"Special Posters"

Eisenhower

I am looking on EMP and wondering who printed the "Special Posters" for titles like Barbarella, Star Trek & others. There is studio info at the bottom of some of them? but no sign of NSS#'s, so I'm guessing they are printed in unique sizes by the studio? Any ideas? Thanks!

Matt

Rich should know something about this.

David

Someone gunna tell him?

Matt

Yeah, I sent him a PM just after I posted.

Eisenhower

Cool, thanks! >-

Rich

I'm not sure what special posters you're talking about as he uses that terminology for a variety of posters from commercial to studio produced or  posters for which they don't have any idea what the description should be

if you're talking about a Bruce Lee poster he used to sell as a special poster, it was a commercially produced poster.
If you mean the Raquel Welch poster for Fantastic Voyage, I've never had one to examine, so I can't be sure who produced it (what does the text say?)

it isn't a terminology that they are consistent with by any means and of course, seeing as they change the data for old listings to match newer listings after they have changed their definition, that makes it even more difficult to assess.

I've never understood their use of the term "unfolded" to mean rolled posters that have never been folded.
Unfolded means something that is or was folded and is now laid flat

realistically, they have a number of in-house definitions that are completely proprietary and are not used elsewhere, by any other dealer or auction, from their grading definitions to unfolded to special and-on-and-on. probably some of that is so they can claim "we know, the others don't" falsity

if you can point to specific posters and show them, I may be able to add something more.

Rich

what I can add.

Barbarella.. if they are defining the Barbarella poster where Jane is holding the alien fish as "special poster" that is purely to make it more salable as that is a commercial poster that you could buy in stores.

Star Trek, if they are defining the James Bama poster as a "special poster" again, it is the incorrect description as that would best be called a commercial promotional poster as well because you could mail in to CBS and buy them the same way you could buy the 4 poster set for Get Smart, Bonanza, I-Spy and Man From U.N.C.L.E. posters. Defining the Trek poster that was (as a special) makes no sense as the correct description sells that poster just fine and could also be properly called "promotional" as it was also sent to TV stations to promo the show

The Raquel Welch poster from One Million Years B.C. is a commercial poster

Matt

Thanks Rich. I also have never understood the use of the term "unfolded".

Rich

I'm sure all those terms are so they can claim intellectual superiority over all the other dealers and auctions..

Eisenhower

Thanks for the feedback Rich!- after looking at what is classified as "special" it seems there is an abundance of a different studio and commercial posters included in this category. It was the smaller sized studio posters-Raiders, Star Wars R82, Star Trek, or Moonraker that seem to be from the original year release, or for a rerelease year that made me wonder where they came from. I also questioned if these were for theatre use or to be displayed in other locations to promote the movie. Your response certainly makes me more aware of poster terminology and it's use.