Agree with John. Just go to people's homes, esp. people with kids. It's gonna be repros of something Star Wars or Disney that they'll hang onto it for years until it's replaced - or - a new poster, is added - usually what's in vogue when kids become pre-teens or older - sometimes it's a pop singer, sometimes sports figures or teams. This is what it was like when I was a kid and it has NOT changed, using tape or tacks, whatever that would horrify collectors of vintage paper.
Hard collectors will chase originals - but you have to "graduate" to that unless they visit eBay regularly for new releases. Kids are fickle in that they'll chase what's in theaters and quickly fall out of love with titles and move onto the next best thing. I buy posters online - new releases and whatever for clients. There was a kid of a former news reporter I would buy for occasionally who was into movies - and he went from Harry Potter to Scott Pilgrim to the Hunger Games to the latest Jason Statham movie to Game of Thrones to hard R-rated horror stuff. He had a cheap frame and would change posters out with whatever was "hip" to him and his friends. Otherwise no affection for condition or first issues or anything else. Doesn't look at posters as the same as Funko toys or whatever, nothing rare. So far - knock on wood - no one I know has ever bought a digital photo display that is AS LARGE as a one-sheet or BIGGER for their homes - like the kind you see at movie theaters (also a dying industry) - or at exhibitors' conventions - which have replaced paper posters - like the example below from a couple of years ago. -d. [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5300/54U6uq.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1&trfcallwremmrk=1] ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 4:39 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A question to me that REALLY has me puzzled! Pretty sure that it would be one of the popular reproductions that have been produced in huge quantities like Star Wars, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Casablanca, etc but no idea specifically which one would be the most popular. Regards John From: MoPo List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 29 March, 2023 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] A question to me that REALLY has me puzzled! One of my 67,000+ customers posed a question to me that REALLY has me puzzled. It SEEMS like there should be an obvious answer, but when I reflected on it, I was not even sure what the top candidates are! Here it is: "What would you say is the most owned movie poster (original or reproduction)? The one that is most commonly found in collections?". So NON-movie posters (like images of top stars) ARE excluded, but commercial copies of movie posters are NOT. And of course most serious collectors are very few, if any, repros. I could tell you where my thinking led me, but I would first like to hear what YOU think. Please don't leave me hanging! There are NO bad answers! ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=05%7C01%7C%7C41342d73d70a4b84e05908db2fe5ae41%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638156435736357987%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yQ0qTFk%2BCpRk4dNxCRRdhyWAGs32BYNJYkd2oKP4rYI%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=05%7C01%7C%7C41342d73d70a4b84e05908db2fe5ae41%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638156435736357987%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yQ0qTFk%2BCpRk4dNxCRRdhyWAGs32BYNJYkd2oKP4rYI%3D&reserved=0> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
