Author Topic: Incredible Work by Poster Mountain (Read 14253 times)

crowzilla · « **on:** September 12, 2013, 04:42:31 PM »

Just saw Poster Mountain's latest blog - what an incredible effort to bring this Beast From 20,000 Fathoms back to life.
http://postermountain.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-seas-master-beast-of-ages-raging-up.html

The silkscreen lettering is a very impressive touch and shows how versatile they are in taking care of your treasures.
I would imagine this would give some good ideas to people here who may have items with similar problems.

erik1925 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2013, 04:49:44 PM »

A great blog story and further testament to the fine work done by John & company at Poster Mountain.

Thanks for posting this, Sean.

And this great blog entry, from mid Aug, about PM restoring a Bride of Frankenstein pressbook:

http://postermountain.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-seas-master-beast-of-ages-raging-up.html#!/2013/08/bride-of-frankenstein-pressbook.html

May have to do a cut n' paste as the entire URL doesnt look clickable, for some reason.

brude · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2013, 06:54:20 PM »

Incredible work by a group of amazing artists.

Mirosae · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2013, 07:04:06 PM »

This is absolutely fascinating. And the poster looks top of the pops. Lucky owner

Linkster · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2013, 06:00:34 PM »

The dedication to craft stuns me. John's current odyssey with the Blackstone poster should not be as riveting as it is.

erik1925 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2013, 08:21:19 PM »

Here's a really interesting and informative blog entry from PM, back in late September, in which John Davis explains how he gel backs a piece (in this case, it's a WC for Breakfast At Tiffany's):

http://postermountain.blogspot.com/2013/09/gelatin-backing-secrets-revealed.html#/2013/09/gelatin-backing-secrets-revealed.html

Before and After (washing, bleaching and gel backing):

Looks to be a great way to stabilize and back when one may not want to go the full linen backing route. The front and back can be seen and an item remains truer for those that feel linen takes away too much from a poster's originality.

Neo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2013, 05:24:25 PM »

Great work and video there by Poster Mountain.

After seeing this video, I may just check with PM about doing a piece that needs some work, especially since they have a special discount going on until 12/31/2013. http://postermountain.blogspot.com/2013/11/holiday-discount.html

I recently received a Scarface 40x60 that had undergone the process, done by Lumiere Poster Restoration. I'll post a few pics of it in another thread.

Silhouette · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2013, 01:50:51 PM »

That's very interesting, I always though WCs were almost a no go for restoration due to thickness of the poster, although in this case it's more a clean up rather than restoration of paper.

The comment about Isinglas only being available with a licence was curious, one can find it all over the net for sale.

CSM · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2013, 11:13:45 PM »

Quote from: Silhouette on December 07, 2013, 01:50:51 PM

That's very interesting, I always though WCs were almost a no go for restoration due to thickness of the poster, although in this case it's more a clean up rather than restoration of paper.

The comment about Isinglas only being available with a licence was curious, one can find it all over the net for sale.

Might mean California specifically. The environmental laws are crazy in that State.

erik1925 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2013, 11:21:24 PM »

Quote from: CSM on December 07, 2013, 11:13:45 PM

Might mean California specifically. The environmental laws are crazy in that State.

That's for sure, Chris... in more ways than one...LOL

Neo · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2013, 01:30:02 AM »

Quote from: CSM on December 07, 2013, 11:13:45 PM

Might mean California specifically. The environmental laws are crazy in that State.

Them Californians and their concern for the environment, I tell ya what. Who needs a clean and healthy environment in order to thrive (other than all life on Earth)?

Ari · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2013, 01:54:20 AM »

Isn't it made of fish? If so, no thanks.

marklawd · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:26:51 PM »

Poster Mountain recently restored and backed a heavily creased Apocalypse Now "Brando" BO for me. This was the first time I have used them and I was very impressed with the care and attention I received, their fast turnaround and the faultless work which they carried out on my poster.

Mark

CSM · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2013, 02:29:33 PM »

Looks great.

How did you find PM's price scale vs. other restorers?

marklawd · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:04:57 PM »

Very reasonable - particularly the initial cost of backing - there was also 4 hours of restoration work @ $90/hour.

Mark

Charlie · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:08:51 PM »

What were they doing for four hours? You sure your weren't paying for a blog post... I don't see any paper loss and the creases would have just needed minor touch up... Am I missing something?

CSM · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:11:03 PM »

Quote from: Charlie on December 31, 2013, 03:08:51 PM

What were they doing for four hours? You sure your weren't paying for a blog post... I don't see any paper loss and the creases would have just needed minor touch up... Am I missing something?

See Charlie now wasn't that fun to post?

It sure made me chuckle...

marklawd · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:14:50 PM »

The poster suffered from dozens of white scratches - you can see some of them along the tree line - I thought 3 hours work would be about right but I'm not quibbling over another hour.

Mark

paul waines · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2013, 04:17:05 PM »

It does look quite the ticket Mark, how was the postage costs there and back?

brude · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2014, 05:52:10 PM »

I handled Mark's Apocalypse Now poster in transit and that 'before' picture is way too kind.
That poster was a mess.
Great job by Poster Mountain!
Congratulations, Mark!

marklawd · « **Reply #20 on:** January 01, 2014, 08:36:35 PM »

Quote from: paul waines on December 31, 2013, 04:17:05 PM

............how was the postage costs there and back?

A fair bit - I had it shipped to Ted initially who helped ship it on to Dario in Canada - I forgot it was too large for Dario - he sent it back over the border to Poster Mountain who shipped it on to the UK.

Mark

Mirosae · « **Reply #21 on:** January 02, 2014, 09:43:23 AM »

It looks incredible Mark. And v glad you got it back in one piece !

erik1925 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 15, 2014, 01:03:29 PM »

The poster looks great, Mark. Yet another example of PM's attention to detail and care.

This poster must look stunning in person!!

Congrats.

erik1925 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 27, 2014, 08:10:05 PM »

Bride of Frankenstein pressbook, restored in August, 2013. Front and back covers, showing before and after the restoration was complete.

More great work from John and Co at PM.

Details of the entire process can be read (along with more great pix) here on their blog entry from Aug 19, 2013:

http://postermountain.blogspot.com/2013/08/bride-of-frankenstein-pressbook.html

erik1925 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2014, 05:43:30 PM »

The Garden of Allah (1927); US OS:

Washing, some bleaching to lessen those stained areas and airbrushing, but considering it's previous state and the fact that the background was just the natural paper color, I think this turned out really very fine.

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Author Topic: Incredible Work by Poster Mountain (Read 14253 times)

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