Flintshire Edition August 2017
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WhatareyouroldMovie<br />
Postersworthnow?<br />
£530,000acquiredtaste.<br />
Investment<br />
Whenitcomestocolectablesthisisacategorywhichisbelieveitornotbigmoney.<br />
Moviememorabiliahasalwaysbeenhighlysoughtafterfrom itemsofclothingto<br />
propsbutletsnotforgetoriginalpromotionalprints-posters.<br />
Manyalm buffwhoknowsthereEnglishfrom Americanmustardknowsthevaluein<br />
lm promotionalmaterialespecialyearlyposters.Someofthetheseitemshaveactualyfetchedhundredsofthousandsofpoundsatauction.<br />
Soweredowestart?woulditbewithjustoldposters?theansweris“No”.<br />
Manypostersespecialynewoneswhicharepartofafranchisedlm canbewortha<br />
tidysum inyearstocome,especialyiftheyhavebeensignedbyoneofthecastand<br />
thepopularityofthefranchiseetc.Manymayremembertheposterspromotingthe<br />
likesofOxo,certainbrandsofwashingpowder,foodsandsoonnowbeingsortafter<br />
astheretroimagetocomplementthehome,somefetchingmouthwateringprices.<br />
OneofthemostexpensivemovieposterseversoldwasMetropolisfetching$690.000<br />
dolarsthat's£530,000thousandpounds,reportedlyboughtbyLeonardoDiCaprio.<br />
Thepicturetobehonestisanacquiredtastebutwhoam Itoargue.<br />
AnotheristhemummystaringBorisKarlofffetchingamere$435,000dolarsthat's<br />
only£334,000pounds-“Gulp”.<br />
IfIfyourwonderingwhoBorisKarloffwashebecametypecastasabaddyinmanya<br />
hororlm includingFrankensteinamongstsome,staringalongsidemanymovielegends.
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