I'm mainly a lurker on MOPO but have been actively buying movie posters for
nearly 25 years. I can't believe it's been that long. I bought my first
posters as a way to decorate my office with something other than motivational
posters (yuck!). I've been a collector my entire life which has included coins,
comic books, pinball machines, and antiques/americana typically toys and
household items from the early to mid 20th century. I graduated high school
with the release of Star Wars and college with the release of another famous
movie. I was going to college in Worcester, MA and we actually went to watch
Outland in a converted theater with a huge screen. We discovered that we were
being treated to a free sneak preview and were mesmerized from the opening
scene. We hardly watching Outland because we couldn't stop talking about the
opening sequence involving the hero trying to outrun a giant boulder...yup ,
Raiders. We'd never even heard about it before seeing it...
I'm a fan of some oddball stuff such as Boston Blackie. I'm sure that I have
the largest Boston Blackie poster collection including all 14 of the 1940's one
sheets linen-backed and a beautiful one sheet from the 1923 Boston Blackie
silent movie and several lobby cards from the silent era.
I currently have approximately 50 movie posters displayed in four rooms in my
house at all times including lobby cards, inserts, half sheets, one sheets
(mostly), a 3 sheet, and a few oddball larger posters. I love displaying my
posters in frames that allow me to swap posters on a regular basis. Of course,
many of these frames have come from Sue Heim (thank you Sue)
I looking for options for displaying sets of lobby cards and glass slides. I
know that theaters had displays that could hold multiple lobby cards but I
haven't found anything available which would allow me to display an 8 lobby
card set in a single frame. I hate trying to get 8 frames to align properly on
the wall. I'm also not looking to invest a huge amount in a custom frame.
I have collected about 6 glass slides that I would also like to display in a
lighted frame. This could be a bit difficult because at least one is missing
the cardboard frame and one has just tape on the edges. I think it would be
great to see these even if it were only a few at a time.
Thanks for reading my story and I appreciate any feedback.
Bill Bisbee
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