls to your girlfriend, or even date. Something that I've been wanting to ask you for a while.
T.
When you're not married (like moi) you get to decorate the way you want, buy the sh$t you want (sports cars, movie posters, etc.), gamble as much as you want, go wherever you want, whatev. It's the Huck Finn lifestyle.
By next week, I'll have 75 frames up. It's not as gender-unbalanced as you think - 1/6 "alpha male" posters (James Bond, Indiana Jones, Shaft), 1/3 beauty posters, 1/6 sci-fi, 1/3 misc. All visitors are forewarned! I also switch out a few beauty posters in the bedroom to improve the gender balance when the chicks show up.
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It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies. 1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.
:o
T
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It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies. 1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.
:o
T
Yeah, he's better looking than John Lennon, so I dig it....
(http://bestofmichaeljackson.jclondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Annie-Leibovitz-John-Lennon-Yoko-Ono-January-22-1981.jpg)
Also, I'm putting up my gayest-not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that poster in the bedroom, so that should even things up even more:
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It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies. 1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.
:o
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T, why must you insist on continually trying to get me to come over to your side. Just because you like a naked Dane Cook doesn't mean everyone does. Your French, I'm American. Your gay, I'm straight. Your fat, I'm not. Get over yourself man. Nothings going to change. Plus, I could never be that cruel to break the hearts of so many women in this world by coming over to your side. Nothing against it, just not for me.
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I think my favorite of those on your walls is Divine. Pretty awesome.
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It's very impressive Mel, as much as I mostly collect pre 1980's I am leaning towards picking up some more recent stuff after seeing your place.
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So here's my question to you, Mel. What is more time consuming: Working as a lawyer for our amazing government, or framing your posters? Does anyone who walks into your office ever say: "Wow, you've got way too much time on your hands, young fellow." Isn't better for your business to look busy, like real busy, like you're saving the world or something?
T
Oh, and BTW, VERY NICE.
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Dude come on T, its the government. Don't question how they spend tax paying dollars. The government is never wrong nor wasteful. They know how to spend YOUR money better than you do and that is why you should be taxed 75% of your income if not more. It's what the people want because they voted all these people into office. Now quit trying to think for yourself and just do what they tell you.
Cue: Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall
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I like the sun thingee like the wikerman poster best
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Nice lookin' pad, Mel. Love Cotton Comes to Harlem and Excalibur. The balance between the old and the new is intense. Go, man, go!
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Nice lookin' pad, Mel. Love Cotton Comes to Harlem and Excalibur. The balance between the old and the new is intense. Go, man, go!
Wait... posters from 1970 and 1981 are considered old? Those are some of my newest posters! ;)
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OK, over this "blizzard holiday" I've finally got my iWeb website in decent shape, so check it out:
http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html (http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html)
I added a short - and ridiculously silly - video tour of my apartment (must have Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) installed to play), so you'll get a sense of what it's like to live with 76 framed posters (plus four unframed):
http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html (http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html)
Let me know what you think!
P.S. All you Mac-haters better repent - I put all this together quickly and easily with iWeb, iPhoto, and iMovie. (Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)
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OK, over this "blizzard holiday" I've finally got my iWeb website in decent shape, so check it out:
http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html (http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html)
I added a short - and ridiculously silly - video tour of my apartment (must have Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) installed to play), so you'll get a sense of what it's like to live with 76 framed posters (plus four unframed):
http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html (http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html)
Let me know what you think!
Grats bud and great job! Yeah I think many people will learn that dealing with this type of stuff is much better on a Mac.
Chad
P.S. All you Mac-haters better repent - I put all this together quickly and easily with iWeb, iPhoto, and iMovie. (Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)
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(Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)
Having recently gone through the same ordeal, I second that warning. Well worth doing though.
Excellent collezione, btw and easy to go through too.
--Peter
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Filled up the dining room with frames this week - my semi-evil plan to completely cover my apartment with frames nears its kooky conclusion:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Dining1.jpg)
Fantastic collection, Mel sm1
I see you use different frame border widths. Could you tell me the measurements? Alice, Nikita and the others - width about 1 inch? Then I see something much thinner like Salt and Walk the line and also much thicker one from your kitchen in other topic.
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Mel, you are well on your way to becoming a living legend in the hobby. The video tour is cool. sm1
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Fantastic collection, Mel. I see you use different frame border widths. Could you tell me the measurements? Alice, Nikita and the others - width about 1 inch? Then I see something much thinner like Salt and Walk the line and also much thicker one from your kitchen in other topic.
Thanks I use three types of frames - about 1/3 are "flip frames" from Spotlight Displays (http://www.spotlightdisplays.com/) (about $75 each), 1/3 from Hollywood Poster Frames (http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/) (about $55 each, less versatile but you get much better plexiglass), and 1/3 Trendsetter from Michaels (http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayArticle?articleNum=as0300) (about $25 each on sale, significantly lower quality but good deal for a 27x40 frame).
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Wouldnt humidity be an issue i the bath room ?
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I really appreciate your devotion and the way your walls are full, I like to get as many up as I can also (ohh err) but dont understand your taste its such a mixed bag. Are these films you like? or just for art? Not being nasty, just usually people have a theme, or something that ties it all together, good work though.
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No overriding theme really. The problem is how to adequately display 700 posters. And if you walk into any theater lobby the posters are very random too.
I don't think humidity can damage plastic mylar posters and they are very tightly sealed in any event. My "Good Luck Chuck" paper posters lasted nearly a year without any signs of humidity.
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I really appreciate your devotion and the way your walls are full, I like to get as many up as I can also (ohh err) but dont understand your taste its such a mixed bag. Are these films you like? or just for art? Not being nasty, just usually people have a theme, or something that ties it all together, good work though.
LOL .. My fav is the Princess and the Frog between Striptease and Lebowski ;)
I have to say Im all over the place with my collecting as well though .. a new friend saw pics of my movie/art collection and said almost the exact same thing .. The pieces are all so different and there isnt a common theme .. How do I display them all?
Fact is there is no good way to display a lot of film posters outside of following one actor/artist/grene .. So I just deal with my abstractness ;)
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Out-farging-standing! What an assault on the senses! The "Take the Lead" one sheet is cool and makes me feel like dancing with all of those Washington liberals down your way....
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/image001.gif)
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(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/image001.gif)
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"makes me feel like dancing with all of those Washington liberals down your way...."
My beautiful thread has been hijacked by a digital trickster/tea bagger/Rush Limbaugh worshipping provocateur!
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If it offends, pluck it out.. you Sanka-sippin' / Obama acolyte. LOL
Actually, it makes me laugh every time I look at it.
Maybe you'd better appreciate the Leonidas lambada..
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/lol.gif)
Really though, the color on the "Take the Lead" poster is eye-catching.
Only problem I have with your decor is that you have that beautiful "Raiders of the Lost Ark" poster buried on the floor.
no, no, no.
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/BabooNo.gif)
Like I said somewhere earlier, I'm new to forums and to gifs. I can't help myself.
Feel free to remove and... if these gifs are annoying the general public, just say so and I will cease and desist.
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Only problem I have with your decor is that you have that beautiful "Raiders of the Lost Ark" poster buried on the floor.
That's the "art of the disguise." The ROTLA poster is damaged in the lower right corner but the damage is less noticable on the bottom tier. Same with the ET bike/moon. It has an obnoxious scratch that is very visible at eye level but practically invisible when viewed looking down. Why spend $400 to linen-back them when artful frame placement disguises their "issues"?
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I don't think humidity can damage plastic mylar posters and they are very tightly sealed in any event. My "Good Luck Chuck" paper posters lasted nearly a year without any signs of humidity.
Sealed or not sealed, humidity gets in. You should be careful. If I were you, I'd put my least interesting posters in the bathroom. Just in case.
T
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Gonna get me some posters at Mel's place....gonna get me some movies at Mel's place...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/waqa6u.gif)
gotta find out what's new at Mel's place... gotta get an update on Mel's place...
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Gonna get me some posters at Mel's place....gonna get me some movies at Mel's place...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/waqa6u.gif)
gotta find out what's new at Mel's place... gotta get an update on Mel's place...
Ha-ha, Mr. "Animated GIF King." Gotta wait a couple more weeks for the monthly switch....
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Mel I love what you have done with the place. You are my inspiration as Im trying to frame everything I can.
My gf isnt a big fan though. After I showed her those pics and told her how I wanted to do something like that. She was not happy. At least thats what I gathered from the NO FN WAY! reaction.
Keep up the good work!
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Mel I love what you have done with the place. You are my inspiration as Im trying to frame everything I can.
My gf isnt a big fan though. After I showed her those pics and told her how I wanted to do something like that. She was not happy. At least thats what I gathered from the NO FN WAY! reaction.
Keep up the good work!
My advice is to buy three lightboxes and rotate your posters through them. With the money you save, take the GF on a trip to Europe!
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My advice is to buy three lightboxes and rotate your posters through them. With the money you save, take the GF on a trip to Europe!
Yes, Europe would be lovely in the fall laugh...but Id rather have the posters framed :P
You do make a great point though as this is getting expensive. I might be getting involved in the wrong hobby/habbit. This stuff is addictive.
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Mel I love what you have done with the place. You are my inspiration as Im trying to frame everything I can.
My gf isnt a big fan though. After I showed her those pics and told her how I wanted to do something like that. She was not happy. At least thats what I gathered from the NO FN WAY! reaction.
Keep up the good work!
If my girlfriend was telling me what I could and could not do (like my ex-wife) I would act in a way similar to that of Eric Cartman, such as in the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd30JESdb9o
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If my girlfriend was telling me what I could and could not do (like my ex-wife) I would act in a way similar to that of Eric Cartman, such as in the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd30JESdb9o
Thanks Neo, that is hilarious - "GET YOUR BITCH ASS IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME SOME PIE!!!!"
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Thanks Neo, that is hilarious - "GET YOUR BITCH ASS IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME SOME PIE!!!!"
Thats the one thing everyone has to love about Eric Cartman. His passion. To paraphrase a line from one of the great philosophers of the 20th century, the great Rodney Dangerfield. He cares! About what? I have no idea.
As for the gf. When she say something like "dont you think you have wasted enough money on this stuff" I reply in that very Cartman like manner. :P ;)
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(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/cart24.gif) "Get yer BITCH ASS in the kitchen and make me some PIE!"
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My apartment complex is having an "Apartment Tour" so I'm putting up my best stuff. Here's my "best of the 70s/80s sci-fi/fantasy" section.
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Seriously speaking now...I admire your insanity. Good stuff!
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Mel, that wall kicks some serious ass. Love it...
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Very Nice wall Mel.
Just noticed one thing: that Star Wars poster doesn't look to have the normal fold pattern that most US one sheets have - is it because it's not a US One Sheet?
~ Juli
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More walls completed. The James Bond/action/superhero wall (including German "You Only Live Twice"):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Actionwall.jpg)
Japanese/Italian kitchen:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/P4040011.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/P4040008.jpg)
Juli, the Star Wars poster has two very light vertical folds. It's the "funky text" version - the fourth printing, according to LAMP (http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=1900).
They are all originals to the best of my knowledge.
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More walls completed (anybody know the actress/model in the Death Proof?):
The Tarantino Girls:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/TarantinoGirls.jpg)
The Wall of Blowtorch Beauties:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/WallofBeauty.jpg)
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Outstanding, you crazy bastidge. Your walls look better and better every time you change the posters out.
Love those 'blowtorch beauties."
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That Chariots of Fire looks great on the wall..........much better than where I had it.
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I recognize that Clan! She really is a beauty.
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My apartment is like Heidi Montag's new boobs (http://celebriscoop.com/2010/04/11/heidi-montag-bikini-photos-at-arias-liquid-grand-opening/)- TOO MUCH!
So what's up now are my favorites in each category (drama, superheroes, 60s/70s, romance, comedies, sci-fi, creative, artistic, beauties, etc.) that I'm collecting. Ready to show off later this month in the "Apartment Tour":
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Dine3.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Dine1.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Bed4.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Bed2.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Bed1.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Hall5.jpg)
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Really, really nice, Mel.
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Mel, you have to be nearly out of wall space by now!?
I wanted to ask (I am not sure if someone else has) but where do you get your one sheet frames from?
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Mel, you have to be nearly out of wall space by now!?
I wanted to ask (I am not sure if someone else has) but where do you get your one sheet frames from?
Yes, with 75 home frames (and five or so unframed hung posters) and 8 office frames, I've maxed out my wall space, which is great for my budget!
1/3 Spotlight Displays (http://www.spotlightdisplays.com/), 1/3 Hollywood Poster Frames (http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/), 1/3 Michael's (http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home) (that's a US art chain).
HPF is the highest quality, but takes 3-4 minutes to change posters. Spotlights are easy flip frames but plexiglass is lower quality. Michael's is lowest quality but cheapest.
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Mel, do the Michael's frames have any archival qualities - i.e. acid free backing (foamcore or other), UV filter plexiglass, acid free matt (if used)?
We have Michael's branches here in Ontario, just wondering if they are worth checking out...
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Mel, do the Michael's frames have any archival qualities - i.e. acid free backing (foamcore or other), UV filter plexiglass, acid free matt (if used)?
We have Michael's branches here in Ontario, just wondering if they are worth checking out...
none of the above - $30 buys you plexiglass, pressed wood board and that's it
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Fair enough!
Thanks for your replies, regardless...
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none of the above - $30 buys you plexiglass, pressed wood board and that's it
I get my smaller 24x36 and 18x24 frames from michaels too .. and I buy a 40x60 sheet of acid free foam core for like $12 and cut it up to replace the backings in all of my frames.. I can do like 2-3 frames with one piece so the overall price isnt that bad .. next would be the plexi and I talked to sue about that and a 24x36 UV sheet from her would be like $45 + shipping:( If I could find a cheaper source for the plexi I think the Michaels frames would be great.. I kind of like the rear loading style even if its not quite the quality as Sue's frames
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Fallenangel,
The problem is that most standard "real" posters are not sized 24x36 or 18x24. Michael's does carry a 27x40 for a reasonable price. Did you get your foamcore at Michael's as well? If so, how much is it approximately for a 40x60 sheet?
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You Only Live Twice Style C came in, although much more damaged (spray painting) in the back than I anticipated and some of it bleeds through to the front along the fold lines. However, the front overall still looks good, so I may keep it. I've got 14 days to decide.
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Actionwall-1.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Twice2.jpg)
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Fallenangel,
The problem is that most standard "real" posters are not sized 24x36 or 18x24. Michael's does carry a 27x40 for a reasonable price. Did you get your foamcore at Michael's as well? If so, how much is it approximately for a 40x60 sheet?
Thats true on the size .. When I get to 1S or Quad sizes I just go to Sue at Hollywood for the quality you cant really beat the price .. Yes I do get the foam core from Michaels .. Its iffy if they will sell it to me though depending on whos working the frame station Ive been told they arent allowed to sell a 40x60 sheet but most others will without question. I just go up and ask for a 40x60 sheet of their acid free foam core and typically everything is kosher :)
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I wish someone would convince Sue to ship to her northern neighbours :(
I've tried and she won't budge. Maybe with good reason...
