Movie Poster Restoration
Specially trained artisans use a variety of methods to fix holes and tears replace missing paper clean enhance color perform image recreation touch up fold lines and remove or minimize stains.
Movie poster restoration. Poster restoration is the process of repairing cleaning and mounting original cinema posters on archival material. As an example on 28th august 2012 emovieposter sold a style a from russia with love movie poster for 71 the very same title but linen backed sold on 16th september 2014 for 375. Please scroll down for pricing and ordering information.
The linen backing process helps to make the poster sturdy for handling and framing. We use our own propriety blend of buffered anti fungal wheat paste. This stabilizes the paper from deterioration and provides a support for restoration.
And imperfections fixed you may want to consider linen backing. Linen backing and restoration service for posters in london at the movie poster art gallery 1 colville place london w1t 2bg. We mount posters on a high quality artist canvas with a layer of strong acid free archival paper.
Most collectibles experts who provide this service specialize in a particular category. If you want your posters to look as perfect as possible by having the fold lines. Our service is still available during this time with return shipping to you.
With movie posters there are experts who specialize in a wide variety of restorative processes and poster types. Movie poster restoration if you want your posters to look as perfect as possible by having the fold lines and imperfections fixed you may want to consider linen backing. Some collectors prefer no restoration at all and like to see the original patina as a testament to the age of the poster for example a frayed margin or light toning arguably adds character to a poster.
Linen backing and paper backing. Poster restoration this is the process used by specially trained artisans to restore a poster as close as possible to its original appearance. Find out what we can do to enhance and preserve your poster by contacting us today.
Linen backing and paper conservation for film posters and other paper items. Damage caused by clear adhesive tape residual stains water marks and dirt can be easily repaired. If a movie poster is linen backed for restoration purposes the value of the movie poster could rise significantly.
Tues fri 11 00 to 5 00. A linen backed poster is a poster that is archivally mounted to acid free paper and canvas where it can be restored if needed. Combining this with the replacement of lost paper can bring the poster back to virtually its original state.
We also remove backings mats tape and labels if necessary. Poster restoration is optional and entirely dependent on your tastes and budget and usually follows linen backing.
