BLEMISHES/DEFECTS

Since movie art was designed as dispensable advertising materials, they were not handled like a "collectible." Many were stapled, taped, written on, hung in windows, and generally, just beaten around until they were discarded. It is amazing that any actually survived to make it to the collector’s market. Unfortunately, many of the survivors bear the scars of their journey.

The condition of a movie poster is based solely on the absence or presence of blemishes and/or defects and how those blemishes/defects affect the artwork of the poster. The most common blemishes/defects are as follows:

Bleed-throughs

Creases

Drill Holes

Fading

Holes

Marks

See-throughs

Stains

Tears

Trimming

Wrinkles