Thanks for the tip on the Michael's foamcore - I have a one sheet I am looking to frame on a budget but archivally (kind of an oxymoron I know)
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So we had the Apartment Tour today and about 40-50 apartment residents came by to check out my place. It was fun - mostly got compliments - "this place is fantastic!" One woman stuck around for 20 minutes and took pics of the whole place. Of course, they were probably thinking "this guy's a total wacko"!
Not a single one had a clue about movie poster collecting, so I gave 15 "mini-lectures" on the hobby during the two hour visitation period. By far the most common question: "Where did you get these?"
The other 10 apartments on the tour were totally different - expensively & professionally decorated and mine was picked to "attract the younger crowd." (Most of the residents here are retirees or embassy employees.)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Visit.jpg)
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Fun stuff, Mel. Do you have them all organized by themes or are they just put up on a whim?
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What is the idea behind an "Apartment Tour". I'd like to see more of their face expressions!
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It's to generate "community spirit" and funding for the Tenant Association.
I did have it organized by themes, action/sci-fi/etc. See the photos from earlier this month.
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What is the idea behind an "Apartment Tour". I'd like to see more of their face expressions!
Me too... I want to see the look of panic on their faces when they realise you are quite insane :P
On a serious note. Where did you get the frame for the Grease poster above the bed? I now have a few bigs and I would like to frame and hang at least one of them before I pass on to the next life.
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Too bad there were no posters from the 40s/50s those fine ladies could have enjoyed ;)
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Too bad there were no posters from the 40s/50s those fine ladies could have enjoyed ;)
I can't help my plebian low-class tastes. I don't think those fine ladies would enjoy my next Thierry hates "French Grande" poster that is going up on the wall - on the way from France as we speak:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Dracula731972Frenchgrande.jpg)
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Nice, Mel. That is one of my favorite Dracula posters.
He shoots....he scores...
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That's a beautiful poster.
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seen the movie Mel?
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seen the movie Mel?
No, I haven't but it looks cool. Here's the trailer (http://www.spike.com/video/dracula-d-1972/2682257):
"He's ready. Ready to freak you out! Right out of this world!"
By the way, thank you Erik1925 for posting this poster. Now I've brazenly stolen your monopoly on this poster!
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That's a cool trailer Mel. 8) 8)
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It's funny, Mel... Each one of your posts seems a little more refined than the one before. Mark my word, before long, your walls will only be adorned with 60s and 70s classics. :)
T
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Looks like you're just about there Mel - walls will be completely covered once you get some lobbies to fill in the spaces!
And the Metropolis looks fantastic framed up on the wall...
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Thierry, send me your To Catch a Thief OS as a gift. :)
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Done... :o It's just because I think of you so much.
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So I got around to framing the Australian commercial Jessica I got from Emovie. It's very nice but it doesn't quite match and it's not quite as glamorous as the mylar Kilian Jessicas, so I spruced it up a bit. I bought two 27x20 gold mylar sheets ($20, not too expensive) and used it as backing for the Aussie version. Now it looks almost as good!
The new Aussie Jessica (with mylar backing):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/NewAussie.jpg)
The mylar backing (with trippy reflection effect):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Myalr.jpg)
The Kilian mylars:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/OldJessies.jpg)
The Style E Kilian mylar showing full "glitter" effect:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Jessicaglitter.jpg)
All three together - I bet these have never been exhibited together:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/All-1.jpg)
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My God, Mel, you really DO LOVE posters!!!
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Excellent. That is an impressive framed collection. Did I count 66 frames, and that's not including the Jessica Rabbit mylars?
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2010-07-16.jpg)
I haven't seen that Terminator 2 before, probably the best looking poster for that movie, IMHO.
Here is an image of what Mel looks like among other collectors. :D
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/standout.png)
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Damn you, Mel. I'm developing a pining for some Superfly paper.
Is the Vertigo one sheet from the 90s cinema re-release?
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Vertigo: It's the 1990s video sheet. Everything else up is original theater.
Frames: I can't keep count. I've got 10 or so additional frames squirreled away here and there at home and 8 at the office. I've also got a pile of ten 27.5 x 39 IKEA frames that I need to ditch because they only fit metric B1 posters.
And I'm not the best collector by any stretch of the imagination - I'm "fortunate (?)" that I'm currently not subject to constraints on time, decoration style, budget, or good taste imposed on me by girlfriends, children, parents, etc., so I can take my collection to the extreme.
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That is a damn fine selection Mel. Very Nice.
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I'm "fortunate (?)" that I'm currently not subject to constraints on time, decoration style, budget, or good taste imposed on me by girlfriends, children, parents, etc., so I can take my collection to the extreme.
I hear ya, bro. Life is not all about having a warm apple pie waiting at home (especially if it's not the right apple pie). :D
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/AmericanPie.jpg)
Gotta look at the glass as half full, and with the mojo that can be accumulated from an impressive home framed collection, it's only a matter of time before all the ladies are fighting over the guy with the best framed collection, and the Oracle tells me who Trinity is. :D
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/thedatingtruth.jpg)
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I obviously need a better camera but MWTGG is looking good!
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/wall.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/MGG.jpg)
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Outstanding poster, Mel. It adds another slice of class to your monstrous collection!
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Bedroom wackiness - appropriate for someone half my age(!) and obviously too many girls on the wall - but anyway the best is the Sid & Nancy Frenchie:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-08-BR0.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-08-BR1.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-08-BR3.jpg)
The corner of shame:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-08-BR2.jpg)
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Wow! Really diggin' that collection Mel! I didnt even realize there was a Michelle Rodriguez Machette poster... to evilbay I go!
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Wow! Really diggin' that collection Mel! I didnt even realize there was a Michelle Rodriguez Machette poster... to evilbay I go!
Dude, just keep it up under control. I just found these pictures of my apartment in February 2009. I had a grand total of 7 movie posters and 7 movie poster frames plus a few art prints.
Then things started getting out of control the next month. A year and a half later, I have 900+ posters and 70 frames in the same apartment.
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Bedroom%201.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Bedroom%202.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Bedroom%203.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Hall.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Hall%202.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Den%201.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Den%202.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Den%204.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Den%205.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Dining%20Room.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2009-02-Hall%202.JPG)
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The iMac looks nice.
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Dude, just keep it up under control. I just found these pictures of my apartment in February 2009. I had a grand total of 7 movie posters and 7 movie poster frames plus a few art prints.
Then things started getting out of control the next month. A year and a half later, I have 900+ posters and 70 frames in the same apartment.
Too Late! I'm way past out of control. Ok, maybe not 900 posters and 70 frames, but I started just wanting about a dozen posters from my favorite movies. Now I'm at around 150 and 6 frames. I have many of the same ones you do so our movie tastes are aligned.
Course... My "man with the golden gun" is not as cool as yours LOL I have the other version with art similar to Live and Let die (which I also have)
Onward
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Too Late! I'm way past out of control. Ok, maybe not 900 posters and 70 frames, but I started just wanting about a dozen posters from my favorite movies. Now I'm at around 150 and 6 frames.
Thats how it happens. You start out looking for something you like to frame and before you know it you have lost your mind. Love of movies and movie posters is a combo that can lead to disaster.
I dont have quite the Mel 900 and 70 ( That boy is certifiable) either but I have in the 200 range myself ( Many are total crap 8))and I now have 28 frames with three more needed to complete the plan. I have basically wiped myself out....Not that will stop me now. I have however pretty much run out of wall space that I am allowed to use :P
Mel looking at that before and after I must say it once again...I really love what you have done with the place. The material just keeps on getting better and better.
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Yes, Mel, watching your place transform over these months is very cool. You should do a slideshow -- one room at a time...it would look like time-lapse photography...
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Hey Mel, I've been wondering - where do you keep all your posters while they are waiting their turn in a frame?
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Hey Mel, I've been wondering - where do you keep all your posters while they are waiting their turn in a frame?
Poster cabinet in the bedroom "Corner That The Tea Party Would Disapprove Of"
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-09-Bed1.JPG)
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How many posters do you think that cabinet can hold?
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A candlelight preview of the evil that has invaded my humble abode....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/candle-1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/candle-2.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/candle-4.jpg)
More wicked things this way will come....
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Is it just me, or is a dripping wet Nastassja Kinski "bonerific" (with apologies to CJ138)?
More pics Mel...pronto... thumbup
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I was putting up posters late one night;
When I was done, 'twas an eerie sight....
Visions of gloom and doom pervaded my humble abode:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den3.JPG)
Ghouls and werewolves were aplenty:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den3a.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den3b.JPG)
The Black Cat from atop its sacrificial victim gave me an evil hiss:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den3d.JPG)
Had I made a grave error putting these up?
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den4.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den7.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-DR9.JPG)
Some things wicked plagued my dining room:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-DR1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-DR2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-DR3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-DR6.JPG)
The hallway provided no respite from this perdition:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Hall1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Hall2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Hall3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Hall4.JPG)
In the master bedroom, the vampires feasted on succulent sacrifices:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-BD1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-BD3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-BD5.JPG)
Hot hellions and vexing victims - charming to the last, no doubt:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-BD2.JPG)
I tarried not long in the spooky scullery:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Kitchen3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Kitchen2.JPG)
But all was not doom and gloom in these rooms:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Den1.JPG)
So come on by, if you dare,
When you get to my door, better beware....
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Love it...absolutely love it....
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/JokerClap.gif)
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Great stuff as usual Mel.
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Mel, I think you have outgrown your house. I dont even have one poster up... Gotta say, I am left speachless when you show your walls. Can't imagine it in real life... Probably very impressive. Wasn't your hiatus, come 3 weeks, in part to find Mrs Poster? I think this spooky batch of posters confirms... you've given up!
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Mel, I think you have outgrown your house. I dont even have one poster up... Gotta say, I am left speachless when you show your walls. Can't imagine it in real life... Probably very impressive. Wasn't your hiatus, come 3 weeks, in part to find Mrs Poster? I think this spooky batch of posters confirms... you've given up!
I've had a couple of dates - one with an art curator! - but neither is going to be Ms. Right. Yes, this is extremely self-indulgent and definitely not for public viewing! I would only invite a Goth chick to see this month's setup.
(http://www.dearbloodymary.com/images/turning_goth_girl_lg.jpg)
Next month is going to be all James Bond! woohoo
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Some late arrivals to the party:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-10-Hall5.jpg)
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Hey, Mel...you neglected to mention when the HALLOWEEN party starts. I am assuming you are having friends over....
Serving Bloody Marys, deviled eggs, chicken tenders (werewolf claws) and showing movies...some dry ice wafting about the apartment....
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Mel, have you ever brought a date back to your joint and if so what was the reaction? I only ask cause I cant find a poster my wife would pick over a Redlin print to put on the wall unfortunately.
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Mel, have you ever brought a date back to your joint and if so what was the reaction? I only ask cause I cant find a poster my wife would pick over a Redlin print to put on the wall unfortunately.
There are too many scantily-clad-girls-posters on the wall right now to show to decent company. If I ever get a serious girlfriend, all the risque stuff will be relegated to storage. However, as long as I'm single and don't have to compromise, I plan to keep the art gallery setup to get the most value out of my collection.
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or date different types.
I dont think I am friends with a woman who would be offended by anything like that.
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or date different types.
I dont think I am friends with a woman who would be offended by anything like that.
or numbers and where they are hanging...My woman wouldnt be offended to see them in Mels or anyone elses apt but if I started hanging multiples of them It wouldnt go ever really well.
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Thats a point Mel,maybe you should consider spending a little time with some indecent company. ;-)
Stew
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Seventy four movie posters on the wall
Seventy four movie posters!
Take one down,
Put another one up
Seventy four movie posters on the wall!
To be continued....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-01.jpg)
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If I ever get a serious girlfriend, all the risque stuff will be relegated to storage.
When you get a serious girlfriend, ALL of it will be relegated to storage. When I first met my wife nine years ago, I probably had a dozen posters on the wall. Now, I have three, the same three than nine years ago, in my man room next to the garage, and 1, yes one, in the house.
You watch. You're up for a wild ride, my friend.
T
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Sean Connery? "Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest...."
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-02.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-03.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-04.jpg)
P.S. Posters from first four movies are re-releases, the rest are original release posters.
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-05.jpg)
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Lookin' good, dude.... 8)
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How can you not love it
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Roger Moore - the James Bond for Generation Xers....
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7huCJ2kBUJ4/SuY1lhJz7TI/AAAAAAAAAv8/-iOZJiVnrys/s400/Man+With+The+Golden+Gun.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-06.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-07.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-08.JPG)
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Looking good Mel!
Now, about those Connerys... ;D
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Now, about those Connerys... ;D
"What does it matter to ya
When you got a job to do
You gotta do it well
You gotta give the other fellow helllllll...."
Those Connerys and frames cost me $2,000. Should I spend another $2,000 acquiring all originals or should I spent it finding my own Pussy Galore? ;D
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Harry... you are responsible for that... that... that shocker :o
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And the rest! Whew! 49 Bond posters up on the wall - not too shabby. Now I've got to throw a James Bond party this month. Any ideas?
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-10.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-11.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-12.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-13.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-14.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-15.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2010-11-16.JPG)
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And the rest! Whew! 49 Bond posters up on the wall - not too shabby. Now I've got to throw a James Bond party this month. Any ideas?
I would recommend martinis and a bunch of hot, easy women. And it will pain you to do, but you should probably invite your nemesis too... you know, so you can have a nice respectable chat with them.
Do you expect me to talk?
Ha, ha, ha... no mister Mel, I expect you to die!
Nice Connery's by the way!
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How long does it take you to change out 49 posters? Can't you find a small place for one insert poster to make it an even 50?
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Nice Bond Posters Mel! I was looking at your "50 years of bond" poster (very well put together) and to make it 50 years shouldn't it be 2012?
Cj
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CJ: "1962 - 2011" - probably messed that up - I was thinking Dr. No was released in early 1962 but it was actually Oct 1962 in UK and May 1963 in US - really just looking for an excuse for a "50th" anniversary poster
Chad: 49 posters - I ran out of 41" frames, thwarting my evil plan
Harry: Yes, I'm all for your party plan! Gotta rent that white tux...
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Harry: Yes, I'm all for your party plan! Gotta rent that white tux...
BLACK, Mel... a Black Tux. If you wear a white tux you'll look like a waiter... ;)
(http://www.dominiquebesson.com/photos_gm/a-view-to-a-kill-gb-1sh.jpg)
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BLACK, Mel... a Black Tux. If you wear a white tux you'll look like a waiter... ;)
(http://www.dominiquebesson.com/photos_gm/a-view-to-a-kill-gb-1sh.jpg)
WhatchatalkingboutWillis?
