Monty
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Anti-acid treatment, non-glare glass, matting and mounting doesn't come cheap. :shrug:
*has a heart attack*
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OMG I just got an AMAZING Disney artifact........
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unkadug
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OK...I have to ask (I've been wondering this for awhile)....why do you speak in such short choppy sentences?Have a pro frame
shop do it for you
It will cost $ more,
but better results
Duckberg :animwink:
True, however, it could be done cheaper. The bare bones treatment, so to speak. Framing for protection vs. framing for art sake.
Kamikaze
Well-Known Member
He just hits enter instead of typing out the sentence.
Club Cooloholic
Well-Known Member
You will want to make sure you find a good framing shop....I had a Jeff Buckley concert poster from france that was pretty beat up framed, cost about 120 at the time and that was the cheapest I could do but it is a huge and original poster. Still looks great. They may want to past the back or trim the edges...just warning...
Lee
Adventurer
Another tip:
Instead of glass, use plexiglass. Looks just as good, and weighs a LOT less.
It's a good idea on something that big. I used it on some of my attraction posters (The big ones, like what used to hang under the train station. Over 4ft tall.)
Makes it easier to hang and transport, and doesn't break.
Instead of glass, use plexiglass. Looks just as good, and weighs a LOT less.
It's a good idea on something that big. I used it on some of my attraction posters (The big ones, like what used to hang under the train station. Over 4ft tall.)
Makes it easier to hang and transport, and doesn't break.
kingslyZISSOU
New Member
I was given the one from 1964 over the summer. My girlfriend's great grandmother had it stuck to the wall in her basement. It's probably been there since 1964. It's not in the best shape, but it gives it a nice aged charm. Similar to wine.
the 1964 version has a couple items on it that never actually existed; such as liberty street. Also, many attractions (such as haunted mansion and pirates) didn't even exist yet. It still has the fly saucers!
I guess we both are pretty lucky.
But guess what!?
It's still rolled up in a cardboard tube, because this high school senior has zero money to frame it.
Must save so I can get that Imagineering degree....heh:drevil:
the 1964 version has a couple items on it that never actually existed; such as liberty street. Also, many attractions (such as haunted mansion and pirates) didn't even exist yet. It still has the fly saucers!
I guess we both are pretty lucky.
But guess what!?
It's still rolled up in a cardboard tube, because this high school senior has zero money to frame it.
Must save so I can get that Imagineering degree....heh:drevil:
gettingsmaller
New Member
Sorry if this is a little off-topic, but while we're speaking of Disney art...
I have two posters (1 Bug's Life and 1 Toy Story 2) that I received as a Pixar shareholder. I wonder sometimes if they have any value, but I can never find them for sale.
Anyone here have any idea what I am talking about? Any idea about value?
On the maps... they must have been made better back then... every time I have tried to bring home a "prisitine" map for posterity, it ends up in pitiful condition...
EDIT: Sorry--should be more specific on the posters... both are hmmm... I don't know... 1.5 feet tall by 3 feet wide? Bug's Life is of Flik drifting on the dandelion and TS2 is the group of characters posed together with white background.
I have two posters (1 Bug's Life and 1 Toy Story 2) that I received as a Pixar shareholder. I wonder sometimes if they have any value, but I can never find them for sale.
Anyone here have any idea what I am talking about? Any idea about value?
On the maps... they must have been made better back then... every time I have tried to bring home a "prisitine" map for posterity, it ends up in pitiful condition...
EDIT: Sorry--should be more specific on the posters... both are hmmm... I don't know... 1.5 feet tall by 3 feet wide? Bug's Life is of Flik drifting on the dandelion and TS2 is the group of characters posed together with white background.
Just as is the case with the OP's Disneyland map, I think you'll find (sadly) that those posters have more sentimental value than they do monetary value. If you do a search on eBay, for example, you'll see page after page of movie posters from Pixar films. All are listed at very low prices with zero bids. Sometimes with things like these, people have a tendency to think that they've just stumbled onto some sort of "gold mine" and suddenly dollar signs start flashing through their heads. I used to be a huge Disney collector (mostly of vintage, paper items and park collectibles). Unfortunately, two events have really caused the value of things like that to come crashing down. One is the existence of eBay, which has caused a lot of people to come out of the woodwork to sell their Disney memorabilia, thus making all of it a lot less rare. The other is the overabundance of "collectibles" that Disney itself has created over the years, specifically for the purpose of being collectibles. I mean, how many "limited edition" things can a person collect?
The credo of collecting anything is to have the things that you personally enjoy and appreciate, rather than trying to put a monetary value on it. Occasionally, a person is surprised by how valuable an item is that they have. But more often than not, it's been my experience and observation that people tend to assume things are a lot more valuable than they actually are, simply because it's Disney. Not to downplay the coolness factor of your posters, or the OP's Disneyland map, but those are things that would make great conversation pieces and would be enjoyable to look at. But I think if you had them appraised, you'd likely be a bit disappointed by the dollar value.
gettingsmaller
New Member
I'm sure you're right. It'd be sad to sell them for $3 (as some Pixar movie posters are listed), but I definitely wouldn't expect them to be more than $20. (more likely, they are in a $7-10 range). Actually, when it comes to mine, they are in good shape, but HAVE been pinned to a wall. So, they have little holes in the corners. Still, I never see any like them anywhere... They are one of those "sentimental value" things, I guess (ahh... the days of an independent PIXR...).
It's like Antiques Roadshow when someone has something that's been in the family for generations, but it's worth about $200. That's a keeper. On the other hand, it could have been in my family since caveman times, but if it's worth $100,000, I won't be able to get it to Christie's fast enough...
It's like Antiques Roadshow when someone has something that's been in the family for generations, but it's worth about $200. That's a keeper. On the other hand, it could have been in my family since caveman times, but if it's worth $100,000, I won't be able to get it to Christie's fast enough...
To serious collectors, having things like holes in the corners can really kill an item's value too. That's especially true if it's a "newer" item like your Pixar posters. These days, a lot of people take things like that and store them in pristine condition in the hopes of their value increasing some day. It sounds like you have the right attitude, though, in simply enjoying them rather than expecting to get rich selling them some day.
This is slightly off topic, but years ago when I used to work for Disney, I had a guest tell me that she had an original release Fantasia poster that she had gotten from her grandmother, or aunt, or someone and that it had been in the family for years. She had a picture of it, and when she showed it to me, I realized immediately that it was not from the original release, but from a re-release in the mid-80's. What gave it away was not only that I recognized the poster artwork, but also there was an ad for Disneyland's 30th anniversary at the bottom of the poster. Keep in mind, this was around 1990, and Disneyland's 30th anniversary was in 1985 (Fantasia was originally released in 1940). Anyway, when I pointed this out to the guest, she actually became very angry at me, and insisted that it was a 50-year-old poster. I think she just didn't like hearing that her "original artifact" was not worth much, if anything at all.