Decorating with Movie Memorabilia

Movie posters have a whole new lease on life. Remember back to your teen years when you put up your favorite movie posters on your bedroom walls, and you swore that you’d never grow too old to surround yourself with mementoes of the best movies ever? Well, movie posters have grown up. These days, movie memorabilia, including movie posters and entertainment memorabilia from your favorite stars, movies and sports, are among the hottest tickets in home décor. You can celebrate your love of Middle Earth with LOTR posters, hang your favorite Star Wars poster on the wall of your man room or deck out your home theater with celebrity autographs and entertainment collectibles and no one will blink an eye. In fact, your friends will be impressed with your collection of Hollywood memorabilia or sport memorabilia.

Home Theater Décor Ideas

Who would have imagined back then that you might have a room in your home dedicated to watching movies? These days, home theaters are popping up in even modest homes. Decorating your home theater room can be a whole lot of fun, especially if you choose a theme and run with it. Grab that Star Wars: The Duel movie poster – signed by the actors who played Darth and Luke, of course, and bulk up your collection with other Star Wars memorabilia.

Of course, movie memorabilia from one particular movie is only one of the ways to develop a theme for your home theater décor. You could also focus on collecting movie posters from movies directed by your favorite director, or starring your favorite movie stars. You could put together a display of movie posters and Hollywood memorabilia from Hollywood’s Golden Age, or focus on a particular movie franchise, such as Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and the other Pirates of the Caribbean movies. If you’re a Bond fan, you could create a collection centering around a James Bond poster or a Bond display featuring all of the actors who have played 007 over the years. The possibilities for personalizing and customizing your collection of movie memorabilia are practically endless.

Authentic Movie and Hollywood Memorabilia

The biggest difference between the movie posters you collected as a teen and today’s movie memorabilia is authenticity. Memorabilia dealers command high prices for items, photos and movie posters that are autographed or that came from the sets of famous movies. When you invest in expensive Hollywood memorabilia or sport memorabilia, it’s important to only buy from reputable dealers who can authenticate the signatures and memorabilia items that you buy.

A Buying Guide for Movie Memorabilia

Bring your favorite movies into your decorating scheme with movie memorabilia from your favorite films. Hollywood memorabilia comes in many different flavors and types, from autographed movie posters and theater cards to celebrity autographs to autographed movie photos and actual props. The world of movie memorabilia encompasses nearly anything associated with movies and the people who make them.

While entertainment collectibles can increase hugely in value and earn their owners thousands of dollars, most people collect movie memorabilia for the thrill of the hunt and the pleasure of ownership. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be concerned about authenticity and value, however. If you’re just starting a collection of movie memorabilia and entertainment collectibles, keep these things in mind.

Types of Memorabilia

Promotional posters are among the favorite types of movie collectibles, especially if they’ve been signed by one of the stars or the director of the movie. You’ll find promotional movie posters of all types, including foreign films, classic films and popular U.S. films. While posters from older classic films are rare and can be expensive, you can pick up a Star Wars poster or a poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest for a much more reasonable price. If you choose movie memorabilia from the most popular movies of the last few decades, you’ll get them at an affordable price and have a piece of movie memorabilia that is nearly guaranteed to increase in value.

Publicity items, such as promotional photos, press kits and lobby cards, are prized pieces of Hollywood memorabilia, especially if they’ve been autographed. Often, dealers in memorabilia will put together framed display collections of memorabilia that include a movie poster, celebrity autographs and even an item used on set.

Celebrity autographs are the most popular type of movie memorabilia, and a good way to get started in collecting.

No matter what type of memorabilia you choose to collect, authenticity is the key to value. There are a number of ways to ensure that you’re only buying authentic memorabilia – and this applies to all types of collectibles, including sports memorabilia, framed presidential memorabilia and celebrity autographs. These steps can help you ensure that you only buy authentic memorabilia of any kind.

Buy from a well-known dealer with an excellent reputation. The collectors’ world is a small one, and most people know each other, at least by reputation. When you buy from a dealer, online or off, you can check reputation with other collectors.

If you’re dealing with a new dealer or with an individual, ask for references from other buyers. If the seller can’t or won’t supply them, be suspicious.

Always get a certificate of authenticity for any piece of movie memorabilia with a signature or that is being advertised as a movie prop.

Collecting movie memorabilia can be both fun and profitable, as long as you take the time to research the pieces you buy and always ask for authentication.

Movie Memorabilia From Top Movies

Hollywood’s Golden Age has got nothing on the last 25 years when it comes to the creation of movie memorabilia. Today’s hottest entertainment collectibles aren’t the bits and pieces drawn from old Hollywood classics, but movie posters and other memorabilia from film classics in the making. Movies franchises like Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and LOTR have spawned some of the most collectible Hollywood memorabilia and posters of all time. If you’re looking for movie-themed home theater décor, you can’t go wrong with posters, framed movie art and movie memorabilia from these top cult and popular favorite movies and franchises.

Star Wars

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away millions of Star Wars fans were transported to a new world – a world that eventually spawned seven full-length feature films and created an entire genre of movie memorabilia. Star Wars posters are among the most popular Hollywood memorabilia, especially framed art that combines an official Star Wars poster with other memorabilia from the movie franchise. Perhaps the most famous and iconic scene in all of Star Wars, The Duel – with Luke facing off against Darth Vader, light sabers in hand – has been captured in photograph and framed alongside autographs of stars Hamill and Prowse, who played Skywalker and Vader in a framed Star Wars display that’s the perfect gift for your favorite Star Wars fanatic or the ideal finishing touch for your home theater.

Pirates of the Caribbean

As Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp minced onto the screen and into the hearts of a whole generation of movie lovers. His portrayal of the dashing rogue spawned a new homage to pirates and an entire field of Pirates of the Caribbean movie memorabilia. Jack Sparrow, William and Elizabeth have romped through four Pirates of the Caribbean movies to date, but the most-wanted memorabilia from the franchise comes from Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest, released in 2006, and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 On Stranger Tides, released in 2011.

LOTR

One of the most anticipated film franchises of all time may well have been the Lord of the Rings trilogy, released in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The trilogy is the sixth highest grossing film series of all time and has collected 17 Academy Awards and 30 Oscar nominations. LOTR posters are hot properties, not only with collectors of movie memorabilia but with fans of high fantasy, making them a double win.

Whether you’re decorating a home movie theater or looking for the perfect gift for a special movie fan, consider a gift of movie memorabilia featuring posters or mementoes from one of these top three movie franchises of all time.