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cv-0TBEhWVE/SQsg4lT6dVI/AAAAAAAAFaA/PaYZ7jY66sc/s400/JamesTux2.jpg)
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Just had to throw that Jackie Brown in my face, didnt you :p
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The advance withdrawn and regular Pulp Fiction posters side by side.
I've carefully checked my advance poster and I'm 100% convinced it is original. It meets every test on MPA (http://movieposterauthenticating.com/wordpress/pulp-fiction/pulp-fiction-advance/) perfectly - size, color, etc.
I can't really say which I prefer. The replacement poster has brighter colors and Thurman has a lighter, more "life like" skin tone. However, the withdrawn shows the whole body, the credits are less intrusive, and the gun is less prominent.
Which do you prefer?
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/PFs.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/PFs2.jpg)
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I prefer the regular for a few reasons:
a) brighter color
b) I like the actors' names stacked on the left
c) logo typography
d) pistol prominence
e) full credits
..ohhh, and did I mention the price?
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I'm shocked to say this, but I like the replacement better now that I've seen them side by side.
I should add, that I am in no way biased by the fact that I own the replacement and cannot afford the recalled ;-)
But yeah, the gun looks better on the replacement and as brude just said, the actors names are more prominent on the second one.
I'm still jealous though :-)
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I think the gun looks more fake to me on the replacement even though you can see it better.
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The more the merrier - just received a mint rolled Pulp Fiction advance dictionary from Rich to add to the mix:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Pulps.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Pulps2.jpg)
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The more the merrier - just received a mint rolled Pulp Fiction advance dictionary
Very nice. One of my all time favorite movies and posters (all three of them I love).
~ Juli
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Looking good! So did you decide not to sell your regular style?
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Looking good! So did you decide not to sell your regular style?
Naah, I decided I like triplets:
(http://checkingit2.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/hot_triplets_okapiec.jpg)
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You are so fucked Mel. Once you've crossed the "I'll sell this one so I can buy that one" line it is all down hill from there...
Welcome to the club, by the way ;D
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The King and Queen of blaxploitation reunited.
"They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother - shut your mouth!"
I asked one of my black colleagues if he was offended by blaxploitation posters and he said no, was just part of the 70s culture, no different than a Terminator poster.
Do you think they're offensive or empowering?
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Blax.jpg)
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thes efilms came out of an era when heros were and had been white, and targeting white audiences, all of a sudden black film makers made films for black audiences, with black heros, I see no offence. I think the term Blaxploitation is kinda.. hmm.. dumb or wrong, or something, they aren't/werent there to exploit black people, and thats what the term seems to most people.
Although people get it wrong with the term exploitation film in general, which WASN'T a genre that exploited characters or types within the film, it comes from the carnies, who EXPLOITED the CUSTOMERS.
Roll Up Roll UP! went to become SEE! SEE!
So, no, I dont think they are offensive, empowering, perhaps, I am not black, dunno.
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Blonde Sinner LB from Emovieposter:
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
the sinners are much more fun...
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/BlondeS.jpg)
Close up of face:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/BlondeSface3.jpg)
This is the poster before linen-backing (this was sold on Heritage two years ago - it is definitely the same poster - has the exact same writing on the back and other scratches, etc.):
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/BlondeS2.jpg)
Generally, I'd rather get an unrestored poster but the fold lines really detracted from the face IMHO:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/BlondeSFace.jpg)
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Looks great Mel - congrats on that one, a stunner for sure!
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Trons & Swans - hopefully both will be good movies....
Unframed:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Trons.jpg)
All four framed:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Trons2.jpg)
All five framed (missing the new international):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Swans.jpg)
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Sweet Swan collection!..Trons are nice too.
On thing though. Didnt you retire from posters 3-4 months ago? :P
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Sweet Swan collection!..Trons are nice too.
On thing though. Didnt you retire from posters 3-4 months ago? :P
The goal is to "sooner-rather-than-later" start buying moderately and occasionally. I'm close to 1000 posters (and I've actually passed 1000 but have thrown away 100 or so) and many of my sub-collections (Bond, Star Wars, etc.) are complete to my satisfaction, so I will not maniacally buy posters forever. Plus my display capacity is almost maxed out, which will also put the brakes on collecting.
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"which will also put the brakes on collecting"
About the only thing that will really do that to you Mel, is going six feet under!
Bruce
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I like that King Kong poster. It made me laugh. Very nice. What year is it from?
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I like that King Kong poster. It made me laugh. Very nice. What year is it from?
Wacky cool poster and probably pretty rare. Got it at Heritage's sig auction last month:
King Kong (RKO, R-1966). Italian 2 - Foglio (39" X 55"): "The King of Skull Island (and later New York) is well-represented on this stunning Italian 2-foglio from the 1966 re-release. Ann Darrow looks a little different than we remember her from the actual film, but the Renato Casaro artwork is simply stunning, taking a more modern approach to this simian classic."
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I like it a lot, If you ever think of selling Mel let me know.
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I like it a lot, If you ever think of selling Mel let me know.
Hey Paul, I ain't selling unless and until....
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/HellFreezesOver.jpg)
;D
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That'l be this week then, ;)though it is starting to thaw here at the moment.
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Bigger is better:
(http://www.sagharborwhalingmuseum.org/images/big_boards_stoked_lrg.jpg)
War of the Worlds 1973 re-release - Italian two panel (second pic shows comparison with US one sheet)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/WOW1.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/WOW2.jpg)
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Man that is enormous...and very nice too
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Yup, those 4 foglios are quite large aren't they! My 20x30 Soy Cuba looks positively tiny in comparison...
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5200/pb2982262.jpg)
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Ah, Harry, raising the envy levels again ;)
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Yup, those 4 foglios are quite large aren't they! My 20x30 Soy Cuba looks positively tiny in comparison...
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5200/pb2982262.jpg)
Love the poster clap
Hate the cheesy clip hanging system gun2
Really love the sweet matching leather/wood chair/speaker combo. woohoo
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I like the clips, rather than the seat, speakers good.
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Clips are only temporary... we had to get it on the wall as soon as we unrolled it.
As for framing, we were thinking of something in a weathered matte black. Something like this Predator frame Holiday posted a while back...
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad123/hhrussell/BR_GM_frame3.png)
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(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/WOW1.jpg)
So you just taped the panels together, right Mel? Did you use a few strategically placed pieces or just run a tape line across the whole back side?
Also, what size is that Office next to it? 40x60?
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So you just taped the panels together, right Mel? Did you use a few strategically placed pieces or just run a tape line across the whole back side?
Also, what size is that Office next to it? 40x60?
Yes, I taped both panels from side-to-side in the back (not the front) with acid-free tape. The poster was "only" $140 - and only poster addicts would say "only" right? - so I can live with any depreciation that causes in exchange for the ability to display it cheaply.
Of course, ideally I'd prefer to have it linen-backed and order a custom frame but that's the $1,000 solution.
The Officer is a 40x60 that I unfortunately had to trash after I took the picture. It had become hopelessly warped. I'll pick up a replacement one sheet at some point.
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Insanely great Sexy Haute Tension French 1P. Got this from filmartgallery.com - Matt has really good stuff for pretty reasonable prices.
This kind of poster may motivate me to rent a second apartment to display my stuff - I'm out of room!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Sexy%20Haute.jpg)
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Wow, that's some collection. Fantastic. Is that your house with all those frames having, or do you have them in a gallery or something?
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Wow, that's some collection. Fantastic. Is that your house with all those frames having, or do you have them in a gallery or something?
That's my apartment, which I visit occasionally during my occasional releases from the insane asylum. mesmrized
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Thats wht I need !! Gallery space !!!!!
Anyone want to donate some of the older Alamo pieces so that I can convince a curator to open some gallery space for my collection ?? ;)
Outstanding as always Mel! :)
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Outstanding as always Mel! :)
Yep!...I always enjoy the tour.
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I decided to display some of my best movie posters in my office again. I don't intend to change these often, if at all.
(Sorry for iPhone pic quality!)
Movie posters on right wall:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%201a.JPG)
Nobody has a clue the ET poster is worth $300+ (hopefully no one will steal it!):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%201e.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%201d.JPG)
All the guys in my office have declared their undying love for Vivien Leigh after seeing this Japanese B1:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%201f.JPG)
Art deco movie posters on left wall:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%202.JPG)
I'm really glad I picked up this Miles Davis poster from Red Vic theater - outstanding!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%202a.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/Office%202011-01%202b.JPG)
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Mel how you will be able to get any work done with Vivien as a distraction i`ll never know :)
Its a stunning poster.
Stew
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MARCH 2011 - POST 2:
Kitchen - Italian & Japanese:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/K1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/K2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/K3.JPG)
Bedroom:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR1.JPG)
Marilyn Monroe - the star of the show this month!
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR4.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR5.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR6.JPG)
HIDE IN THE CORNER GIRLS!
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR8.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR9.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/BR9B.JPG)
Bathroom
Mylar NOTLD:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/Bath1.JPG)
Mylar Snow White:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/Bath2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/Bath3.JPG)
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The older paper is really spicing things up Mel.
Looking better than ever with many of the glossy, modernist crap filtered out ;)
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Really first rate Mel, as you are adding in more older items, it's looking much more classy.
That Midnight blue is excellent by the way, I've been out bid twice on that lately. ;)
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Wow. Mel has definitely set the bar to which all other home framed collections can be measured. Excellent work.
The older paper is really spicing things up Mel.
Looking better than ever with many of the glossy, modernist crap filtered out ;)
An attack on the posters of the King of framed collections is the same as an attack on the King himself! :D Although I must concur that the older paper mixed in with the newer stuff is cool.
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Wow. Mel has definitely set the bar to which all other home framed collections can be measured. Excellent work.
An attack on the posters of the King of framed collections is the same as an attack on the King himself! :D Although I must concur that the older paper mixed in with the newer stuff is cool.
I think it is less an attack than kudos for "the King" starting to see path to true poster enlightenment.
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That Midnight blue is excellent by the way, I've been out bid twice on that lately. ;)
Once again very nice Mel.
Agree Paul. Midnight Blue is awesome! Adding to ebay searches :P
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Thanks guys for the compliments from some and - er - "encouragement to improve" from others ;)
The Midnight Blue is a UK quad poster BTW, although I have it hanging vertically. A Google search for "Midnight Blue quad poster" will lead you to at least three UK dealers who have it for $200+.
Otherwise you'll have to check UK Ebay periodically, where I landed mine for $75, including shipping to US.
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Some new shtuffs I put on the wall:
LB Pacific Vibrations:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-0.JPG)
Hallway - French 1P for Bettie Boop and Italian 2P (enormous!) for Fearless Vampire:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-1.JPG)
Shows scale compared to US OS:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-2.JPG)
It took me an hour to assemble this - used both DS and SS acid-free tape to permanently join the panels:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-4.JPG)
Jaws first re-release & Follow Me (always best to stay on dry land....)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-5.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-03/2011-03-Extra-6.JPG)
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Of course there are a few exceptions, but for the most part, Mel and I have an extraordinarily similar taste on posters...
So if you were somehow deported due to a bureaucratic error caused by my cousin, I could just move into your house and wouldn't have to change a thing.
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Finally got around to putting up the next round of posters - some good ones rolled in this month:
Den - Oddball Beauties
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den2.JPG)
Den - Action
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den4.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den5.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den6.JPG)
Dining Room - Misc
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-DR2.JPG)
Dining Room - my favorite LOTR posters (I'm re-reading the series for the first time in many years)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-DR4.JPG)
Hallway - Alamo & large hung
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Hall1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Hall2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Hall3.JPG)
Kitchen - international beauties this month
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Kitchen1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Kitchen2.JPG)
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I love that Italian Fearless Vampire Killers. The title is one of my favorite movies, and this poster is the only one I'm missing in my collection.
Give it to me, Mel.
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Liking the wall of Oddball beauties...
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Liking the wall of Oddball beauties...
I'm liking it too. That wall is looking great.
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Kudos, Mel. The ever-changing paper is very cool. thumbup
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Office May 2011. Everybody likes the Black Swan and the Blue Brothers:
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I am especially fond of the Snow White mirror poster. I've been waiting for one to come around on eBay to not much luck.
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I am especially fond of the Snow White mirror poster. I've been waiting for one to come around on eBay to not much luck.
Anthony.. this seller has 2 copies for sale on ebay right now for 75.00 each.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Snow-White-Mirror-orig-movie-poster-27X40-DS-1sheet-R93-/200307731504?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea3456c30
This seller has one, as well:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SNOW-WHITE-7-DWARFS-rolled-MYLAR-mirror-1-sht-Disney-/350301300219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item518f95a5fb
No clue if that is high or not, as this period isn't my area of interest. Good luck.
Jeff
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Anthony.. this seller has 2 copies for sale on ebay right now for 75.00 each.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Snow-White-Mirror-orig-movie-poster-27X40-DS-1sheet-R93-/200307731504?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea3456c30
This seller has one, as well:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SNOW-WHITE-7-DWARFS-rolled-MYLAR-mirror-1-sht-Disney-/350301300219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item518f95a5fb
Jeff
I should rephrase...
"I'm a cheap bastard and am waiting for a 99 cent auction."
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I should rephrase...
"I'm a cheap bastard and am waiting for a 99 cent auction."
...where it will go for $150!
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...where it will go for $150!
That is if Dave puts it up. :P
eBay has yielded me some of the greatest deals you could even imagine. Like...
-$40 for a rolled Back to the Future
-$42 for a Style B Empire Strikes Back
-$5 for a Jurassic Park teaser (no credits)
-$51 for a Raiders of the Lost Ark Daybill
I just sit and wait. As soon as somebody lists one for under ten dollars, it's usually mine for a fraction of what it's worth. That's why it always amazes me so much that auctions through Cinemasterpieces get so high.
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MY MAN!!!
This is a smart one. Wait, and you will find. Run and you will pay. I agree with you, Anthony, $75 is too much. You should be able to snag one for $30-35. Maybe not tomorrow, but your turn will come. I am constantly looking for about 300-400 posters. That's one for every day of the year. If one doesn't pop up, another will, and thus you slowly build a collection at minimal cost.
I am proud to have you on this forum.
T
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And Mel, it is so nice to see you refine your taste. Your collection is getting better by the moment. You're growing in the hobby, which is what it's all about. I am too. My taste of today is different from yesterday and tomorrow. I am learning from all of you, and growing.
I only have one neg... the gold frames. wow1
T
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Great stuff Mel .. Dont listen to these guys though Theres nothing wrong with Modern Paper !! :P
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Great stuff Mel .. Dont listen to these guys though Theres nothing wrong with Modern Paper !! :P
I agree. I like the mix. Great stuff, Mel. thumbup
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And Mel, it is so nice to see you refine your taste. Your collection is getting better by the moment. You're growing in the hobby, which is what it's all about. I am too. My taste of today is different from yesterday and tomorrow. I am learning from all of you, and growing.
I only have one neg... the gold frames. wow1
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I am actually considering calling Sue and ordering 4 of the gold delux ones for the home theater.
