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Hello Andre and all,
I did read your post and Greg has sent you some valuable
information. There are problems with displaying posters in sleeves over time.
You can get moisture entrapment in sleeves, the posters can begin to sag and
ripple in sleeves which can cause effects to the poster that would require some
sort of flattening (linenbacking) to get the waviness out of the poster. It does
depend on the sleeve that you buy. BCE mylar makes a great sleeve for storage
purposes and they are located at www.bcemylar.com. However, I have to admit
that I don't go to that expense to store posters and I have been collecting for
over 30 years.
Since I collect vintage posters, most of my posters are folded and I
keep them that way, put them in a plastic bag and then into a manilla folder
which I can label and put in a perma pack box for easy access. While the
plastics bags are definitely not archival, it is my feeling that they are fine
and will last my lifetime. They have done fine for over 30 years. I do rotate
posters in my frames now and again. For my linenbacked posters, I keep them in a
flat file that I lined with kitchen drawer plastic lining paper and I put a
piece of acid free foamcore in between every 10 posters so that I can lift them
out of the drawer 10 at a time. It gets a bit heavy otherwise. I also have many
posters stored in tubes, and I know that many collectors prefer to unfold their
posters an store them rolled. This is beneficial in that over time the fold
lines will fall out a bit. Remember, paper has a memory and can be re-taught. Do
not store in cardboard tubes as they are loaded with acid. I go to my local Home
Depot and buy pvc piping that I have cut to about 30"-36" long. I usually try to
get a diameter of at least 4-5 inches. You can find this material in the
plumbing department. It is sturdy, doesn't smell the greatest inside, but you
don't have the harmful effects of acid that you get with a cardboard tube. Some
people like to buy the thin mylar sleeves and roll up their posters and store
them in this type of tubing also. You can even buy end caps. It is a very
inexpensive alternative for poster storage and you could run over them with a
tank and they dont break.
Now as for framing, unfortunately, I only ship to the lower 48 states of
the U.S. I have many Canadian friends that have encouraged me for years to ship
to Canada but the cost is prohibitive. I actually do have several film
companies in Vancouver that I ship my frames to but they don't mind the
exorbitant shipping costs since they are getting the frames at wholesale. I do
have many customers who actually have me ship the frames to a friend on the U.S.
side of the border and then they pick them up. I do the framing for the motion
picture, television and music studios here in Los Angeles. As a longtime
collector myself, I know the problems in getting a good quality frame with
paying an arm and a leg for it. So, I make them available to fellow collectors
for wholesale. Wherever you do get your frame, there are only three things
to remember, UV filtered plexiglass in front of the poster, acid free backing
behind the poster and no spacers. Preferably the backing product should be
a material called Artcare, which is not only 100% acid free, but it has
ingredients added to it to neutralize the acids in the actual paper the movie
poster was printed on. So, there you have it. You can read all of the articles I
write for books and websites as www.learnaboutmovieposterscom.
As always, though, I am always available for any questions. I include my direct
number and my toll free.
Sue Heim
(800) 463-2994
(818) 709-6557
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