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Being from Vancouver myself... Here's the
rundown...
Vancouver actually has a huge movie poster
collecting community. Well, huge compared to many similar sized cities
(perhaps it's the amount of film shot here). There's actually several big
collectors in town (and if you include Bellingham, Washington half an hour away,
there's even more).
I don't know if he hangs around Mopo (if he does,
he mostly lurks), but Damon over at NSFGE ( http://p097.ezboard.com/fstylecfrm2 )
is a top quality framer. He just does it as a hobby though, but, I'm sure
if he can't do it, he can let you know of a couple other
decent framers in town (that won't cost you an arm and a leg). He
should have a web site up sometime this year - and sells modern originals and
repros.
If you're framing a folded poster and want it
linen-backed first, Dario Casadei ( vintagemovieart.ca ) is a top quality linen-backer in town - truly all
archival (unlike many linen-backers out there), etc... Dario's a collector
too, and mostly sticks with the older, classic posters (there's a gallery on his
site).
Dan Rickard is also from town (well, technically,
an hour out of town), and he runs the top site on the net on how to tell if your
poster is original or a reprint: movieposterauthentication.com He's
also got a phenomenal collection of more modern posters.
I'm mostly a collector myself, but I do have a web
site as well: damnthe.com/sale/ I tend to stick with classic
(and soon to be classic) films and posters with the best artwork (mostly from
the last 50 years).
Deke Richards, famous for writing many early
musical hits for a rather (in)famous pedophile, has a web site (
posterpalace.com ). He's probably the top dealer for horror and sci-fi out
there - and he's about half an hour out of town, just across the
border. Watch out for his anual Halloween eBay sale.
Josh Messereau (sp?) is also a big dealer from
Bellingham, but I don't know if he has a web site or not.
I'm sure there's a few others I'm probably missing
(forgive me). It seems like every month I see another collector from
Vancouver that I've never heard of before.
Hope that helps.
Cheers, Bob
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