Mel packs his walls at a density I couldn't imagine doing, but it works. I also love the mix of vintage and new, as well as the theme walls.
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Mel,how the hell did you manage to get The Godzilla quad?..GFT of all places,Harvey Keitels favourite Cinema !
;)
Stew
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MY MAN!!!
This is a smart one. Wait, and you will find. Run and you will pay. I agree with you, Anthony, $75 is too much. You should be able to snag one for $30-35. Maybe not tomorrow, but your turn will come. I am constantly looking for about 300-400 posters. That's one for every day of the year. If one doesn't pop up, another will, and thus you slowly build a collection at minimal cost.
I am proud to have you on this forum.
T
Glad to hear it, us cheapskates gotta watch each other's backs.
I do however have my moments of weakness. If there is a poster I really want, I've been known to get impatient. If an auction surfaces that I wind up losing, I throw a financial tantrum and try to buy it from people for a princely sum I will regret spending. That hasn't happened in several months now though.
Hi my name is Anthony, I'm six months sober, and I like cartoons.
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Den - Action
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-05/2011-05-Den3.JPG)
Hey, that's my Empire poster! It's like I'm in your house...
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Mel,how the hell did you manage to get The Godzilla quad?..GFT of all places,Harvey Keitels favourite Cinema !
;)
Stew
UK Ebay a few months ago. Yeah, the Glasgow Film Theatre (http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre) seems pretty cool....
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Recent acquisitions - both in near mint condition and uber-cool:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Slime.JPG)
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Could not agree more, two first rate posters Mel. happy1
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Could not agree more, two first rate posters Mel. happy1
Yep. Great posters.
Mel, you do excellent work.
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The French one-panel for Sin With A Stranger - glad I finally found this one:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Lest.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Lest2.jpg)
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I'm going to France tomorrow. Thanks to you, Mel, I think I'm going to buy it too.
Cool poster.
T
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I'm guessing the Plumbing is finished T.
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Kilian mylar ROTLA 10th anniversary poster #223/5000 (no way 5000 of these were sold - they are quite rare):
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Indy2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/indy3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/Indy1.JPG)
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I havent aquired a taste for these things but that Kilian looks great.
The Sin With A Stranger is beautiful.
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I havent aquired a taste for these things but that Kilian looks great.
Once you've had mylar, you'll never go back. Now if I can just land the Boba Fett mylar:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Mylars.jpg)
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Once you've had mylar, you'll never go back. Now if I can just land the Boba Fett mylar:
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Mylars.jpg)
Forgetting Snow White?
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I've reorganized my collection in Aperture, a more sophisticated photo organizer than iPhoto. It was easy to create the following "smart webpages" with Aperture:
Click on this link to see my five star posters in the new layout. (http://posternirvana.com/Main/5-Stars/index.html)
Don't click on this link. (http://posternirvana.com/Main/NFPV/index.html)
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Nice collections Mel. The only thing I don't like about the new layout is that after you scroll to the bottom, you have to scroll back up before clicking to the next page...
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How did you go about ensuring all of your frames were level with one another?
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How did you go about ensuring all of your frames were level with one another?
I don't use the wire hangers. Hanging frames using the wires "squeezes" the middle of the frame and can create waves in the posters. (For the same reason I don't use the metal clips to press the backing to the frame. Those clips invariably create unsightly and damaging pressure waves. That only happens with thin movie posters, not sturdier prints and linen-backed posters.)
Instead, I measured the nail locations carefully and I hang them directly from the metal frame. This does make them more unstable and a couple of frames have been destroyed when they fell.
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I did that in my theater room but I had the inevitable few here and there that were not "straight" The screws would go in at a slight angle and would make it off just a bit .. I spend an hour or more going back and fixing that .. LOL .. the GF told me a I was crazy and she couldnt tell they were crooked although I could just by eyeballing it .. I think that may be some OCD in me.
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A little tip - take a piece of 1"x3" maple wood. Cut it to the width of the frame. Premark the holes in the center of the wood and make sure they align with the holes for the frames. Drill your holes in the wood and then take the piece of wood and place it where you want to hang your frames. Level the piece of wood and drill into the wall where you already have the holes preset in the wood. Then install your anchors or if your using nails don't drill all the way into the wall just tap it with the drill to mark the wall and nail in your nail. When your done, hang your frame and then enjoy the posters nice and level.
Does that make sense?? I am more of a doer than an explainer. I just grab stuff and get to work and usually it all works out in the end with not much thought or planning involved.
Cj
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Well, I don't have a date tonight and am broke from spending all my $$$ on crazy@ss movie posters, but I do have these ladies to keep me company :)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/Japan.jpg)
Japanese B1 for Perfume & Japanese B2 for Gone With The Wind (1970s re-release)
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I love that perfume poster !! :)
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I love that perfume poster !! :)
Same here.... Looks great framed as does the GWtW. Nice to see the babies up on a wall.
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I love that perfume poster !! :)
I also like the lady with 3 breasts and one arm
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I also like the lady with 3 breasts and one arm
laugh1
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First person that posts the triple breasted prostitute from Total Recall here is going to regret it :)
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The Astounding She Monster has arrived to terrorize and enthrall all visitors to my abode.
Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox#Pan-Galactic_Gargle_Blaster) all 'round!
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-07/Astounding2.jpg)
P.S. I got this from www.rarehollywood.com (http://www.rarehollywood.com) (Dennis G. Michaels)
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Your collection is starting to look like mine... getting kinda weird...
Nice one thumbup
fu fuu
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The Forces of Evil have taken over my apartment:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-07/2011-07-Den2.jpg)
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That Ghost of Frankenstein is cool. The Astounding She Monster is just that, astounding.
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Its very interesting to see this post and then thumb back through your other posts. You've really transformed your collection....
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Yep, as I've said several times, I wish I could go back in time and emphasize quality over quantity. In the early days, I bought boatloads of $15-$20 Photoshop montage hyper-modern posters. I wish I had that money back to buy better older stuff....
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I am liking the franky and astounding wall too.
Speaking of boatloads, when are you buying the boat(s)?
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Just dump the mistakes and start over. As to the money you lost on them, think of it as having had a three year relationship with a girl who seemed great and who ultimately proved to be crazy. I guarantee you would have spent more on her than you did on the junky posters over that time!
Then put it all out of your head, and only think of it as a lesson learned in what not to do in the future.
Bruce
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Just dump the mistakes and start over. As to the money you lost on them, think of it as having had a three year relationship with a girl who seemed great and who ultimately proved to be crazy. I guarantee you would have spent more on her than you did on the junky posters over that time!
Then put it all out of your head, and only think of it as a lesson learned in what not to do in the future.
Bruce
Or just roll them up, and hide them on a shelf for 20 years. Then throw away the 90% which is junk, and get back your money from the 1-2 that turn out to be gems.
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Do another round of freebies!!!!! I'll take the uber-modern posters. Just think that in 50 years or so inflation will hopefully, at least, get you your money back...
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Mel, are those nipples on the Astounding She Monster!!!!!!!!!! How in God's green earth, did they get away with that in the 50's?
Brian
PS. I am always amazed at how a posters impact is magnified when hung in a frame
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Think of it as having had a three year relationship with a girl who seemed great and who ultimately proved to be crazy. I guarantee you would have spent more on her than you did on the junky posters over that time!
I already did that! I moved up to DC chasing after a crazy-fun femme! She's long gone and I'm stuck with 1000 pieces of pretty paper! No doubt she'd say I'm the nut!
Mel, are those nipples on the Astounding She Monster!!!!!!!!!! How in God's green earth, did they get away with that in the 50's?
Guys in the 50s were a bunch of horny bastards just like they are today! :)
Do another round of freebies!!!!! I'll take the uber-modern posters.
Your poster greed knows no limits! :)
Speaking of boatloads, when are you buying the boat(s)?
When I quit spending almost all my discretionary income on these &*(Y@#(* posters! So not anytime soon, unfortunately.
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Looking good.
Ann Margaret and Sophia Loren make one hell of a one two punch.
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Still amazed how cool your place looks. As I have mentioned before, your Poster Nirvana wall decor photo's helped get me into the hobby before I knew that Pirate Mel and Poster Nirvana were one and the same.
I think my favorite of your current lineup would either be the Sophia Loren "Madame" or the Green Slime poster. Now what that says about me, we should leave for professionals. ;D
Brian
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I think I am going to have to get a Madame....
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Damn you Charlie, I saw it first. Before it was my interest in the the Black Swans and now Madame.......... moron1
So totally kidding. I am going on a purchasing hiatus until November starting tomorrow. I will be posting but not purchasing. Though I did have a big weekend, but I am too tired to post about it tonight.
Brian
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Damn you Charlie, I saw it first. Before it was my interest in the the Black Swans and now Madame.......... moron1
So totally kidding. I am going on a purchasing hiatus until November starting tomorrow. I will be posting but not purchasing. Though I did have a big weekend, but I am too tired to post about it tonight.
Brian
Hey at least I can say you have good taste. I saw your haul; nice! Wish I would have known you were looking for a Fargo; I have one and I can't stand it... Good pickups; sorry about your hiatus although we won't miss the competition. :)
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Woohoo Its MEL !! :)
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Some guys have trophy cases....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2011-09/90s.jpg)
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Nice trophy case. Now, maybe you can turn your attention to securing a "trophy wife." It cannot be that much harder than tracking down a Canadian LA Confidential.(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/girl1-smiley.gif) (http://emoticoner.com)
Brian
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Nice trophy case. Now, maybe you can turn your attention to securing a "trophy wife." It cannot be that much harder than tracking down a Canadian LA Confidential.(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/girl1-smiley.gif) (http://emoticoner.com)
Brian
But he likes collecting and displaying posters? hitself
Nice hat-trick Mel!
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all good but man UNDERWATER must be one of the most over rated posters, imho, Ill sell you a $10 poster with a sexier image any
day.
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I've been lazy lately and have been erratically changing posters and taking pics but here is most of what is up now as of September 26. (I've omitted some stuff that hasn't changed.) Mostly scantily-clad ladies, it appears. Next month I'll put up my best stuff for the annual apartment Art Tour....
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I missed my chance to watch Another Earth when it screened here .. The posters nice as well .. Have you seen the movie Mel or did you just see and like the poster?
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I missed my chance to watch Another Earth when it screened here .. The posters nice as well .. Have you seen the movie Mel or did you just see and like the poster?
Naw, I rarely watch movies. One of these days hopefully I'll escape this hobby and watch some of the movies for which I have posters.
BTW, yours truly designed this flyer and is on the tour this month. Guess I'll have to put up my "classy" posters (do I have any?):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/ScreenShot2011-10-15at95058AM.png)
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Great flyer. What fund are y'all raising money for?
It's hard to believe that you don't watch movies often, considering how many posters you have. The PF Lucky Strikes, L.A. Confidentials, She Monster, and Black Cat are epic. A lot of other great ones on the walls, too many to mention.
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Great flyer. What fund are y'all raising money for?
It's hard to believe that you don't watch movies often, considering how many posters you have. The PF Lucky Strikes, L.A. Confidentials, She Monster, and Black Cat are epic. A lot of other great ones on the walls, too many to mention.
Long story. But the gist is that DC is rent-controlled and the landlord is trying to jack up the rent improperly. So we'll use the funds to pay for legal expenses. (And "we" is a huge number by the way - 450 apartments in one building!)
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Battles are raging on all fronts! Good luck, bro.
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The "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger" seems an odd choice for a man cave...or is it just me?
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He has to show potential mates that he has a romantic side :P
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The "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger" seems an odd choice for a man cave...or is it just me?
If I'm not mistaken, that poster is in his office at work.
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If I'm not mistaken, that poster is in his office at work.
Oh ok...I thought it was in the man cave.
Nice poster, but I still reckon it's a bit out of place among all the posters with perty girls and monsters.
Perhaps fallen is right :)
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I thought he simply replaced the Midnight Blue quad with that one because the girls kept running away screaming. This one shows Mel is a new age, sensitive guy who can be trusted ;)
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I thought he simply replaced the Midnight Blue quad with that one because the girls kept running away screaming. This one shows Mel is a new age, sensitive guy who can be trusted ;)
Or might end up being a head case that will eventually cheat on her:
Tall Dark Stranger Plot Summary...
In London, Helena Shebritch has a broken heart since her husband Alfie had had a third age crisis and left her seeking his lost youth. She meets the charlatan fortune teller Cristal Delgiorno and follows her esoteric advices believing in the power of prophecy. Alfie meets the younger call girl Charmaine Foxx and proposes her. Meanwhile, their daughter Sally Channing has financial difficulties with her husband and aspirant writer Roy Channing. Roy is graduated in medical school but has never worked as a doctor since he had written a successful first novel and decided to follow the career of writer but he never succeeds in writing a good second novel. Sally starts working in the Geller Gallery and has a crush on her handsome boss Greg, while Roy peeps and flirts through the window with his neighbor Dia that is always dressed in red. When Roy's poker friend Henry Strangler, who had written a magnificent novel and showed only to Roy, has a fatal car accident with their other poker friend Mike, Roy misunderstands that Strangler died and he steals his manuscript that is successfully accepted by the editor to be published. Their lives change when Helena meets a widower that is her twin soul and Alfie finds that he is a cuckold and Charmaine is pregnant. Roy and Sally split, and Sally, who had fantasized an affair with her boss, finds that Greg sees her as a co-worker and friend only. Further, her mother will no longer lend a large amount to her to open her own gallery following Cristal's advice. And Roy, who moved to Dia's apartment, finds that Strangler has not died but is in coma instead
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Nah .. Mel's already told us he doesnt watch the movies he just likes the pretty pictures! :P
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November 2011 - put up some of my best stuff for the art tour.
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Well done, sir. A feast for the eyes. clap
Brian
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Any more photos Mel of perplexed neighbors? Any neighbors concerned about the fire hazard next door?(!) I'd pay 20 bucks for the tour.
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And now for the awards......voted building resident most likely to be a serial killer.............
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BTW, yours truly designed this flyer and is on the tour this month. Guess I'll have to put up my "classy" posters (do I have any?):
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/ScreenShot2011-10-15at95058AM.png)
Visitors may have been expecting art and decor which is elegant, sophisticated, soothing,...
then stopped by Mel's apartment, and, were exposed to this! :
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/goape_700.jpg)
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And now for the awards......voted building resident most likely to be a serial killer.............
Visitors may have been expecting art and decor which is elegant, sophisticated, soothing,...then stopped by Mel's apartment, and, were exposed to this! :
Thanks for the Bronx Cheer! ;D
(http://www.eightpointsnineseconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bronx-Cheer.jpg)
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(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/PB120006.jpg)
I'll pass on Tammy and take a double-dose of the Reynold Brown aqua-babe action, thank you.
Great posters, Mel!
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I like the above too. Also impressed you have a frame for an italian poster thumbup
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My "This Gun For Hire" "fan art" 27x41 poster, which combines the one sheet and the half sheet, turned out pretty well and saved me $20,000 to boot! I have it in the corner of my office.
