A Ken Taylor hand-numbered original, originally designed for a special screening at the Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, Texas. It lives with me, but it's not mine, technically.
The final of three prints that I opted to have custom framed. I had no idea what a beauty this thing would be until it arrived in the mail and I got it in my hands. Go find the 18x24, heavy-weight, matte finish print. It's priced insanely cheap. One absolute hell of a bargain!
Last June I took a short vacation to Charleston, South Carolina. While walking around downtown I wandered into a print shop and it wasn't 10 minutes later that I ran across one of the most beautiful movie posters I'd ever seen. It was a Japanese print for Casablanca and I simply had to have it. While most of the prints in the shop included a reference number and price, this one did not. I turned to my girlfriend and told her, "I would pay $___.00 for this, right now, no question." Fingers crossed, I asked the woman how much it was selling for. Her answer: exactly five dollars less than what I'd said I'd happily spend.
It was meant to be.
And thus began what has become a somewhat dangerous hobby, one that has taken over a sizable chunk of our apartment and, yes, has a put a bit of a dent in my checking account over the past few months. (Though the Casablanca print remains the most pricey of the lot -with one notable exception coming close- in a collection of relatively inexpensive mass-produced (no matter how neat-looking) reproductions. The vast majority of these are easily found on Amazon or ebay and won't put much of a strain on your wallet. A couple others were purchased on the cheap at a local video store, and 3 of the 4 B & W stills were happened upon by chance at an antique barn.
I'm pretty sure that I've reached a point where I'm no longer actively shopping for any more of these damn things, lord help me.
Nice collection! As much as I love the Drafthouse posters I've never been able to allow myself to part with the money for one of them. They always seem to be far more than I'm willing to spend.
When I was a kid I had a dozen or so still posters (on photo quality paper no less) from Return of the Jedi that my dad brought home for us. I wish he'd hid them away until we were grown up, as they accumulated tack holes, torn corners, & other damages over the years to the point of no longer being worthy of display. Say, that gives me a list idea....
Nice list! I have several that I was given by small movie rental places. Cool hobby, but like you said, it can get a little pricey, especially when you want them framed.
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When I was a kid I had a dozen or so still posters (on photo quality paper no less) from Return of the Jedi that my dad brought home for us. I wish he'd hid them away until we were grown up, as they accumulated tack holes, torn corners, & other damages over the years to the point of no longer being worthy of display. Say, that gives me a list idea....