After that, things got a little out of hand. Prices went up commensurate with my appetite, and I wound up with a LOT of posters, some pretty pricey. In fact, I actually bought a big group of about 40 posters at one point and sold off the duplicates to feed my habit. Some of those may be in your collections now, I'm pleased to say.
At one point, I had over 40 posters in my personal collection, but my family and mortgage called, so I culled the herd to the best of the best, at least as far as I was concerned. I still have my original 3 posters, which are not the rarest or most valuable, but they are to me. And, no, I never went for the reproductions.
I often tell people (including my wife) that I don't care if I have to sell every piece of Disneyland stuff I own...the posters stay. I now wish I could get some of the ones I sold back, but when Howard Lowery went out of business and certain poster sources dried up, original silk-screened examples became more and more scarce. So...if there's anyone out there with the 3-tier Frontierland poster, the Flying Saucers poster or the Stouffer's Tiki poster, please do drop a line.
Here is my pride-and-joy...the one I will hand down to my children: my beloved Rocket to the Moon poster. When I began collecting, this was the Holy Grail: if I had this, I could stop right there. I didn't, of course, but it sounded good. The other one is another beloved poster, and with Daveland's spectacular post showing this poster in its original context, I had to share my own.
If there is anyone out there with a similar collection of these or just wants to talk about attraction posters, drop me a line. I never get tired of looking at or talking about them.
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Ah yes, I was the happy recipient of one of your posters, the Alice 'Fantasyland' poster...my wife still doesn't understand why I need both (I'm sure you can relate).
I remember the Howard Lowery auction where you won that "Rocket to the Moon" poster... because I was bidding against you! If I couldn't have it, I'm glad you got it.
But I still got two good ones, a "Rainbow Caverns" and a "Mark Twain" (early version with the white border). Remember the Flying Saucers poster that went for only around $1500? I was kicking myself for not bidding on that!!! Never did get one. And there was a "General Dynamics" Sub poster that went for relatively little, wish I had that one too.
I think I got my "Storybookland" and one of my Monorail posters from you!
I still have my posters, though I can't display them all (about 30 of 'em).
I am curious how you find frames big enough for the attraction posters. It is one thing that has kept me from buying one.
I have the negative to the original Haunted Mansion poster. please let me know if you're interested.
Hi - I just purchased my first disney attraction poster, it is the General Dynamics submarine voyage poster. I'd like to learn more about the poster. The vendor with it also has a tiki room poster.
I am not particularly tech savvy, and have not blogged. Does Jed Blau have an e-mail address?
Thanks!
Alex
Alex -
If you're still out there, you can find me at jedblau@yahoo.com.
Hi
I have an original It's A Small World Poster that I purchased at the Disneyland Gallery about 20 years ago.
I'm in need of selling it. Any suggestions of where I should advertise it?
Thanks
Steve
Steve -
Email me at disjb@aol.com. Thanks!
I'm bringing this post back to life! I have a two quick questions. I'm aware of at least 3 incarnations of these posters:
1. The originals - silk-screened by hand and used in the park(s)
2. First reproductions - sold by the Disney Gallery at some point during the 1990s...printed on stock paper at original size
3. Current reproductions - on-demand printed at all sizes up to 27x40.
Do I have this right? If so, can the posters sold by the Disney Gallery even be called "originals"?
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