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Nice job Mel! I imagine around 20 or 30 years from now this will turn up on the Antiques Roadshow and will be declared a previously unseen "Style B" with a value of $20,000 to $30,000!
Bruce
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Very well done tribute poster, Mel. The hobby is lucky that you use your skills for the betterment of it and have not
turned to the dark side. wynk
Brian
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Yeah, well done Mel, looks great. I am also impressed you seemingly easily and frequently get your posters up onto the walls to enjoy.
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Yeah, well done Mel, looks great. I am also impressed you seemingly easily and frequently get your posters up onto the walls to enjoy.
Mel,no offence mate ,but....
Thats a standard photoshop,chop and shop job.
Stew
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Mel,no offence mate ,but....
Thats a standard photoshop,chop and shop job.
Stew
It's harder than it looks Stewie. It took several hours to get from A (damaged small source photos) to Z (full-blown 27x41 polished poster) and very few people on this board could do it. But of course a project like that is not the equivalent of creating original art.
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Mel,no offence mate ,but....
Thats a standard photoshop,chop and shop job.
Stew
And ? ? ? ? Finding the sources and thinking of the design probably took the most time.
Mel's created it, printed it and has got it up displayed... More than most of us have the energy to do thumbup
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And ? ? ? ? Finding the sources and thinking of the design probably took the most time.
Mel's created it, printed it and has got it up displayed... More than most of us have the energy to do thumbup
There is no "And ? ? ? ?",
I wasn`t mocking Mels effort or skill in producing the poster,it just does nothing for ME..
Stew
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It's harder than it looks Stewie. It took several hours to get from A (damaged small source photos) to Z (full-blown 27x41 polished poster) and very few people on this board could do it. But of course a project like that is not the equivalent of creating original art.
No doubt Mel,your photoshop skills are very impressive.the restoration job you did on the BOF was second to none.
This one Im not so keen on,thats all.
Best
Stew
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Its ok I still love ya Mel ! ;)
Oh and I wanted to thank you again Mel for my early Christmas present! I came across a tube you sent me last Dec that I must have accidentally placed in the wrong pile .. and it sat there for nearly a year before I found it again and opened it up to find at least a dozen of your givaway posters!! :) Its sooo much fun finding a tube and not knowing whats in it!! the GF thinks thats a sure sign that I have a problem .. all too often I get tubes in the mail and have no idea whats in it .. :)
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Its ok I still love ya Mel ! ;)
Oh and I wanted to thank you again Mel for my early Christmas present! I came across a tube you sent me last Dec that I must have accidentally placed in the wrong pile .. and it sat there for nearly a year before I found it again and opened it up to find at least a dozen of your givaway posters!! :) Its sooo much fun finding a tube and not knowing whats in it!! the GF thinks thats a sure sign that I have a problem .. all too often I get tubes in the mail and have no idea whats in it .. :)
Funny - I've yet to forget to open a tube or - even worse - throw away a tube with a poster in it but it's bound to happen.
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Funny - I've yet to forget to open a tube or - even worse - throw away a tube with a poster in it but it's bound to happen.
Well in my defense .. I literally have a half a dozen tubes on my dining room table (aka where I flatten most posters out before they go in the flat file) as well as nearly a dozen spread out in each corner of that room and then twice as many in the corner of the living room (room adjacent to the dining room).. I typically open the tubes asap and get the posters on my table but one must have gotten shuffled to the side here or there :P
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Very well done tribute poster, Mel. The hobby is lucky that you use your skills for the betterment of it and have not turned to the dark side. wynk Brian
Well Brian if a poster dealer put on a Black Friday special on a Star Wars Birthday Cake poster, I might have to pepper spray you to take out the competition :)
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Well Brian if a poster dealer put on a Black Friday special on a Star Wars Birthday Cake poster, I might have to pepper spray you to take out the competition :)
Well, you might have to turn to something more than pepper spray. Now, I have ZERO interest in finding out whether I can withstand a tazer attack.
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp307/mozuch/Smilies/taser.gif)
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Back from Thanksgiving vacation. The Big Lewbowski showed up cool and original. It took mucho MET (money, effort & time) to get it, but it was worth it. It will join the "ridiculously rare 1990s posters" section of my apt.
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/PB300005.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/PB300006.jpg)
(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/PB300008.jpg)
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Congrats on the Lebowski win. One of the best for that classic film.
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It took mucho MET (money, effort & time) t
Good it wasn`t METH...
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I'm not putting up Christmas decorations this year but I tell ya you can feel the Christmas cheer when entering my apartment!
Damn dirty apes humans in cages have invaded my apt!
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I've been a bit slack about changing posters lately but here's the new Jan 2012 office lineup (sadly my camera is on its last legs after I dropped it - the focus works very erratically).
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I love those simple black frames. They really show of the posters well. Now where can I get one in the UK?!?!
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Great examples Mel,there is alot of those i might start to have a look for.
Stew
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I dig the eclectic surroundings.
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Looks pretty great to me.
From the Champagne in Paris to the Sting, your floor show is always getting even better.
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Some good-but-not-great fare in the bedroom:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed1.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed2.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed3.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed4.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed5.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed6.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed7.jpg)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed8.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-02/2012-02-Bed9.JPG)
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I'm slowly rotating posters nowadays but I believe most of these are new:
Nice ET. Is that the 27x41 or the 27x40.5?
I also want the Pulp Fiction Lucky Strikes recall.
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Nice ET. Is that the 27x41 or the 27x40.5?
I also want the Pulp Fiction Lucky Strikes recall.
Wow, you are very ambitious! I picked up both of these relatively cheap on Ebay, although you have to be quite religious about checking the auctions every week to find exceptional deals.
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My "Abby Normal" corner this month:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CKd7bMg8eFA/TvszZLQ66pI/AAAAAAAAATQ/_O7pTEg0Qt4/s1600/aby-normal1.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/2012-04-01a.jpg)
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Now, THAT'S Entertainment! clap clap clap clap clap
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I "obtained" a 27x41 reprint of the 40x60 Barbarella poster to create the Barbarella corner:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/Barb1.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/Barb2.jpg)
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Changed my mind - now it's the Butch Cassidy corner - three of the best four BC posters IMHO - US Style A, US Style B, Japan B2, just missing UK quad:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/BCs.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/BCs2.jpg)
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Changed my mind - now it's the Butch Cassidy corner - three of the best four BC posters IMHO - US Style A, US Style B, Japan B2, just missing UK quad:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/BCs.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/BCs2.jpg)
The B2 is awesome; shouldn't be in a corner...
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Hustler 1964 re-release, paired with its 1986 sequel The Color Of Money:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/Hustler.JPG)
A groovy pair - Big Wednesday & Easy Rider:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/Rider.JPG)
Dr. Zhivago providing some class to the joint....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/Zhivago.JPG)
The whole gang....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-04/gang.JPG)
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Mel. I can't help but notice a MASSIVE upswing in the quality of what you display.
Looking back over the pages of these threads (and seeing where you came from and where you are now) is like seeing a documentary, "The Evolution of a Movie Poster Collector".
Great stuff!
Bruce
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yeah he used to collect Pretty Woman 1 sheets.
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yeah he used to collect Pretty Woman 1 sheets.
Hey I like my PW poster! And I only paid $10 for it. Maybe I'll consign it to Dave and it'll sell for $500 :)
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Mel. I can't help but notice a MASSIVE upswing in the quality of what you display.
Looking back over the pages of these threads (and seeing where you came from and where you are now) is like seeing a documentary, "The Evolution of a Movie Poster Collector".
Great stuff!
Bruce
Thanks but I can't really say I've matured as a collector. I tried to get "The Trip" poster - prominently featuring a nude woman on an acid trip - in your auction last night but another horny bastard bidder beat me.
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Mel. I can't help but notice a MASSIVE upswing in the quality of what you display.
Looking back over the pages of these threads (and seeing where you came from and where you are now) is like seeing a documentary, "The Evolution of a Movie Poster Collector".
Great stuff!
Bruce
Im glad Mel is happy with his collection and the style of posters that he has up now but I prefer the old "Mel Collection" with all the modern posters on the walls!!! ;)
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Just when I thought I would never insist on buying original releases (instead of re-releases):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF/Jaws.jpg)
On a lighter note, Rocky Horror 10th:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF/Rocky.JPG)
The Amazing Spiderman is excellent as expected:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF/Spider1.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF/Spider2.JPG)
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Just when I thought I would never insist on buying original releases (instead of re-releases):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF/Jaws.jpg)
IMO, one of the most perfect posters ever made.
Great catch, Mel.
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When are you going to start framing posters to the ceiling? And I don't me hanging down I mean framing them on the ceiling like you are on the wall, that would be something to behold!
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Damn... I wish I could get a collection like that. However, the woman will only allow 5 poster frames up on the walls, and only dedicated to the theater room. If I hung up more than 5, I would hear this = moron1
I would love to have Jaws, but the folds bother me for the price... Mel, You have so many I want. mesmrized
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Sweet as a nut Mel,that Jaws looks very nice.
Stew
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I would love to have Jaws, but the folds bother me for the price... Mel.
Actually, that is a "near mint" copy I obtained from a very high-level collector and the folds are very light. Tough to find a better copy than that. I know you're a new collector. Over time, the folds on older posters will bother you less and you'll realize they "come with the territory."
IMO, one of the most perfect posters ever made.
From the Wikipedia article:
Universal "devised and co-ordinated a highly innovative plan" for the picture's marketing. As early as October 1974, Zanuck, Brown, and Benchley hit the television and radio talk show circuit to promote the paperback edition of the novel and the forthcoming film. The studio and publisher Bantam agreed on a title logo that would appear on both the paperback and in all of the advertising for the movie. The centerpieces of the joint promotion strategy were John Williams' theme and the poster image featuring the shark approaching a lone female swimmer. The poster was based on the paperback's cover, and had the same artist, Bantam employee Roger Kastel. The Seiniger Advertising agency spent six months designing the poster; principal Tony Seiniger explained that "no matter what we did, it didn't look scary enough". Seiniger ultimately decided that "you had to actually go underneath the shark so you could see his teeth."
When are you going to start framing posters to the ceiling? And I don't me hanging down I mean framing them on the ceiling like you are on the wall, that would be something to behold!
Doors, floors, and ceilings are off limits. I ain't that crazy!
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Nice crystal glasses Mel... :P
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May 2012 office setup:
Badly out of focus pic:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-1.JPG)
Easy Rider looks very good under fluorescent light for some reason:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-2.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-3.JPG)
Oscar winning male/female power poses here:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-4.JPG)
Office conversation starter: Why was the Usual Suspect recalled?
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-5.JPG)
Spida-man, spida-man, nobody knows who you are....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-05/2012-05-Office-6.JPG)
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Captain's Log, Stardate 2012-07-07:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-07/P7070002.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-07/P7070005.JPG)
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ANYBODY'S BLONDE is spectacular.
cheers
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The world, she keeps changing.
They look great Mel.
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It's funny how ANYBODY'S BLONDE makes MYSTERY STREET look like modern crap.
Love 'em both, but lookie the difference.
Wow.
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It's funny how ANYBODY'S BLONDE makes MYSTERY STREET look like modern crap.
Love 'em both, but lookie the difference.
Wow.
Quite striking it is side by side.
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Next, on today's episode of "As the Conversion Continues"...
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this is an A++++ thread... i thought i was the only one to like the gold rimmed frames,
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You KNOW you love the Bad Girls! (I do.)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%206.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%202.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%203.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%204.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%205.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%201.JPG)
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Outstanding! clap clap clap clap
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Yes, looks great and nicely arranged.
Wondering what the dot is? Probably a reflection
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/reddotMel.jpg)
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That is one group of posters that needs to be permanent...
Wow.
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"The Seven Year Itch" has arrived.... It only took me $75,000 and a bazillion hours perusing auctions to finally figure out what's worth collecting :)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-06%20%28Monroe%29.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-08-06%20%28Monroe2%29.JPG)
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"The Seven Year Itch" has arrived.... It only took me $75,000 and a bazillion hours perusing auctions to finally figure out what's worth collecting :)
And it's still only what you think is worth collecting... Just like when you thought uber-moderns were what was worth collecting... Isn't this fun?
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"The Seven Year Itch" has arrived.... It only took me $75,000 and a bazillion hours perusing auctions to finally figure out what's worth collecting :)
Should have just listened to certain other forum members in the beginning eyeroll -----> ;)
But seriously, everyone should always just collect what makes THEM HAPPY...
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But seriously, everyone should always just collect what makes THEM HAPPY...
And that's all there is to it.... thumbup
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Been pretty slack about rotating posters lately but I did manage to assemble the wall o' comedy - even funnier than Clint Eastwood's speech! Classics on right, moderns on left:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-09c.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-09b.JPG)
The very uncommon quad, no question the best Pink Panther poster:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-09a.JPG)
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Gotta get my act together:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF3/Test.jpg)
Probably won't show this at the party, but it's great nonethess - La Dolce Vita (Argentina 1970s rr):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-kitchen1.JPG)
Put up some great stuff in the bedroom....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-bed1.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-bed2.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-bed3.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-bed4.JPG)
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It is amazing how your collecting direction has drastically changed. You go from commercial Star Wars posters to classy stuff even your "bad girl" stuff exudes cool retro artwork. ;D
Brian
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Nice selection Mel, it looks great. I especially like High Powered and also Appointment in Honduras.
So your open house is BYO snacks and drinks? (didn't quite get that line on invite), doesnt matter, hope it goes great.
Try to take some pics of the peoples startled reactions!
You probably should have some or all of the posters on the invite on display.
Good luck, wish I could be there...
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So your open house is BYO snacks and drinks? (didn't quite get that line on invite), doesnt matter, hope it goes great.
Try to take some pics of the peoples startled reactions!
It's BYOB at these socials.
They're gonna love Marilyn....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-kitchen3.JPG)
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Slight change of plans - relegating most new stuff to the BR, better older stuff in den/living area:
Some of my best 60s/70s (alas, Goldfinger is the 1980rr):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den1.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den2.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den3.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den6.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den4.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-08/2012-10-Den5.JPG)
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be maniacal movie poster collectors!
Took me most of three days to plan, organize, frame, store, photograph, etc. SEVENTY-FOUR (74) FREAKING posters (including two orphan quad posters) in my apartment.
They're not perfectly organized - that's impossible given space/frame considerations - but you'll see certain themes.
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Mel, your place is looking better and better with each new (old) poster ;)
Can I ask what frames you are using for your linenbacked one sheets - i.e. The Hour Before Dawn? - Spotlight? HPF?
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.....This is why I stopped buying large posters - too much of a PITA to hang up ....
What a shame. I think your House on Haunted Hill, War of the Worlds and Fearless Vampire Killers are stand out posters for me.
Mark
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Mel, your place is looking better and better with each new (old) poster ;)
Can I ask what frames you are using for your linenbacked one sheets - i.e. The Hour Before Dawn? - Spotlight? HPF?
