A re-release poster is not the same thing as a reproduction. That distinction is one of the most useful pieces of movie-poster vocabulary a new collector can learn.
A wall of original posters can look fantastic. It can also look like a stockroom if every gap is filled simply because there is space. The difference is usually editing.
British railway companies did not just sell train tickets. They sold the idea of escape: a bright beach, clean air, a handsome promenade and the possibility that summer might be waiting at the end of the line.
Poster condition is not a single sliding scale from perfect to ruined. A fold, pinhole, repaired tear, fading and paper loss are different things, and their importance changes according to the poster.
Few film series have built a visual language as recognisable as James Bond. The dinner jacket, gun, women, gadgets and 007 mark became ingredients artists could rearrange without losing the identity of the series.
