Original Movie Posters

I am an avid movie poster collector and I was wondering how many of you collect the original posters. I noticed that there is no forum for print media collectors and I thought that many people here would be interested in that.

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Originally posted by jrosen
I am an avid movie poster collector and I was wondering how many of you collect the original posters. I noticed that there is no forum for print media collectors and I thought that many people here would be interested in that.

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I've got a few. The A poster from ANH, a couple from ESB and ROTJ including "REVENGE." Plus a few others. The most recent was the IMAX AOTC.

Honestly, I can't remember exactly what I have. Not enough room to display them all and it's been a while since I've unrolled the tube.

I was just thinking the same thing. I collect Star Wars movie posters, I've got quite a collection so far. As we speak, I have an ESB rerelease poster from '83 coming to me in the mail. All of mine are full size 27x40. Here's what I have soo far...

'TPM' Teaser
'TPM' Regular
'AOTC' Teaser'
'AOTC' Regular
'ANH' style A
'ANH' Special Edition
'ESB' style A
'ESB' Special Edition
'ROTJ' Special Edition

I started collecting these years ago and recently have got back into them again.

I guess I should list what I have:


American Posters

Star Wars:

Teaser B
A
C
Rerelease 1979
Rerelease 1981
Rerelease 1982
Special Edition (DS)
10th Anniversary Alvin
10th Anniversary Drew
10th Anniversary Mylar
15th Anniversary Hilldinbrand
15th Anniversary "D"

Empire Strikes Back
Teaser
A
B
1981 Rerelease
1982 Rerelease
Special Edition (DS)
10th Anniversary Mylar A
10th Anniversary Mylar B
10th Anniversary Noble Art

Return of the Jedi
Revenge Teaser
A
B
1985 Rerelease
Special Edition (DS)
10th Anniversary A
10th Anniversary B

Phantom Menace
Teaser (DS)
B (DS)

Attack of the Clones
Teaser (DS)
B (DS)
Subway - Dooku
IMAX (DS)

Foreign Releases

Star Wars:
British Quad
French A
Italian A
Japan Teaser
Japan Oscar
Japan It's Back
Spanish Teaser
Russian
Turkey
Yugoslavia

Empire Strikes Back:
Polish
Spanish

Ewoks:
International A

Return of the Jedi:
British Quad B
Polish Vader
Polish Heros
French
German (unknown because I can't read German)
Japan A
Japan B

Trilogy
Austrailian Daybill
3-in-1 British Quad
Special Edition (DS)

Soundtrack
Original Star Wars "D"
Special Edition Trilogy
Phantom Menace

Video Release
1990 Trilogy
Return of the Jedi
German THX
Swiss Phantom
American Phantom

I think that's about it. I may be missing a few minor ones.

Thats quite a collection jrosen. Those mylars are very impressive posters. Congratulations on having them.

The one mylar I really want I can't afford. The original Star Wars mylar teaser. One day it will be mine....hopefully.

Wow, that's impressive!

I just bought a SW mylar not too long ago, but it had been kept rolled up, so their are cracks in several places along the edges. Not quite sure how to "repair" it.

You really can't. You can try to put some archival tape on the back to help straighten out the creases, or you can go to an art gallery and have it mounted. Mounting usually makes the poster less valuable.

Check out:

http://www.bcemylar.com/index.html

They offer mylar sleeves to store your posters in. I haven't bought anything from them yet, I am in the process of figuring out a better way to store my posters. They seem really good. They basically store movie posters the same way comic book collectors store comics. I will probably by a bunch of sleeves and backings within the next few months.

That is an awesome collection you have jrosen! Do you have any pictures to share?

I have pictures of all the posters. But they are not of mine. Whenever I saw a picture of one I own, I copied it. Most of the posters are in tubes. If you want to see any picture let me know and I can post it.