Four Hollywood Poster Frames and two Spotlight frames are sized for LB posters. The Spotlight posters (currently 7 Year Itch and Blonde Sinner) all have larger flips. All my HPFs have thin borders.
What a shame. I think your House on Haunted Hill, War of the Worlds and Fearless Vampire Killers are stand out posters for me.
Mark
I mean I don't buy Italian or French 2+ panels or US 3 sheets anymore.
The US 1S, UK quad, Japan B1, Italian 1P, and French 1P are the "right" sizes IMHO.
The HOHH is a French 1P by the way.
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The big uns look awesome, assuming you have space to stand back and appreciate them. Just one, two or three of those huge ones in a house, and no others posters would make a house look great I reckon, thats what I am aiming for... actually I just have 3 six sheets up, thats all.
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The viewing angle is not very good, especially for the second one:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF3/Angle1.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/0-APF3/Angle2.JPG)
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Looks great Mel! I like the clusters of genres/styles and like that you've still got some modern ones there too! Don't like the way you're treating those poor quads though, they deserve some wall :'(
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Sod those Quads, they look awful... Send them to me immediately, and I'll get rid of them for you.. ;)
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Looks great Mel! I like the clusters of genres/styles and like that you've still got some modern ones there too! Don't like the way you're treating those poor quads though, they deserve some wall :'(
Sod those Quads, they look awful... Send them to me immediately, and I'll get rid of them for you.. ;)
Well, if either of you gentlemen should wish to give me a fine noir quad poster to better match the others, I'll happily put it up!
Alas, most of my quads are cheeseball modern posters....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/Main/Country-UK/pictures/picture-19.jpg)
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Paul will have to help you out with the noir quads, my collection is nearly all modern junky quads like Death Proof! :)
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HALL:
This is why I stopped buying large posters - too much of a PITA to hang up - these are Italian two panels (55"x78"):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-Hall1.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-Hall3.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-Hall2.JPG)
Try swapping out a 4F Italian in a gigantic frame with a piece of plexi that weighs a bunch in a room that's too small to maneuver it in, all by yourself!!! You have it easy with the hangers in my opinion. I'd hang mine that way but it would probably get ripped up. I'm wanting to swap mine out and hang a new one I'm getting in, but I dread trying to get the frame off the wall and out of the room it's in to be able to swap it out, then back into the room and back on the wall...
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Try swapping out a 4F Italian in a gigantic frame with a piece of plexi that weighs a bunch in a room that's too small to maneuver it in, all by yourself!!! You have it easy with the hangers in my opinion. I'd hang mine that way but it would probably get ripped up. I'm wanting to swap mine out and hang a new one I'm getting in, but I dread trying to get the frame off the wall and out of the room it's in to be able to swap it out, then back into the room and back on the wall...
The hangers most definitely do NOT work as advertised. They're supposed to work on pressure alone but in practice you have to tape the clips to the poster, which most collectors won't do. (Personally, I don't hesitate to use acid-free tape on sub-$500 posters, even if it does reduce their value. Better to improve their appearance and get them displayed rather than mouldering in a drawer somewhere awaiting expensive linen-backing that will never happen....)
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The hangers most definitely do NOT work as advertised. They're supposed to work on pressure alone but in practice you have to tape the clips to the poster, which most collectors won't do. (Personally, I don't hesitate to use acid-free tape on sub-$500 posters, even if it does reduce their value. Better to improve their appearance and get them displayed rather than mouldering in a drawer somewhere awaiting expensive linen-backing that will never happen....)
Yea, I've got some relatively cheap 4F's that I'd love to display, but it's not worth the hassle of taking down the frame and swapping it out, I'd opt for the hanger route but the only spots I have to hang that large of posters they'd probably get damaged. I'm thinking about a swap this weekend though since I received my mint LA VAMPIRA NUDA 4F, it's way too nice to store away.
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Not-too-great pic from my party last night, about 15-20 people came by to "stare in wide wonder" at my "man/poster cave." Everyone at least pretended to praise my decor....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-party.jpg)
I also made a short panorama video of my apartment (click on pic below):
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-02-video-pic.jpg) (http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-02-my-apt.mov)
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Pics from the office this month:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office1.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office2.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office3.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office4.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office5.JPG)
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-office6.JPG)
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Excellent selections for your domicile and office. thumbup I'd bet that most of the people who see the awesome setups are impressed.
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Not-too-great pic from my party last night, about 15-20 people came by to "stare in wide wonder" at my "man/poster cave." Everyone at least pretended to praise my decor....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE/2012-11/2012-11-party.jpg)
Ok ... If they liked the posters .. we need stats on the short one on the left and the brunette on the right, now!! ;)
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Ummmm...The 10yo liked Batman and her mother didn't say....
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Ummmm...The 10yo liked Batman and her mother didn't say....
LOL .. You didnt mention you had kids there .. But its good news the kid is into your posters.. Now you have an in with the Mom! ;)
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I like the poster party idea Mel.
The office is looking great.
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Those oldies look great in the gold frames. Well done, Mel. thumbup
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I thought you gave up on the Spotlight frames. See them in several of the pics here (Dune and Hot Rod Rumble)
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I thought you gave up on the Spotlight frames. See them in several of the pics here (Dune and Hot Rod Rumble)
When I bought the Spotlight frames 2-3 years ago they came with extremely thin clear plastic overlays. I noticed that many posters came out crinkled/wrinkled on the sides due to the flip pressure.
Subsequently Spotlight started providing thicker "dual matte/clear" overlays.
I replaced all the old thin overlays with the new ones, which seems to have solved (or greatly reduced) the crinkling/pressure wave problems.
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More and more Festivus miracles!
More wall space miraculously recovered in apartment!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-01/2012-12-Den08f.jpg)
Four more frames ordered from HMP to boost frame insanity factor to 70!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-01/HMP-4.jpg)
Rita finds permanent home in hallway to astound and/or frighten honored guests!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-01/2012-12%20Hallway%201.jpg)
Honored female guest Claudia sends out Instagram pics to friends and family to profess adoration for appropriately titled poster gift!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-01/2012-12-24%20Claudia2.jpg)
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Glad she liked it Mel
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Not sure if this translates,, but, wit woo! Now we know,
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More wall space, more frames, a better room setup, and a nice woman stoked to get a classic poster? Well done. cool1
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Three sheets are a lot of time and trouble but they sure look cool. I completed a "poor man's" linen-backing of One Girl's Confession in about an hour. Taped up all the holes and tears the best I could with acid free SS tape, taped a few pieces to the back to cover up large patches of missing paper, taped both sections together in the back with acid-free SS tape, THEN taped the overlap in the front with acid-free DS tape. Took me another 30 minutes or so to get it properly hung with a posterhanger from posterhanger.com (http://posterhanger.com/). 'Nuff said.....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-02/2013-02-Hall1.jpg)
Showing the entire hallway here:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-02/2013-02%20Hall.jpg)
I taped two sections together both in back and front:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-02/2013-02%20Confession%20cheap%20repair.jpg)
Compared to a puny one sheet:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-02/2013-02%20size%20compare.jpg)
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Nice job Mel. Your eye for cool bad girl artwork is really getting good. I like the fact that you are finding artwork outside the main stream pool. Kind of like Charlie, and his taste in worn and torn posters that are enhanced by the usage.
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Two beautiful big gals right there
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Two beautiful big gals right there
Yes they are!
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Very cool Mel
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Well done! They look great thumbup
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That's a lotta
mammaries memories hanging in the hallway.
Looks great, Mel.
cheers
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Wow :o that's an awesome display!
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No One Man (1932 US 1S): Definitely the best "impulse" purchase I've ever made, somehow it did not sell during the HA sig auction and made it to Buy It Now:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/No-One-Man.jpg)
Definitely the worst pairing of posters in the entire history of this hobby :o
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/No-One-Man2.jpg)
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Where did you put Marilyn...
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Definitely the worst pairing of posters in the entire history of this hobby :o
Yes, what were you thinking... posters in the kitchen...
I once had a metal drip tray on marble, the underside rusted and rust pooled into the marble.
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Marilyn has been stored away for now. Unfortunately, I only have a few frames that can fit the LB posters.
The kitchen is the only place this larger frame (29x43) fits.
I did substitute the only classy B2 poster I have:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Kitchen5.jpg)
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Marilyn has been stored away for now. Unfortunately, I only have a few frames that can fit the LB posters.
The kitchen is the only place this larger frame (29x43) fits.
I did substitute the only classy B2 poster I have:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Kitchen5.jpg)
Did you put this in the kitchen?! dear oh dear, dear oh dear.... did i say ... dear oh dear...
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Marilyn has been stored away for now. Unfortunately, I only have a few frames that can fit the LB posters.
The kitchen is the only place this larger frame (29x43) fits.
I did substitute the only classy B2 poster I have:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Kitchen5.jpg)
Vivien was definitely put in the right place... She can reach the dishes. ;D
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April 2013 in my 'lil abode:
Hearken back to days of yore! Specifically, the era of SWORD AND SANDALS:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Den1.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Den2.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Den3.jpg)
And the winner IMHO is.....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Den4a.jpg)
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And also MOVIES THAT WERE NEVER MADE:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-DEN7.jpg)
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WOMEN YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH are lurking in the bathroom:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-BATH1.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-BATH5.jpg)
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Maureen OHara. thumbup
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And the winner IMHO is.....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/2013-04-Den4a.jpg)
Absolutely love this poster.
Well done, Mel.
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Good call Ted!
Maureen O'Hara :o
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7krt2h5371qc2eq2o1_400.jpg)
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It is amazing how many themes Mel can put together from his collection. A displayed poster looks a 100x better than storing your posters via computer images. But then not everyone is as zany as Mel!
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Looks good, Mel. That Vertigo just shines...such a great poster.
Have you noticed any difference in the DS version compared to the Video version (other than the line in the credits about being available on VHS and Laserdisc)?
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Looks good, Mel. That Vertigo just shines...such a great poster.
Have you noticed any difference in the DS version compared to the Video version (other than the line in the credits about being available on VHS and Laserdisc)?
I just compared them this morning. The video one sheet is quite good and equal in quality to the DS version. Too bad it has such an obvious video line because I paid quite a premium for the DS version.
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Thanks - I have the video and am tempted to upgrade to the DS one day. I quite like the VHS/Laserdisc line though, it's quite unobtrusive and something to look back on and smile about in 30 years time when physical media could have long since died.
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Thanks - I have the video and am tempted to upgrade to the DS one day. I quite like the VHS/Laserdisc line though, it's quite unobtrusive and something to look back on and smile about in 30 years time when physical media could have long since died.
Well I shelled out $200 for mine, which is way too much but is the going rate these days. On the other hand it is only 3% of the cost of an original.
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(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-05/2013-05-Office4.JPG)
Love the organizational system... Maybe we should start a what does you office look like thread!
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Yeah those stickies are pretty cheesy. I used to print them on labels but got lazy. Slowly but surely the legal biz is going paperless anyway and these are mostly older files that should be archived.
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Wow, I really like that The Hour Before The Dawn poster. Very nice!
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Wow, I really like that The Hour Before The Dawn poster. Very nice!
I agree Mike. Very nice piece indeed.
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This Gun For Hire (1945rr US 1S) arrived today. Looks pretty good, only issue is moderate acid-tanning:
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07%20Kitchen%201.jpg)
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clap clap clap clap clap
Very nice Mel! Congrats...
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Looks pretty good alright. Gratz Mel.
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Always good to see Elvis in a prominent place
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Indeed, bloody nice.
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Beautiful and looks great framed
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i actually like that tanned look a lot in posters.. marvellous :)
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Some beauties from yesteryear:
The Tiger Woman (1945 US 1S) is striking and very rare - thanks to Charlie for repairing/LBing it:
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07-Den1.jpg)
Here's a B&W photo of Adele Mara (with stuffed tiger):
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/Adele%20Mara%20%28with%20tiger%29%202.jpg)
Betty Grable's $1,000,000 leeeeeeeeeeeegs.....
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07-Den2.jpg)
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07-Den3.JPG)
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07-Den4.jpg)
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07-Den5.jpg)
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Here's a B&W photo of Adele Mara (with stuffed tiger):
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/Adele%20Mara%20%28with%20tiger%29%202.jpg)
She is much more attractive in this photo. I never would have guessed...
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Some beauties from yesteryear:
Seriously Mel, can't see why the woman don't just love you and your hobby - your taste in women is to be admired.
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The wall does look good, a little full, but pretty impressive
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Seriously Mel, can't see why the woman don't just love you and your hobby - your taste in women is to be admired.
They're intimidated by the classiness
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When you have good looking women all over the walls you need to bring an even better looking woman home. 8)
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Great-looking gallery, Mel. thumbup
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Got around to framing a couple of new linens - needs some more plus-sized frames to fit these.....
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07%20Kitch6.jpg)
(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07%20Bath1.JPG)
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Nice Mel!
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Nice Gloria poster. So, Gloria checks you out as you get in the shower
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Nice Gloria poster. So, Gloria checks you out as you get in the shower
Wait... You put a linenbacked poster next to a shower? I would not do this Mel or it will start to warp over time...
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Wait... You put a linenbacked poster next to a shower? I would not do this Mel or it will start to warp over time...
Mel always has posters in the bathroom and next to the stove. Better than on the ceiling above the shower and stove. The last bathroom poster was a shocker, this is great in comparison
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Nice Gloria poster. So, Gloria checks you out as you get in the shower
http://www.youtube.com/v/7YvAYIJSSZY
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Mel me thinks the last place you have left for a framed poster is in bed beside you. You can even go petite, moyenne or grande - whatever you feel like any particular evening. Hell maybe even get right crazy and bring in Rita for an extended weekend visit. You might as well just get it over with...
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My boss is a tough-talking woman from New Jersey/New York. In one of her better moods she walked into my office the other day and said:
"You have the best posters, I swear to God."
So I guess I can put that on the ol' annual review.
But generally, I face endless harassment on this forum AND at work:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-07/Note.jpg)
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Does that say posters ot poodles?
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(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-07/poodles.jpg)
I'm gonna hafta sue my colleagues! This is NOT A JOKE!!!
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But generally, I face endless harassment on this forum AND at work:
And yet the thing both those have in common is You... ;)
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And yet the thing both those have in common is You... ;)
:P
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Hahaha HA
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(http://WWW.POSTERNIRVANA.COM/0DNE2/2013-07/2013-07%20Bath1.JPG)
Love this one. Did it cost an arm and a leg?
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Hahaha HA
and Ha. ;D
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Love this one. Did it cost an arm and a leg?
"Just" $350.
And yet the thing both those have in common is You... ;)
Revenge is a dish best served cold, my quad-loving friend :)
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"Just" $350.
So just a leg, then. Heritage?
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So just a leg, then. Heritage?
Steve Olson, a collector who sells on Ebay through aaavintagmovieposters, his agent. Apparently, he had 22,000 posters but has sold two-thirds of them.
