When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the attic
was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate it, add a
floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a ton of old
stuff.
But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was
looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a
beautiful poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored
it away rolled in "my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently
decided to clean. Bye bye PHANTOM.
In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the place
for that poster just in case. No luck.
I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread)
with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually
recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my
subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters.
Anyone else have one that got away?
Pov
May the holes in your collection be filled.
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