CHARLIE CHAN – A Confucius minded detective!

Charlie Chan played by Sidney Toler in Castle of the Desert The Charlie Chan movies were a big draw at the movie theaters during the 1930’s and 1940’s and were based on a fictional Chinese detective created by American novelist Earl Derr Biggers (1884 – 1933) in 1925. Biggers went on to write a total
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Water Damage Paper Restoration on World War 1 Posters from Hurricane Harvey

Flooded homes, ruined businesses, hearts broken, Harvey. We were told the water came in 18 inches in twelve minutes. It rushed in as the railroad tracks that served as a damn crested and the water surged towards the Limited Edition Arts and Antiques which houses OriginalVintageMoviePosters.com. It rushed out as quickly as the tracks gave
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Linen Backing: Frequently Asked Questions: Should I Linen Back my Poster or Not?

Should I Linen Back my Poster or Not? We get this question a lot by our customers and we always ask them what they are buying the posters for; to hang and display them or to file them away in a collection? Since it’s obvious even to a serious collector that a linen backed poster
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Star Wars Triple Billing Restoration Project

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How to Remove a Poster from Foam Board

Do you want your poster removed from foam board/core? Click here to request this service.   Traditional frame shops often use foam board to mount posters in order to flatten the fold lines and and make the poster ready for framing. While this approach does a fine job of flattening the poster the glues that
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Movie Poster Values On the Rise: The Star Wars “Triple Bill” is a Case-In-Point

  Movie Poster Values On the Rise: The Star Wars “Triple Bill” is a Case-In-Point Authors: Jacob Proctor, Harry Proctor & Elizabeth  Proctor Summary The recent purchase of the most expensive Star Wars movie poster recorded on the internet, the “Triple Bill”, purchased by South Carolina restaurant owner Bobby Simons for $20,500, inspired a closer
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Linen Backing an Autographed Movie Poster.

Linen Backing an Autographed Movie Poster. Author: Harry Proctor We often get asked if its possible and safe to linen backing a poster that has been autographed. In general linen backing a movie poster which has been signed requires more diligence as some inks that are used may be water soluble. Although the poster does
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Poster Shop Houston Texas

Poster shop, Limited Edition art & antique was founded in 1994 and is located in Houston Texas. The movie poster specializing gallery is owned and operated by Elizabeth and Harry Proctor. The Proctor’s, along with owning a diverse array of period antiques, have an extensive paper conservation and restoration studio for all old vintage paper
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Ebook – Linen Backing and Restoration of Vintage Posters: The Foundation

Any kind of poster collecting and specifically movie poster collecting can be looked at as a wonderful way to decorate your home, a way to collect a subject of your choosing or as an investment and a place to put your money outside of the stock market. Either way, posters are rare and collectible and
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Restoration Tier 5, WW1 US Propaganda Poster

Restoration Tier 5, WW1 US Propaganda Poster WE NEED YOU, ca 1908. This poster was printed during the first world war and was designed by Albert Steiner, an American artist famous for this type of drypoint engraving. He was born in 1863 in England and died in 1946 in New York where he lived most
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Restoration Tier 4, Soviet Propaganda Poster

Tier 4, Restoration of a Soviet Propaganda Poster  Soviet Propaganda Poster, ca 1950. In this example of a very rare 1950’s era Soviet propaganda poster we faced numerous tears, missing paper, scratches; you name it we had it! Never one to back down from a challenge we gave it a shot and were pretty happy with
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Restoration Tier 3, Banned Walt Disney Poster

AIN’T WORKING ON DIZZY’S FARM NO-MORE!, 1970. The black light poster was a Tier 3 restoration project and had numerous tears along the margin and in the design. Margin repair is a pretty common request. The upper half of the poster had a deep vertical tear while the rest of the poster shows heavy damage and  holes to the
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Restoration Tier 2, Marnie

Restoration Tier 2, Marnie This poster was acquired in the condition seen in the upper pictures. There was a considerable amount of tape repair work it needed.                  This poster needed a moderate amount of restoration including tape removal, tape burn, repair,  tear repair and a bath to neutralize
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Restoration Tier 3, Sign of Zorro

 Restoration Tier 3, Sign of Zorro The Sign of Zorro (on the left) as acquired from a customer. We categorized this as Tier 3 and it included restoration of multiple pin holes, tears, frayed margins, brittle paper and browned tape on the back side.  Zorro (On the right) following Tier 3 restoration. Unfortunately, this poster will
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Stone Lithography In Film, Cinema, Circus and On Movie Posters

Stone Lithography was invented in 1796 by Bavarian author Alois Senefelder and became very popular in the 19th century. Many movie posters before the 1960s were made with this process, some beautiful examples include The Scarface Mob, Grissley’s Millions, Isle of Destiny etc.  The industry took a blow during WW1 because the quarry in Bavaria where the stones were cut
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