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Steve Olson, a collector who sells on Ebay through aaavintagmovieposters, his agent. Apparently, he had 22,000 posters but has sold two-thirds of them.
I got one via Las Vegas...
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Steve Olson, a collector who sells on Ebay through aaavintagmovieposters, his agent. Apparently, he had 22,000 posters but has sold two-thirds of them.
Yeah that seller has had some nice pieces in amazing condition...whoever built that collection (is Steve the agent/seller aaavintagemovieposters or the original collector?) collected mostly only items in top shape...
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Finally put up some new three sheets - I probably should get a three sheet Spotlight display:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-08/2013-08-Hall1.JPG)
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Looks like you took Tobar down.
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Finally put up some new three sheets - I probably should get a three sheet Spotlight display:
They look great and good on you again for getting them up on the wall to enjoy.
Obviously the plastic strips are strong enough to support the weight (linen), but I wouldn't have thought so.
Yes I think a frame would make them look even better.
Next stop, linen backed 6 sheets...
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They look great and good on you again for getting them up on the wall to enjoy.
Yes and yes.
Posters on the wall are a good thing and those are two freaking cool posters.
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Genuine question Mel; what is the biggest poster you have actually had framed?
Reason I ask is because whilst looking through the James Bond thread I noticed the 40x60 TSWLM frame. Have you ever thought of getting a six sheet framed or something of a similar size and making it a centre-piece? Or even putting a 40x60 as a centre-piece?
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Genuine question Mel; what is the biggest poster you have actually had framed?
Reason I ask is because whilst looking through the James Bond thread I noticed the 40x60 TSWLM frame. Have you ever thought of getting a six sheet framed or something of a similar size and making it a centre-piece? Or even putting a 40x60 as a centre-piece?
I cannot speak for Mel's largest .. but I have some bus shelters that are 48 5/8" x 70 5/8" framed along with a horizontal bus shelter 37.5" x 77.5". :)
Now If I could just get Charlie to Linen my 4 and 6 sheets I may think about framing them as well! :)
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I cannot speak for Mel's largest .. but I have some bus shelters that are 48 5/8" x 70 5/8" framed along with a horizontal bus shelter 37.5" x 77.5". :)
Now If I could just get Charlie to Linen my 4 and 6 sheets I may think about framing them as well! :)
Have you got images of them uploaded, particularly the horizontal bus shelter?
Would be cool to see them.
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Have you got images of them uploaded, particularly the horizontal bus shelter?
Would be cool to see them.
Most of them can be seen here..
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/106177607191254337017/albums/5870216074641355393
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That's pretty damn impressive!
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Speed Crazy came in today, fixed it up with some acid-free tape, think I'll keep it as is and won't LB it.
Appropriately, I picked up $265 of speeding/parking tickets in the last two weeks woohoo
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/DSCN1007.JPG)
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haha .. that's not good, you're supposed to be SAVING money right now! :)
So will you be going creepy/Halloween with this coming poster rotation !??
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You can probably just submit those as business expenses to be picked up by the tax payers though right? ;)
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So will you be going creepy/Halloween with this coming poster rotation !??
You calling me creepy? Who would say that about a guy like me?
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2373.jpg)
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You calling me creepy? Who would say that about a guy like me?
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2373.jpg)
Who`s in the shower??
Stew
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Who`s in the shower??
Stew
Ummm, OK you got me. This dude:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/pornstache.jpg)
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hahaha ... what were you doing? Trying to see your teeth or something?? :)
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Ummm, OK you got me. This dude:
:)
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Do you lot mind, I'm just about to have my tea.... puke
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Do you lot mind, I'm just about to have my tea.... puke
Hey Paulie here's a shot of my "FIVE STAR" legs just for you!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2482.jpg)
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Blimey.....
Where am I ?......match.com ?
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Blimey.....
Where am I ?......match.com ?
I know, right. Look he even painted two of his toe nails...
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Blimey.....
Where am I ?......match.com ?
Well, let's just say the boys on this forum probably prefer this Candy 1968 advance poster (which turns out to be quite rare, just found it randomly on Ebay, haven't found another example):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/Candy%20adv.jpg)
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It was touch and go there for but candy saves the day!
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Who wears short shorts. Mel wears short shorts ;D
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Who wears short shorts. Mel wears short shorts ;D
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Better legs than Rosa's Mel... She's got something to hide. ;)
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One down, 79 to go. I'm exhausted already, must find strength to carry on....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10%20Kitch%201.JPG)
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One down, 79 to go. I'm exhausted already, must find strength to carry on....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10%20Kitch%201.JPG)
Don't know how you do it. I don't have the energy to put one in a frame
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Yes but well worth the effort!
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Don't know how you do it. I don't have the energy to put one in a frame
With spotlight frames swapping them out is surprisingly easy. I tend to leave a few in a single frame just to store them there from time to time
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Happy Halloween APF.
As you can see, this never-ending furlough is depleting my already-limited supply of sanity
Oh well, I do have a date with a psychiatrist tomorrow night. Maybe she can help....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/MSH-hall.jpg)
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That Monster Show poster is crazy cool...jealous of that one.
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Love that Frankenstein poster Mel. +1
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I see you found some energy. Appropriate for Oct 31.
I guess the signs of government progress spurned you on...
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Oh well, I do have a date with a psychiatrist tomorrow night. Maybe she can help....
You should date an oculist instead. Those eyes are red...
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Oh well, I do have a date with a psychiatrist tomorrow night. Maybe she can help....
I would have said that is a good option because unlike Psychologists Psychiatrist can prescribe medication...but looking at those eyes it appears you are already heavily medicated... :-\
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Explains so much, it's like munchies but buying and framing posters instead of eating.
Damn, you da man.
:p
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You should date an oculist instead. Those eyes are red...
???? What red eyes? You are seeing things that don't exist, my friend.
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I do see the "last edited by" at the bottom of the post... ;)
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???? What red eyes? You are seeing things that don't exist, my friend.
Well, I'm colorblind, but not THAT colorblind... :)
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Well, I'm colorblind, but not THAT colorblind... :)
When I saw it next to that poster and it being October and all I thought he had some "scary" contacts in. I never even considered that his eyes were that red! :)
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Our tax dollars at work!
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clap Now that's a wall, jollyfine Mel..
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clap Now that's a wall, jollyfine Mel..
Indeed...now what kind of candy are you giving out? (And don't post a pic of the Candy poster)
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! THE FIVE STAR LEGS! ONE NIGHT ONLY! COMPLETE WITH BLOODY TOE!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Den%208b.JPG)
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I can't wait for this government shut down to end... puke2
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I can't wait for this government shut down to end... puke2
It's like a fireworks show! When will it end? When will the pics stop????
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40x60 Invasion of the Star Creatures just came in this afternoon, saving the day!
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Den8b.JPG)
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The foreplay material for tonight's date is a little confronting...
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The foreplay material for tonight's date is a little confronting...
Most of this stuff will disappear if and when a single femme comes around....
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I am sure they flock to your place, dependent on your dating style...
(http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/vt4ea5c593.jpg)
(http://cdn1.independent.ie/incoming/article29152472.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/silvio.png)
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This was oh .... laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
very funny...
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Most of this stuff will disappear if and when a single femme comes around....
What woman could resist an unemployed attorney? :)
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Hey can anyone guess the theme of this wall? Anyone? Anyone?
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Den%207.jpg)
Almost see breasts theme.
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Now I heard a rumor somebody on this board acquired a brand new girlfriend. I also heard that this somebody fought tooth and nail to keep his precious posters up on the wall. The woman ultimately won (they always do), leaving our sad board member with one lonely poster to express his resentment.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3721/10218608865_6581dffa1a_b.jpg)
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;D
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Makes sense to me...but I wonder if she got it?
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That's great T!
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Trolling_photo_Atlantic.jpg)
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Yep. You are...
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Methinks you peoplez are simply GREEN with jealousy over my freedom to tastelessly decorate my abode to my deviant satisfaction:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/MSH-Frankie2.jpg)
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Methinks you peoplez are simply GREEN with jealousy over my freedom to tastelessly decorate my abode to my deviant satisfaction:
Indeed we are....
Mel has been posting this all over the internet on dating sites...
(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/SilhouetteNSW/Just%20Photos/date-night-at-mels_zps2fe3b579.jpg~original)
;D
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Indeed we are....
Mel has been posting this all over the internet on dating sites...
;D
Clever. I will remember this post when General Zod appoints me RULER OF AUSTRALIA....
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I like it Mel.
Yes I am crazy but I do know what I like.
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that's one sweet wall - r57 (or military) Thing reissue is simply one damn cool poster - not sure why the duotone works so well but it does - yellow is better then orig green imo and always amazing how reasonable this poster can be purchased - rarely exceeds 150.
For those haters who won't display high valued items - this is a win/win to have on a wall.
My top '5' favs in order of likes/wants...
1. Thing
2. She Monster
3. Curse / Undead
4. Cat Girl
5. Mothra (only in 50's could someone dream up a killer moth taking over the world) happy1
Another wall done, this is the preliminary arrangement, likely to change:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Den%205.JPG)
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And saving the best for last:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Den9ws1.jpg)
This is one of my favorite posters. I used to own a postcard of it when I was a kid.
Personally, I would put it up all alone on the "Cat People" wall. When you have so many posters up, it's difficult to even see one. They all mesh into one big colorful piece.
T
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WTF is this? Looks like somebody acquired some HQ "old school horror" reprints and displayed them in his office:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Office1.JPG)
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First day back on the job was productive eh? ;)
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First day back on the job was productive eh? ;)
;D Gummint money at work
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Framed at Tax payers expense.... ;)
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Framed at Tax payers expense.... ;)
So glad to help! :D
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Plan for next month - finally got a Revenge 1S, so the collection is complete (all other SWs have been consigned):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/Sws.jpg)
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WTF is this? Looks like somebody acquired some HQ "old school horror" reprints and displayed them in his office:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/2013-10-Office1.JPG)
Man, I am always pimping this hobby! These posters are going on display at the "company" picnic (actually my agency consists of several ginormous subagencies but it's all too complicated to explain to youse guys.) Will post pics...
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You're taking your posters on a picnic?
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Watch out for ants
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I don't like the reprints, but I do love the black circles on the file cabinets. Where can I find 'em?
T
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I don't like the reprints, but I do love the black circles on the file cabinets. Where can I find 'em?
T
www.blackovallabels.com
from Romania.
;D
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Mel, you of all people, should know that what can be done digitally, can be undone digitally
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/mel_office_cab_notes_ani.gif)
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laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
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Ha-ha! But of course a five-star, hyper-elite, "true pimp" collector such as moi is never perturbed by mockery from the peanut gallery!!!!
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Man that's great work Steve
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Man that's great work Steve
I endeavored to crack the black spot obfuscation Mel had applied to his cabinets to see where peoples tax dollars are really going. I was a bit shocked when the computer deciphered the code and showed the results.
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I endeavored to crack the black spot obfuscation Mel had applied to his cabinets to see where peoples tax dollars are really going. I was a bit shocked when the computer deciphered the code and showed the results.
I, on the otherhand, was not shocked in the slightest
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Lots of cool costumes and decorations, including my posters, at the "company" party today.
The "Washington Memorial" costume won first prize, very cool.....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2717.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2695.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2737.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2712.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-10/IMG_2692.jpg)
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I found Waldo - what do I win?
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Mel, you of all people, should know that what can be done digitally, can be undone digitally
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/mel_office_cab_notes_ani.gif)
laugh1 laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
Oh, man...I haven't laughed that hard in years.
cheers
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Mel, you of all people, should know that what can be done digitally, can be undone digitally
;D
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laugh1 laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
Oh, man...I haven't laughed that hard in years.
cheers
You go, Ted...
:-*
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Carmen Jones (1954 US 1S): Dorothy Dandridge makes an appearance in the office! Very rare for a 1950s poster to feature a black actress:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-11/2013-11%20Office.jpg)
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Carmen Jones (1954 US 1S): Dorothy Dandridge makes an appearance in the office! Very rare for a 1950s poster to feature a black actress:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-11/2013-11%20Office.jpg)
Not so true for all black or mostly black films. Very true for mostly all-white films.
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Here ha go Mel.
http://www.separatecinema.com
There's also a great app for your smart phone or tablet or iPad or whatever.
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A lot of Nice Poster. One Poster that I would like to buy is Inglurious Basterds. I like many Quentin Tarantion Movie especially Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Death Proof and Inglurious Basterds.
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Crazy...
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What in the shower? I think you have it resting on the soap dish there. Playing tricks on us all Mel. You sly guy you ;D
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It's a re-release poster.
Looks good with the pink tiles.
T
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Looks good with the pink tiles.
+1
T is jealous!
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laugh1
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I see it has come to this with the sheer volume of frames.
But clever nonetheless...
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Yeah, way to make your dates feel comfortable, pink tiles and that poster...good times ahead
http://www.eventsounds.com/wav/psycho.wav
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T is jealous!
Yes, extremely jealous. Mel's sanctum, where it all happens...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCW10ZwUlwc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCW10ZwUlwc)
T
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Yes, extremely jealous. Mel's sanctum, where it all happens...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCW10ZwUlwc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCW10ZwUlwc)
T
(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/SilhouetteNSW/Just%20Photos/super_smilies007_zpsaf1a1660.gif~original)
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oh boy
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(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/Psycho2_zps12c92f49.jpg) (http://s691.photobucket.com/user/Forty_Candles/media/2012/Psycho2_zps12c92f49.jpg.html)
Ultra Swim. I didn't know there was a shampoo that specifically removes chlorine from ones hair.
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laugh1
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What's with the little chain dangling on the left. Is it something sexual?
T
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Of course everybody knows that I was recently - and deservedly - given a lifetime appointment to the rank of High Lord Excellency of Hyper-Elite Collectors.
However, I surprised even myself by obtaining this NINETEEN star one sheet for I Wanted Wings (1941 US 1S), the debut of the diminutive yet sublime Veronica Lake.
What? You say that five star is the maximum?
Res ipsa loquitur, my good fellow:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Kitchen1.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/Faces.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Kitchen2.JPG)
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19 stars! Me thinks I will need to send something to Dario to get a 20th star added
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Any posters of films directed by Mitchell Leisen are worth having. His films are gems.
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In caelum ascende
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(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/2013-12-Kitchen2_zpsfbbb6a41.jpg)
There it is (B2 frame)... Never thought to look above the dish rack. But I do remember now and I think you have another behind a door that use to have Butch and the Sundance Kid... My memory is fading fast.
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The Queen arrived and she looks great! Really cool to find an unrestored poster like this (55yo) in excellent condition:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/Queen.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den2.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den1.JPG)
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(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den1.JPG)
thumbup thumbup
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Chased that Roadblock many times but always seems to land just outside my self-defined comfort zone
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Like kudzu, the new posters are taking over the place! Kinda random this month.
