I always find it amusing when someone asks about the preference of
linenbacking vs. not and people then immediately jump to the (il-)logical
conclusion that because a collector would prefer to buy a poster un-restored
if he/she can find it that said collector has "zero-tolerance" towards
backing and restoration.
I don't know of a single collector that has zero-tolerance for linenbacked
one-sheets. I know many who (all things being equal) prefer non-linenbacked
ones though.
If linenbacking is so great and necessary, why hasn't a very visible and top
collector like Todd Feiertag linenbacked his Freaks 1-sheet or his Bride of
Frankenstein 1-sheet? Because for many items it just isn't necessary.
Yes, there are a great many posters that would benefit from cleaning,
restoration, and linenbacking and doing so would in most cases increase or
possibly even greatly increase their value, but it does not mean they would
attain the same value as a totally un-restored poster that is already in the
same condition the restored one now appears to be in.
I prefer unbacked posters myself if/when they are available and yet my
favorite poster in my collection is linenbacked, hanging on the wall and I
admire it every day. This doesn't make me a hypocrite, just a realist that I
wanted to own this poster and was happy to get it any way I could. If the
opportunity ever presents itself and I can find a nice condition un-backed
one I will happily upgrade.
Sean Linkenback
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