Hi bill ..notice you said my house ..have to wonder if yr married ..a wife / non collector who would tolerate 4 rms of posters is a true rarity lol ..best Alan
On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 10:51 AM William <b...@planetbiz.us> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
