I agree to just keep it
from my won perspective, I prefer raw posters to lienbacked or
paperbacked and I totally hate restored posters
Linenbacking to me is something you do out of serious necessity for
posters that are super-rare and in a very distressed condition
folds are not a distressed condition to me, unless you're talking
about a poster that folded down to a postage stamp size
small holes or tears, or even large tears that really aren't visible,
do not bother me at all.
I have a Double Indemnity wc framed right next to where I'm sitting
at this moment.
it is the nicest condition card I have ever seen on this title with
square corners and just a pin hole in each corner.
except it has the play dated in grease pencil in the top blank area.
I do not care
it looks great (I got it at Heritage in July, so you can look up the image)
but I know it's a psychological issue.
very simply, when I look at my posters on the wall, what I see is the
imagery of the poster.
so when I look at the DI wc, I don't see the play dates! I see the art
same goes for the Murder My Sweet 1/2 sh framed next to the WC. I see
the poster, I do not see the folds and when I look at the Lady in the
Lake wc on the other side of the DI, I don't see that the top has
been trimmed off
BECAUSE I DON'T CARE!
I don't care about the 1 inch by half inch of missing paper at the
top of the House of Dracula 1sh, of the 3 small holes in the
Strangers on a Train insert, or the small hole in the Drunk Driving
1sh or any other minor defect. I have a UK Saraband for Dead Lovers
1sh I bought from Bruce. It is torn vertically, not on the fold, from
top to bottom
guess what.. the rip is so clean, I'm about to frame it "as is"!
(although honestly, I do mean to get it restored.. that is a serious defect)
In my collection, less than 1% of my posters are linenbacked or
paperbacked. Generally they are posters that are very rare, and so
I'll take them however I can get them, or they were very cheap and
I'll have it as filler until I can find a raw copy
I just replaced the on-linen Japanese Lady in the Lake with an
unbacked copy and a linen Brasher Doubloon Australian 1sh with an
unbacked copy..
I WANT RAW POSTERS.
think of this also.. down the road.. raw unbacked copies of any
poster that is available in both fashions will be worth much more
than their linenbacked counter-parts.
I want RAW!
Rich
At 06:36 PM 12/27/2011, Richard Evans wrote:
Keep it I say.
Don't know for certain about values with these, but generally I
thought everything was moving away from over-restoration.
And the particular charm of window cards is that they can come with
a record of their history.
Makes no sense to destroy that, since that's a big part of the
appeal for collecting.
Though in an ideal world it'll be nicely printed, and not bad marker scrawl.
On 28 Dec 2011, at 00:33, MICHAEL ARCHIBALD wrote:
Hi,
I recently framed a "Wild Bunch" window card. As I was sliding the
card into the frame I noticed (for the first time) that the top
blank area was painted. I only discovered this because I was
framing the card in front of the window and the paint was not
transparent in the sunlight.
I have a couple of unfolded window cards which I would like to have
restored. An original "White Heat" has some water damage in the
lower empty border and the other (Rebel Without a Cause) needs to
be cleaned. Both have theatre showtimes in the card's top blank area.
From a collector's point of view...does the value / appeal of a
window card diminish / increase when the top area of the card is sprayed over?
I don't mind lettering indicating what day and time the film was
showing...from my point of view it kind of captures that moment in
time when the film was released. I'm generally more concerned with
pinholes, missing paper, damage to the window card's image, or if a
card is folded/unfolded.
Since I'm fairly new to poster collecting I'd like to get some
input from seasoned collectors to decide if I should keep the
lettering when I send the cards for restoration or have it sprayed over.
Thanks
Michael
PS: Props to Sue at Hollywood Poster Frames for all her framing help.
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