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Just flicked through the thread, sorry to hear about your losses Rushmore.

I just started with the movie posters, when I have my display room I plan on having them on display in there. Trying to pick up originals but man they are pricey lol.

Thus far I have got :

Transformers (quad 40 x 30) double sided
Anchorman 2 (quad 40 x 30) double sided
Predator 2 (regular 27 x 40?) single

All were bargain prices :)

At some point I will acquire more as and when they come up, will predominantly be the iconic 80's and 90's action films I hope :)
 
Hey, How can I tell for sure if the Hobbit: Dos teaser poster I have coming is the original?


Also, someone for Christmas got me one the other hobbit teaser poster of Bilbo, but they didn't quite know what they were looking for so they got me one of those bus shelter posters. I don't have anyplace to put it, so I'm wondering where I can sell it. It's 4x 6 feet.

It's this one,
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The Chev said:
Hey, How can I tell for sure if the Hobbit: Dos teaser poster I have coming is the original?


Also, someone for Christmas got me one the other hobbit teaser poster of Bilbo, but they didn't quite know what they were looking for so they got me one of those bus shelter posters. I don't have anyplace to put it, so I'm wondering where I can sell it. It's 4x 6 feet.

It's this one,
$_57.JPG
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Honestly, Printing techiniques are so good today, that sometimes the only way to tell is by going through a reputable dealer or (if your lucky) buying from an actual movie theater. Some posters will have watermarks or holograms, but they are very rare. If you have an expert, perhaps someone that owns a business that deals in posters, you can have them take a look at it, they might now what they are doing or can point you towards someone that will.

If you have nobody that can appraise them, for starters I'd check the dimensions, and then look at the card stock. Often the best give away is a low quality paper stock. If the stock is good, than you need to look at both sides of the image for anything that strikes you as less than perfect print resolution, often times mistakes are made with studio logos, if anything strikes you as out of place or imperfect, it's probably a fake.

Did you buy this from a business or an individual? For instance, I'd stay away from www.moviegoods.com, as they regularly sell posters that arent originals without stating as such.

All in all, it's most likely real considering it is a recent release, though I admittedly was unaware of that image being used for the Poster materials, but I am not as involved in it as I used to be.
 
New posters that are fakes are rare. Poster dealers lie - they want you to spend big bucks with them, telling you something like double sided printing is easy these days. It isn't. Ask a real printer - they'll tell you the equipment is still very expensive to do double side poster at 27x40.

The other misconception is that these things are rare. Studios these days have thousands of them printed up, and send more to each theater than they can possible use. They aren't rare when a flick is out at the theater. 6 months later, things can be problematic, so getting them early is smart.

As the previous poster said, on those occasions where a DS is faked (and they do occur, but usually once demand is actually apparent, like the World Trade Center Spider-Man), look for minor errors, like offset images from front to back.

Interesting that someone mentioned cardstock - new posters should be on very good cardstock, but one of the tell tale giveaways of vintage posters that are fake (which are much more common) is paper stock that's TOO good. Posters from the 70's and 80's were printed on very cheap stock.

Long story to get to the point - if it's a brand new release and it's the right size and DS, on good quality stock, then it's most likely original.
 
Michael Crawford said:
New posters that are fakes are rare. Poster dealers lie - they want you to spend big bucks with them, telling you something like double sided printing is easy these days. It isn't. Ask a real printer - they'll tell you the equipment is still very expensive to do double side poster at 27x40.

The other misconception is that these things are rare. Studios these days have thousands of them printed up, and send more to each theater than they can possible use. They aren't rare when a flick is out at the theater. 6 months later, things can be problematic, so getting them early is smart.

As the previous poster said, on those occasions where a DS is faked (and they do occur, but usually once demand is actually apparent, like the World Trade Center Spider-Man), look for minor errors, like offset images from front to back.

Interesting that someone mentioned cardstock - new posters should be on very good cardstock, but one of the tell tale giveaways of vintage posters that are fake (which are much more common) is paper stock that's TOO good. Posters from the 70's and 80's were printed on very cheap stock.
Long story to get to the point - if it's a brand new release and it's the right size and DS, on good quality stock, then it's most likely original.
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Good Point, one of the reasons older posters are so rare is the flimsy material they used back in the day.
 
rushmore223 said:
Honestly, Printing techiniques are so good today, that sometimes the only way to tell is by going through a reputable dealer or (if your lucky) buying from an actual movie theater. Some posters will have watermarks or holograms, but they are very rare. If you have an expert, perhaps someone that owns a business that deals in posters, you can have them take a look at it, they might now what they are doing or can point you towards someone that will.

