|  The sorry saga:
Friend of mine has a heap of original movie posters, promo stuff he picked up as a movie distributor and a collector for the last 40 years or so. There are thousands of these things, including an original "From Here To Eternity" poster, with serial number, etc.
I know these things are genuine, because my father used to do graphics like these. Even the inks don't exist any more. So even if some museum could scrape up the parts for a photo lithography machine, they still couldn't do it.
Anyway, being in Australia doesn't really help much when you're trying to move 20 thousand or so of these things. They belong in the States. They need to go home to be appreciated. Finally got on to a Yank, who managed to convince himself that they weren't originals. We said, "Look we'll send you a few, do whatever tests you want." No dice. Typically, ask anyone in the industry, and if someone condescends to reply, nothing happens.
You hear about how blue sky these guys are, but believing it is another thing altogether.
Meanwhile, we're still sitting on the things. Any ideas? Anyone know any real collectors? Same deal, any test you want to do, we'll send you a few. Bring an auditor. Bring someone with a brain, not an expert with no ideas.
It's really hideous to see these things just sitting there, neglected. This isn't e-bay material, and people are paying a fortune for prints of these things. Any suggestions much appreciated.
Those interested, there's a few pictures on the website, http://sydneymediajam.com on the Specials page.
I tried to do the scans so people could see the serial numbers, etc. Not easy, because the posters are some sort of odd paper size, pre A4.
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