I know this is a pretty old thread, but I have a poster fix story of my own I can share from back in 2016 when I first began poster collecting. I bought two Day the Earth Stood Still lobby cards that were in terrible condition. They needed a major overhaul. Being ignorant to the hobby, I had seen Posterfix videos so I sent him my lobby cards.
What followed was the typical BS. Not responding. Saying they were almost don’t. Etc.
A few weeks later he said that the paper backing failed… so he linen backed the lobby cards. Just terrible. I was ready to be done with him so he sent them back to me finally. The linen backing was the worst offense. The worst part was the second grade level hack job that was done as far as painting goes… I couldn’t believe it.
I then talked to a guy who is a long time collector/dealer/restorer and he said I should send them to Mario at Lumiere for a rehab. Somehow he was able to take them off the linen, and gel back them, and make them look pretty damn good in the end. Overall I spent way to much having the cards worked on… but oh well I suppose.
I sadly don’t have a picture of Chris’s terrible restoration, but I have a picture of them at the very beginning as well as after Mario Gel backed them.
