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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