You may not have called it music memorabilia when you were a teenybopper, but those posters pulled out of the centerfold of Teen Beat and Tiger Beat may have set the stage for a lifelong love of decorating with music memorabilia. Back in the day, displaying your music memorabilia was probably a matter of sticking your posters to the wall with masking tape, or if mom was a stickler about the paint job on the wall, with sticky tack that didn’t leave adhesive behind.
You may have done the same in college, or learned to appreciate the sleek good looks of a simple poster frame, a popular way of displaying band posters on dorm room walls and in first apartments. But just as you’ve outgrown the Tiger Beat centerfolds and moved on to classier mementoes of your favorite bands, so you should have outgrown plastic frames and picture hooks. Today’s collectors of music memorabilia have far more than concert posters to collect, and displaying their mementoes and memories calls for more than cheap frames and thumbtacks.
Guitars are among the most popular music collectibles of the past few decades. A beautifully crafted, signed guitar is often the centerpiece of a music lover’s collection of mementoes. But displaying that guitar can be a tricky proposition. It’s important to protect the instrument from dust and damage while displaying it in a way that accents its beauty. If you purchase collectible autographed guitars from a dealer of collectibles, they’re often sold complete with a shadowbox display frame, and may be framed with a certificate of authentication and often include other memorabilia to make them even more valuable.
Framed Displays
Concert tickets from your favorite Aerosmith concert, drumsticks, a headband worn in concert – these are just a few of the pieces of music memorabilia that find their way into framed collages and displays. On their own, each piece may be meaningful to you, but when you pull them together into an artfully arranged collage and frame it with a polished wooden frame, you’ve transcended the genre of memorabilia and created a work of art.
Celebrity Autographs and Photographs
Celebrity hounds have been collection autographs for decades, so it’s no surprise that the signatures of music’s stars – from B.B. King to Justin Bieber – are among the most popular types of music memorabilia on the market. Don’t hide your autographs away in a scrapbook or closed box. Celebrity autographs can become the center of your decorative scheme when you frame them with a photograph or put them together with other pieces to create a collectible display.
Don’t let your music memorabilia hide away. Display it beautifully and make it a central part of your home or office décor.
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