Eye Candy: Under the Floorboards - Behind the Wall
As most of you know I picked up a couple of collections a few years ago. The first was famously referred to as the Under the Floorboards find, a collection of posters from as early as 1939 had, in 1941/42 been used as floor insulation by a local movie theatre projectionist on his home. 70 plus years later his grandchildren, during a home reno found them, long story short they came to me.
Within it was an absolutely fabulous collection of Daybills, One Sheets and a few 3 Sheets.
Among the titles was the very beautiful original Wizard of Oz which I helped market and sell at my own auction for what John Reid tells me was a record price for an Australian movie poster at an auction (in Australia).
The condition of the posters varied, after all it had been under the floorboards for 70 or so years, nail holes, liquid stains etc etc but what was special was the vibrance of the colours of these posters - quite wonderful.
Some rare posters for Australian films were donated to National Film and Sound Archive, some were sold during the aforementioned auction, some have been restored and are in my collection which you have seen, some have yet to be restored or won't be and remain in my private collection.
The second collection I picked up was referred to as the Behind the Wall collection, it was mainly titles from the early 50s. The story goes that the owner of the local movie theatre went into the rag trade, bought a shop and lined the walls with daybills and 1sheets.
I have shared some images from both collections, but not all, time being the issue...but as I am getting many of them them ready to sell I took some photos today and I thought I would share here, I know some people are keen to see them. I've only done the 1 sheets at the moment, I've got a lot of posters to get through.
Hope you enjoy them
edited since the original post (see below)
For people like Matt who want to watch with coffee in one hand, toast in the other
http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/slideshow/Under Floorboards Behind Wall
I've not seen this before but Photobucket offer a storyboard way of viewing too
http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/Under Floorboards Behind Wall/story
Within it was an absolutely fabulous collection of Daybills, One Sheets and a few 3 Sheets.
Among the titles was the very beautiful original Wizard of Oz which I helped market and sell at my own auction for what John Reid tells me was a record price for an Australian movie poster at an auction (in Australia).
The condition of the posters varied, after all it had been under the floorboards for 70 or so years, nail holes, liquid stains etc etc but what was special was the vibrance of the colours of these posters - quite wonderful.
Some rare posters for Australian films were donated to National Film and Sound Archive, some were sold during the aforementioned auction, some have been restored and are in my collection which you have seen, some have yet to be restored or won't be and remain in my private collection.
The second collection I picked up was referred to as the Behind the Wall collection, it was mainly titles from the early 50s. The story goes that the owner of the local movie theatre went into the rag trade, bought a shop and lined the walls with daybills and 1sheets.
I have shared some images from both collections, but not all, time being the issue...but as I am getting many of them them ready to sell I took some photos today and I thought I would share here, I know some people are keen to see them. I've only done the 1 sheets at the moment, I've got a lot of posters to get through.
Hope you enjoy them
edited since the original post (see below)
For people like Matt who want to watch with coffee in one hand, toast in the other
http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/slideshow/Under Floorboards Behind Wall
I've not seen this before but Photobucket offer a storyboard way of viewing too
http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/Under Floorboards Behind Wall/story
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Oh wonderful. Most I had never seen before.
The Quiet Man one sheet and the Hitchhiker one sheet highlights for me!
Id be happy for a back of the garage find!...
Find me an aussie one sheet for "Strange world" and only then you can say you found a treasure.
Great posters, nice to just sit back and drink my coffee and not use the mouse.
I have a couple of examples of "Lawrence" art in trade ads but don't have any information on who he/she is.
Not that it means much but I guess it'd be nice to know
The names of the film titles in the trade ads you mentioned would be appreciated.
I'm no expert but I'd say condition is borderline Poor...
For those who don't know top left is The Dolly Sisters and bottom left is The Sword Of Monte Cristo.
PS - This might be more interesting to watch if you go full screen - press the button with the arrows (pointing away from each other)
For people like Matt who want to watch with coffee in one hand, toast in the other http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/slideshow/Under Floorboards Behind Wall
I've not seen this before but Photobucket offer a storyboard way of viewing too
http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/SilhouetteNSW/Under Floorboards Behind Wall/story
Yes, it is always a exciting when these collections come up. There are many more out there just waiting to be found!