If you have nobody that can appraise them, for starters I'd check the dimensions, and then look at the card stock. Often the best give away is a low quality paper stock. If the stock is good, than you need to look at both sides of the image for anything that strikes you as less than perfect print resolution, often times mistakes are made with studio logos, if anything strikes you as out of place or imperfect, it's probably a fake.

Did you buy this from a business or an individual? For instance, I'd stay away from www.moviegoods.com, as they regularly sell posters that arent originals without stating as such.

All in all, it's most likely real considering it is a recent release, though I admittedly was unaware of that image being used for the Poster materials, but I am not as involved in it as I used to be.
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The one I'm curious about being original is arriving today. It's the official Teaser poster with Bilbo looking at the entrance to Ererbor

I'll post pictures when I get it.

As for the big one I have. I don't know. I may keep it now, but I still don't really have enough space on a wall to display a poster that huge. I also have a banner poster from the 99' Mummy film that I got back then from a cousin. Trying to get rid of that but don't know where other than ebay, and I don't like selling on eBay.
 
Michael Crawford said:
New posters that are fakes are rare. Poster dealers lie - they want you to spend big bucks with them, telling you something like double sided printing is easy these days. It isn't. Ask a real printer - they'll tell you the equipment is still very expensive to do double side poster at 27x40.

The other misconception is that these things are rare. Studios these days have thousands of them printed up, and send more to each theater than they can possible use. They aren't rare when a flick is out at the theater. 6 months later, things can be problematic, so getting them early is smart.

As the previous poster said, on those occasions where a DS is faked (and they do occur, but usually once demand is actually apparent, like the World Trade Center Spider-Man), look for minor errors, like offset images from front to back.

Interesting that someone mentioned cardstock - new posters should be on very good cardstock, but one of the tell tale giveaways of vintage posters that are fake (which are much more common) is paper stock that's TOO good. Posters from the 70's and 80's were printed on very cheap stock.

Long story to get to the point - if it's a brand new release and it's the right size and DS, on good quality stock, then it's most likely original.
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Thanks Michael. I'll keep that info in mind. Now, that made me think of something. Back when the Lord of the Rings movies first came out I bought all the posters, and they were labeled as original. I bought them from Suncoast. Well I never unwrapped them, and I finally unwrapped the Two Towers poster to frame it. however, it was not double sided and I was very disappointed. Or is it different with Teasers posters from 13 years ago?
 
Nope, it should have been DS, at least most of the versions are. Occassionaly a studio will do a version that only gets released to a particular venue (for example, SDCC) that's single sided to save money (again, DS stuff is still expensive to print high quality). But if it was released to the theater, it was released DS. You have to go back about the mid 90's to see SS stuff at theaters, and even then it was pretty rare, as most stuff was DS by the end of the 80's.
 
They do still produce Single Sided Posters, but less frequently than they used to. FOTR and TTT were made in both DS and SS versions, I have both.

As for The Hobbit poster with Bilbo in front of MT. Erebor, (I have that one as well) I would hazard a guess and say it will be authentic, I don't think the original is in high enough demand to be worth pirating. Look it over when you get it, of course, as you always should, but I wouldnt worry too much til it's in hand.


P.S. Suncoast sold authentic posters, as a matter of fact, I remember most of theirs being Single Sided
 
rushmore223 said:
They do still produce Single Sided Posters, but less frequently than they used to. FOTR and TTT were made in both DS and SS versions, I have both.

As for The Hobbit poster with Bilbo in front of MT. Erebor, (I have that one as well) I would hazard a guess and say it will be authentic, I don't think the original is in high enough demand to be worth pirating. Look it over when you get it, of course, as you always should, but I wouldnt worry too much til it's in hand.


P.S. Suncoast sold authentic posters, as a matter of fact, I remember most of theirs being Single Sided
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Ok, I don't doubt it isn't authentic anymore, but say 15 years from now I sell it to someone, is there away to find out on the poster?
 
The Chev said:
Ok, I don't doubt it isn't authentic anymore, but say 15 years from now I sell it to someone, is there away to find out on the poster?
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I dont have the info on me, but like action figures, I believe there are places you can send it for "official" authentication and grading. M. Crawford may know more than me about this.
 
Just got my Captain America: The Winter Soldier lenticular poster up in a light box!!! Captain's shield becomes 'worn out and weathered' as you walk from left to right. Very cool stuff!!





 

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