I signed up just to comment on this photo - nice to see these on the wall Matt! Did you take those crappier daybills out of the other frames and throw the good stuff in them???
I brought The Outlaw on ebay years ago and picked it up from the seller. He told me had more than a dozen of them. He sold all but two of them to a collector in the US.
He kept one and gave one to his Aunty. Later his Aunt returned it and that's one I have.
You'll notice that Heritage has one every year up for auction. I'm guessing that he has a few left.
I signed up just to comment on this photo - nice to see these on the wall Matt! Did you take those crappier daybills out of the other frames and throw the good stuff in them???
Hiya Chris,
Yup, I picked up 12 framed daybills on the weekend. Interestingly a lot of them were framed in London.
Hi all. I've been lurking and admiring your collections. I'm very jealous of Matt's daybills. I have been reading quite a bit of information about daybills lately thanks to people like John Reid and Brian Arnold and you guys on this forum. I was hoping Matt might provide some details about how he has his posters framed, like did he cut the mats himself or have a framer do it and what types of frames he is using? The posters look very elegant. I'm a bit of a newb compared to most of you and I don't personally know anyone besides myself who has more than a passing interest in movie posters.
I also wanted to ask other collectors how they deal with framing linen backed posters? I have a few one sheets that are backed and they each seem to have slightly different measurements. It seems impractical to buy an individual frame for each of them and I would like to potentially rotate what is framed. I would also hope to retain some uniform size to the frames to provide a clean appearance like Matt achieved with his daybills. I shudder at the thought of trimming the backing to try and make them uniform. I haven't asked any local framers if they could cut mats that large to hide the linen in an oversized frame. I know a lot of folks try to avoid backed posters altogether, but does anyone have suggestions about how to deal with displaying linen backed posters?
Hi subgeniusguy welcome to the vanilla forum! John Ried is a very knowledgeable collector/dealer in Australian posters and I would personally reccomend him highly as I myself have dealt with him many times and always seek information from him. 95% of my collection consist of daybill posters, they dont take up much space and have amazing art work. I havent framed any of my posters up yet as im worried about fading bc of UV but I will in the near future as there is very high qualty frames with UV museum grade protection. Im sure some of the other collectors will chime in about linen backed posters and framing.
Welcome to the forum David and thanks for your comments.
Firstly, framers love linen backed posters. They are a lot easier for them to frame. Try and find someone who has framed movie posters before. Ask them if they use acid free tape to hold the poster in place. If they don't, the sticky residue will bleed into the poster and over time it can only be removed or covered up by a Linen backer.
Also don't be afraid to cut the linen borders if they are too wide. The posters I've hung have slightly different dimensions but the matting hides all that.
I like the look of timber frames but I also have metal frames. The metals frame are a lot easier to adjust the height of. The wire on the back is attached to metal lugs that can slide up and down and a screw can be tightened to hold the lugs firmly in place.
I'd say don't trim the linen too close to the poster as the linen may fray away receding under the poster and also the linen's strength also offers protection from crumpling when stored rolled on it's end.
Thanks guys. I know a framer in town who I think I can trust. He's framed some antique needlework for me before and is very careful. I've heard some horror stories on other forums. Typically anything I've framed at this point has been to the exact dimension of a particular window card or locandina or one sheet, and while they look good, they don't quite have the oomph Matt's achieved. An example is the window card below. I've usually purchased frames from wholesaleposterframes.com . They have acid free backings and UV filtered covers. There's definitely something to be said for smaller posters in their ease of handling and display. Sorry this picture is a bit big (haven't quite figured out what the hell I'm doing).
That's is indeed a nice poster David (I am partial to a little necking with a pretty woman).
I know others have vouched for Spotlight Displays and I wouldn't argue with them if they are happy; however I can vouch for Hollywood Poster Frames Sue Heim the owner is also a serious movie psoter collector so knows how to offer great advice too.
I prefer to frame my Daybills with a mat so they are a special order as each Daybill is slightly different size. BUT!! What I did ask is that all the heights are the same (width not so much a big deal), so they are uniform on the wall (my OD kicking in). Sue then cuts the mats to suit the poster (I measure actual poster size not poster/and linen size), here are some of my Daybills on the wall earlier in this thread: http://vintagemovieposters.vanillaforums.com/discussion/15/recent-hangings/p1
Also I do rotate them (not often) and because they all have matts the slight variations in size is covered easily and they always look great on the wall.
Given she is in California and I am in Sydney...
As to linen backing, like many others I like to back what I am hanging - all my framed posters are linen backed (I think), I got them for my enjoyment so I want them to display how I want to look at them. That said I have a lot restored too, so linen backing is part of that process.
Some people argue that it's not original if it's linen backed - that's fine, but then they didn't pay for the poster that's on my wall in my house.
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Oh and thanks for the official invite assholes 8-|
Then I thought about it and thought about it and thought about it and finally concluded that really you're just douches
Sounds like a conspiracy on both counts!
Hi all. I've been lurking and admiring your collections. I'm very jealous of Matt's daybills. I have been reading quite a bit of information about daybills lately thanks to people like John Reid and Brian Arnold and you guys on this forum. I was hoping Matt might provide some details about how he has his posters framed, like did he cut the mats himself or have a framer do it and what types of frames he is using? The posters look very elegant. I'm a bit of a newb compared to most of you and I don't personally know anyone besides myself who has more than a passing interest in movie posters.
I also wanted to ask other collectors how they deal with framing linen backed posters? I have a few one sheets that are backed and they each seem to have slightly different measurements. It seems impractical to buy an individual frame for each of them and I would like to potentially rotate what is framed. I would also hope to retain some uniform size to the frames to provide a clean appearance like Matt achieved with his daybills. I shudder at the thought of trimming the backing to try and make them uniform. I haven't asked any local framers if they could cut mats that large to hide the linen in an oversized frame. I know a lot of folks try to avoid backed posters altogether, but does anyone have suggestions about how to deal with displaying linen backed posters?
It's nice to find you guys.
Thanks guys. I know a framer in town who I think I can trust. He's framed some antique needlework for me before and is very careful. I've heard some horror stories on other forums. Typically anything I've framed at this point has been to the exact dimension of a particular window card or locandina or one sheet, and while they look good, they don't quite have the oomph Matt's achieved. An example is the window card below. I've usually purchased frames from wholesaleposterframes.com . They have acid free backings and UV filtered covers. There's definitely something to be said for smaller posters in their ease of handling and display. Sorry this picture is a bit big (haven't quite figured out what the hell I'm doing).
I know others have vouched for Spotlight Displays and I wouldn't argue with them if they are happy; however I can vouch for Hollywood Poster Frames Sue Heim the owner is also a serious movie psoter collector so knows how to offer great advice too.
Also I do rotate them (not often) and because they all have matts the slight variations in size is covered easily and they always look great on the wall.
Given she is in California and I am in Sydney...
As to linen backing, like many others I like to back what I am hanging - all my framed posters are linen backed (I think), I got them for my enjoyment so I want them to display how I want to look at them. That said I have a lot restored too, so linen backing is part of that process.