Moving the camera around the den....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den01.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den02.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den03.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den04.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den05.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den06.jpg)
More modern stuff in this section:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den07.JPG)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den08.jpg)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Den09.JPG)
Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa.....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-Kitch1.JPG)
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Very cool Mel
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Desperation breeds ingenuity. I am totally out of space for frames so....who needs windows? The 40x60 finds a new home (with some odd camera reflections caused by the slight curvature of the plexiglass, not visible in person):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den13.JPG)
Du Barry Was A Lady (1943 US 1S): Another fab one sheet:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den12.JPG)
Gladiator (2000 int 1S): A rare dude on the wall, love the tagline "What we do in life echoes in eternity." (This is NOT on the US version for some reason).
& Two Or Three Things I Know About Her (1967 US 1S) (2006rr)
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-12/2013-12-Den14.jpg)
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clap clap clap clap clap
Love them posters.
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Here's a poster in a restaurant that is worthy of me:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-01/5-star.jpg)
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Here's a poster in a restaurant that is worthy of me:
Taking that photo, people must have thought you are zany
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But Veronica assures me that I am perfectly normal....
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-01/IMG_2395.jpg)
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Your office looks bl**dy cold!
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(http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv275/Forty_Candles/2012/Psycho2_zps12c92f49.jpg) (http://s691.photobucket.com/user/Forty_Candles/media/2012/Psycho2_zps12c92f49.jpg.html)
You know, on second thought, somebody might think I'm weird by putting a Psycho poster in the shower, so I've decided to go with a friendlier vibe. This is a 30"x40" Hawaii travel poster (seller says it's late '70s, I'm thinking 80s or 90s):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-02/2014-01-Bath1.JPG)
Now what to do with the Jaws posters in the other corner?
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-02/2013-11-Bath1%202.JPG)
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wow1
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Hey, that fan-made Jaws poster is all wrong.
I'm almost positive there was no such thing as a triple-skeg board in 1975.
In fact, I don't think doubles were even available.
The hienie's quite nice, though... wynk
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That's a lot of posters in the bathroom
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That's a lot of posters in the bathroom
Hence wow1
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That's a lot of posters in the bathroom
Cuts down on the cost of subscriptions...
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Cuts down on the cost of subscriptions...
Which in turn means more money for posters. ;D
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Why don't you move to the 'burbs (wherever that is where you are), but a nice four bedroom house, the walls will open up to you and your framed collection will seem small again
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Why don't you move to the 'burbs (wherever that is where you are), but a nice four bedroom house, the walls will open up to you and your framed collection will seem small again
Why? Plenty of room on the ceiling.
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Why? Plenty of room on the ceiling.
Too much asbestos risk. You need flipping frame like a flipping book on the walls
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Why? Plenty of room on the ceiling.
Valid point.
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E.T. combo, not something you see every day: US advance 1S + special "moon/bike" 1S given to movie crew
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-02/2014-02-ET-combo.jpg)
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+ special "moon/bike" 1S given to movie crew
They couldn't have liked it too much then
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thumbup
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cool1
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(http://fabfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/funny-celebrity-gifs-hell-be-back.gif) thumbup
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Middle-aged and mild-mannered man seeks Young And Wild one sheet:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-03/Young.JPG)
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One of my goofball colleagues snapped this shot of the famous five star attorney/poster collector at work today:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-04/2014-04-24-MSH.jpg)
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The University of ... ??
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I thought I was being a bit extreme by putting up eight posters in my office but I'm working with an attorney at the Department of Justice who has 50+ of her own paintings displayed in her office (and in the nearby hall and conference rooms). They're quite good by the way....
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The University of ... ??
Phoenix Online
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Phoenix Online
;D
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The University of ... ??
The University of Mr. Thomas Jefferson
Is she self taught? Snap a pic of her "gallery wall..."
Can't find the pics right now, will try to find them or take some new ones. They cover her enitre office "Mel style."
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Not a Star Wars fan but that is a sweet collection and all on display. Plus you have the cool Empire Strikes Back.
Gotta ask how tall you are standing next to those big posters.
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Not a Star Wars fan but that is a sweet collection and all on display. Plus you have the cool Empire Strikes Back.
Gotta ask how tall you are standing next to those big posters.
Surely you have not forgotten this thread:
http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,1696.0.html
But to answer your Q directly, I am 5'11" (71") barefoot w/o inflation. The frames are 86" tall.
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Another perspective from nerd control center:
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-04/2014-04-26-DenZ.JPG)
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Yeah I will give it to you Mel. Those 3 sheets look impressive all framed up (even if they cannot be hung)
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You want a toe?
http://youtu.be/z_VAfVhsvOA
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Jaime Mendez did a good job restoring this 1945 Ziegfeld Follies, which was looking pretty rough after 69 years (the below photo is not color saturated BTW):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE3/2014-05/2014-05-Kitchen2.JPG)
Before (it actually looked a bit rougher in person):
(http://www.posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2014-03/Ziegfeld%20Follies.jpeg)
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Mel- that is one gorgeous piece of paper! Looks great!
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From August 2009 to October 2014 I photographed my rotating MP frame collection in Wash DC. I had 70(!) frames in that "zany" place!
If you want to be a poster nerd, you can peruse all 779 pics here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MoviePosterCollectors/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1936000636683870
But don't you have better things to do, like trying to get laid, ha-ha!
Anyways, I perused these photos for the first time in three years and picked out 38 faves:
My three sheet frames rocked! I lost them in the move to Charlotte, got to get another!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2014-02-Den1_zpswd97mbmk.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2014-02-Den1_zpswd97mbmk.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-12-Den12_zpsmi7aew29.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-12-Den12_zpsmi7aew29.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-Den05_zpsnwitexrs.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-Den05_zpsnwitexrs.jpg.html)
Pretty clever photo IMHO:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-11-closet_zpswayt7gt5.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-11-closet_zpswayt7gt5.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Hall3_zps2z488iec.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Hall3_zps2z488iec.jpg.html)
On permanent display:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Den9_zpsfxluda9a.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Den9_zpsfxluda9a.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-DR0A_zpsl8qj1upz.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-DR0A_zpsl8qj1upz.jpg.html)
Only freaks put posters in bathrooms!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Bath1_zps1s8hovnv.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-11-Bath1_zps1s8hovnv.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-10-kitchen3_zpsahqwljls.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-10-kitchen3_zpsahqwljls.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-10-Den2_zpsy4oenolf.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-10-Den2_zpsy4oenolf.jpg.html)
I decorated my entire apt. with horror posters for Halloween:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-10%20Den1a_zpsafeivtzs.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-10%20Den1a_zpsafeivtzs.jpg.html)
Moi:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-11-Frankie1_zpsci5204cn.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-11-Frankie1_zpsci5204cn.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-02-bed1_zpsracs4mxo.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-02-bed1_zpsracs4mxo.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%206_zpshongmovo.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-08-05%20Bad%20Girls%206_zpshongmovo.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-04g_zpswuhxptk4.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-04g_zpswuhxptk4.jpg.html)
I spent hundreds of hours trying to find the Canadian LAC (upper left):
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-04%20026_zps6g8azy2l.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-04%20026_zps6g8azy2l.jpg.html)
I printed this one:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-04%20022_zpsybhlbr3y.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-04%20022_zpsybhlbr3y.jpg.html)
The rare-as-hell int. Lebowski - Charlie interviewed its designer here:
http://abideposters.com/bestontitle/Big_Lebowski/03152012_Cassie_Anderson.pdf
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-02-Den3_zpscdedsrus.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-02-Den3_zpscdedsrus.jpg.html)
A great S2:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2012-01-B_zpsg5tckaly.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2012-01-B_zpsg5tckaly.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2014-10%20066_zpshulremds.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2014-10%20066_zpshulremds.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-07-Den1_zpsazh0zkw1.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-07-Den1_zpsazh0zkw1.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2013-05-BR-7_zps8a6tx4xx.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2013-05-BR-7_zps8a6tx4xx.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-12%20f_zpsecqpj2wy.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-12%20f_zpsecqpj2wy.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-144_zps8nssxxgd.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-144_zps8nssxxgd.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-155_zpswlazoklh.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-155_zpswlazoklh.jpg.html)
Great but very violent imagery, not usually my style:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-113%20Kitchen%202_zpswrca2k2z.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-11-113%20Kitchen%202_zpswrca2k2z.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-08-1b_zpsx51hafh9.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-08-1b_zpsx51hafh9.jpg.html)
Risque!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-06-BR7_zpsfbj5a2kb.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-06-BR7_zpsfbj5a2kb.jpg.html)
Lucky Strike!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-03-Den8a_zpsf6tjy0gv.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-03-Den8a_zpsf6tjy0gv.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2011-03-Den9e_zpsptjqwfsl.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2011-03-Den9e_zpsptjqwfsl.jpg.html)
Funny!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-Kitchen1_zpsiyfuyerb.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-Kitchen1_zpsiyfuyerb.jpg.html)
I have a page on MPC.guide devoted to Barbarella:
http://www.moviepostercollectors.guide/MPC_Showcase_Barbarella.html
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-DR1_zpsuuvifmwi.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-DR1_zpsuuvifmwi.jpg.html)
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-DR4_zpskpf9vyvs.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-12-DR4_zpskpf9vyvs.jpg.html)
The great Black Swan posters!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-11-17_zps2jnktotp.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-11-17_zps2jnktotp.jpg.html)
NSFW:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-11-24_zpseh138o0c.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-11-24_zpseh138o0c.jpg.html)
Great photo here with a great story about the statue::
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Girl
http://www.gardencentermag.com/article/garden-center-0211-bird-girl-judson/
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-10-Den6_zpsfkiolztm.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-10-Den6_zpsfkiolztm.jpg.html)
Sold this Mondo PotO before it exploded in value:
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/Frame%20Faves/2010-10-Hall3_zpsxtr7idej.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/Frame%20Faves/2010-10-Hall3_zpsxtr7idej.jpg.html)
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Omg, I forgot how much stuff you had up. This feels like it belongs to a distant moment in time, we were all much younger back then... :). I feel like I actually had a few posters up myself, vs a single one today.
T
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Holy mackerel. Are you planning on making your new place a similar style?
On the LA Confidential, you said you searched hundreds of hours. Was it an obscure source that you eventually found it from?
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Holy mackerel. Are you planning on making your new place a similar style?
On the LA Confidential, you said you searched hundreds of hours. Was it an obscure source that you eventually found it from?
Yep I searched endlessly for that poster on Canada eBay and every else I could think of.
One day it popped up in the US international section of eBay. The seller said she found it an LA poster dealer shop. I made an off-eBay deal for $600. When I was forced to consign my collection it sold for $3100, one of the few times I made a big profit on a poster.
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/LA_zpsmnvvvc6j.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/LA_zpsmnvvvc6j.jpg.html)
A few others popped up afterwards and Bruce posted the following info:
Important Added Info: Note that this rare poster (which measures 27" x 40" [69 x 102 cm]) has been shrouded in mystery since it first surfaced in the hobby several years ago! It was first seen in the collection of a well known Canadian collector/dealer/researcher who received the poster in 1998 from a theater he was connected to, when the movie was being re-released, and he surmised that it had been created for that 1998 re-release (possibly to capitalize on the many Oscar nominations it had received), but he noted that it had a 1997 copyright, and he could not explain why. It was not until 2013 that we learned much more about this poster! A different example of this poster was consigned to us by a former Warner Bros. executive who received samples of many alternate styles of one-sheets, some of which were apparently never distributed to theaters. The executive received this poster at the same time as the regular 1997 poster, so we think it was surely created at that same time. Perhaps some of them WERE distributed to some theaters in 1998 at the time of the Oscar nominations (perhaps only ones outside the U.S., including the one in Canada, where the first one surfaced, and that makes sense, because the poster has no ratings, which would indicate it is an international one-sheet), but that does not change that it is a 1997 poster! Since that time, we have auctioned four more examples of the poster (although it is possible that we were re-consigned previously sold ones). Now we are auctioning this poster for a seventh time (but again, it is unclear whether one or more of those seven were re-consigned, so we don't know how many of the posters are currently known to exist). The poster we are currently auctioning was consigned to us by a couple who ran a movie theater when this movie was being shown, and after showing the movies, they saved several posters that they especially liked, and this poster was one of them! So this poster comes to us directly from the theater that received it in 1997!
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WOW! Super nice collection. Sorry it had to leave your hands. I wonder if I have any of it? Probably not, but you never know. Where did you get those marvelous 3-sheet frames? I have (at least) one 3-sheet that i'd love to have framed. Thanks for sharing...
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WOW! Super nice collection. Sorry it had to leave your hands. I wonder if I have any of it? Probably not, but you never know. Where did you get those marvelous 3-sheet frames? I have (at least) one 3-sheet that i'd love to have framed. Thanks for sharing...
Spotlight Displays:
http://www.spotlightdisplays.com
See also my MPC.guide page on Framing:
http://moviepostercollectors.guide/Framing_%26_Displaying_%26_Storing.html
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Forgot to mention that a designer of the LAC sent me a mocked-up image:
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Yep I searched endlessly for that poster on Canada eBay and every else I could think of.
One day it popped up in the US international section of eBay. The seller said she found it an LA poster dealer shop. I made an off-eBay deal for $600. When I was forced to consign my collection it sold for $3100, one of the few times I made a big profit on a poster.
Nice hunting, and the big payout is pretty cool, although the hunt, itself, was probably about as rewarding.
Over the years, there were a few times I was intent to find a few rarities. I made hundreds of phone calls until I finally found them, which was probably a combination of a variety of things. I never made any $ from them, though, unfortunately. Lawl.
Great writeup there from the eMovie team, and some interesting stories, also.
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I must say Mel its nice to see your previously lost images. Also nice that you framed and displayed so many pieces. Even the porn stuff. Ok especially the porn stuff.
From what i gather there was a disturbance in the force when you left... so welcome back. thumbsup.gif
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I must say Mel its nice to see your previously lost images. Also nice that you framed and displayed so many pieces. Even the porn stuff. Ok especially the porn stuff.
I...er...um...don't remember that!
(http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u536/HereComesMongo1968/porn_zps6rgt8e9g.jpg) (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/media/porn_zps6rgt8e9g.jpg.html)
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Who says size doesn't matter?
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Me unpacking a 3S frame in July 2014.
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A requested photo from Round 1 - I've got 10,000 MP-related images on my iMac, so sometimes it takes a while:
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Why is it pink? It's supposed to be yellow. And when you mentioned Psycho in the bathroom, I thought the original uhno not the re-release. The re-release is okay in the bathroom, especially the pink one.
T
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I think the colour was changed to make the bathroom female friendly
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I think the colour was changed to make the bathroom female friendly
Did I work?
T
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Dubious pink? I was/am again a poster nerd! During my hiatus I used to laugh about my hanging out on the forums so much, over-posting, etc.
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Happy (early) Halloween! devil 2
I "resurrected" my old pics of Halloween/horror framed MPs:
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Lots more here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MoviePosterCollectors/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2027845384166061 (https://www.facebook.com/pg/MoviePosterCollectors/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2027845384166061)