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Cinema Posters as Fine Art

By Cinema Poster Gallery|2023-04-26T11:20:57+01:00April 2, 2021|Categories: Investment, Poster Art|

Last week’s blog article on our website about BANKSY got us thinking about the similarities, and differences, between the market for cinema posters and other types of Fine Art. In this article, by answering a series of questions, we compare the two markets. What is Fine Art? The Cambridge Dictionary provides a good definition. Fine Art is drawings, paintings, and sculptures that are admired for their beauty and have no practical use. Are cinema posters considered to be Fine Art? A cinema poster is initially printed for a practical reason – to promote a film. At a later stage when [...]

No Time to Die April 2020 UK Quad Poster

By Cinema Poster Gallery|2023-04-26T11:22:12+01:00March 2, 2021|Categories: Investment|

No other poster has attracted as much interest or as many sales in the past 12 months as the No Time to Die April 2020 UK Quad Poster. The scheduled ‘April 2’ release date can be seen on the poster. Uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic in the UK may have been at its peak at this time. Lockdown in the UK began on 23rd March 20, cinemas were closed, and the release of the movie has been postponed. The historical significance of the delay is of course a major reason why the poster has proved to be so popular. A [...]

Cinema Posters that are Design Classics

By Cinema Poster Gallery|2023-04-26T11:23:14+01:00November 10, 2020|Categories: Investment, Poster Sizes|Tags: Design, mean streets, the longest day, thunderball|

Often what draws us to a cinema poster is a love of the film, the actors in the image or an exquisite piece of artwork. However sometimes the attraction is different and the lines, curves or contours of the poster appeal to our innate love of symmetry. A design that appears almost simplistic at first serves up some magic and draws the viewer for an extra moment. This of course is a very personal reaction and there are thousands of posters that can be considered design classics. In this article we will at three. The Longest Day UK Quad Poster [...]

3 Yellow Grail Posters… and 3 more affordable alternatives

By Cinema Poster Gallery|2023-04-26T11:23:23+01:00September 19, 2020|Categories: Investment, Poster Art|Tags: dr. no quad, kill bill Volume 1 quad poster, Lawrence of Arabia quad poster|

There is undoubtedly a prevalence of the colour yellow in UK quads we consider to be grail posters. We look at 3 of these grail posters and 3 more attainable alternatives that can be purchased on the Cinema Poster Gallery site. There is little explanation needed for why Dr. No (1967) UK quad poster is so covetable. A copy in any kind of reasonable condition cannot be obtained for under £10,000 and a copy sold in Sotheby’s last year for £87,500 ex fees pushing the cost price into 6 figures. A Dr. No poster from the film's first 1967 release [...]

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