Movie Poster Collecting Requires Trained Eye
answer “yes” to both of those questions, you’re likely dealing with a movie poster that has value.
Certainly other factors come into play (and we’ll address some of them shortly) but the basic criteria have been met. Movie art materials that have value are created for studios by a select group of lithographers, sent to theaters as advertising materials, and later either returned to the studio or destroyed. They aren’t printed in huge numbers with the goal of being sold to the public later. In fact, the print run of each movie poster is limited to only what is necessary for theaters and distribution centers and later returned for credit. Because of this, there are fewer in circulation, which in turn is what makes them more valuable.
Making the Grade: Understanding what a print is worth
Grading systems used to determine the
