We are very happy to be starting our new year with a brand new LAMP sponsor:

Filip De Volder, better known in the poster community as Weatherking, has a wonderful selection of all genre from the 1950's to current and is ready to assist you in any way to help you find that special French poster. Originally from Belgium, Filip moved to south France in 1997 in search of a nicer climate. Even though Filip has been collecting for a while, he started selling as a dealer in 2001, specializing in French posters. Filip is a Power Seller on the eBay auctions with an excellent rating.

Be sure to watch as we add Filip's posters into the LAMP database. For more info, click HERE.

In order to commemorate our fourth anniversary and the new and improved LAMP family sites, we are again offering a very special 7-4-3 DEALER PROGRAM for our Movie Poster Data Base.

What is the 7-4-3 Dealer Program? Dealers pay for three months of listings, and get four additional months free. Therefore -- seven months for the price of three.

AND THE BONUS .. Our dealers receive special "free listings" on Movie Poster Bid, the movie posters only auction site.

If you are a reputable dealer and would like to list your posters for sale in our MPDB, check out this very special 7-4-3 DEALER PROGRAM.

Click HERE for details.

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2005 LAMP CHANGES

LAMP has gone through a number of changes and additions to kick off the new year. Here is a quick overview:

The most obvious change is the new Home page for LearnAboutMoviePosters.com. The new home page makes navigating the new LAMP sites (yes sites -- read below) easier.

One significant addition to the site is a new LAMP Dealer and Travel Map. By clicking on a particular state on the U.S. map, visitors will be taken to a map that indicates the location of LAMP Sponsors and Dealers as well as poster museums and exhibits, film festivals, etc.in that state

Our Movie Poster Data Base now has its own URL: LAMP-MoviePosterDataBase.com. Visitors can access the MPDB either through the LAMP site or its own address. Since the two sites are integrated, maneuving from one to another will remain seamless.

LAMP has also spawned a new sister site: LAMP-InternationalMoviePosters.com. The new International Site was designed to compile and research material for the top 45 poster producing countries, including a map of LAMP sponsors and dealers.

For a complete report on the LAMP 2005 changes, click HERE.

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NEW ARTICLES ON LAMP

The following articles have been added to the Reference Section of LAMP:

Pathe Exchange
Industry Pioneers
Harry Aitken
Thanhauser Film
Melies Co.

BEFORE YOU BUY THAT POSTER LOOK FOR THIS LOGO

When you're looking to buy a movie poster from an online auction, be sure to choose one of these great LAMP approved dealers. They are already linked to their individual auctions.

LAMP Approved Auction Dealers

 

The LAMP Movie Poster Data Base has reached a new milestone -- we have over 31,500 images loaded, with over 10,000 posters available for sale by our LAMP approved dealers.

We have a number of sorts available to help you browse through the listings.

For Sale by Size -- Use this sort if you're interested in particular sizes, such as one sheets, lobby cards, etc. Once you're at the "Size" sort, simply click on the size you're looking for and you will see a list of that size posters for sale.

For Sale by Country -- If your interests take you around the world, you can use this sort to choose a country and a size.

For Sale by Dealer - Here is the place where you find the most reputable of movie poster dealers. Locate your favorite dealer and see what he has for sale.

We also have two great "POWER SEARCHES" -- one for searching movies and one for searching posters. These searches allow a more customized search.

AND NOW -- VHS TAPES

We are now adding VHS tapes to our MPDB. This will expand to laser discs, reel-to-reel and other media. To see a list of these hard-to-find VHS tapes, click HERE

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LAMP YEAR END REPORT

The milestone above is not the only one reached by LAMP during the year 2004. We expanded reference articles; introduced the concepts of LAMP Approved Online Auction Dealers, the LAMP Approved Logo and the Poster Restoration Certificate; added 1500 titles to the Movie Poster DataBase and much more. We tracked approx. 1.6 million visitors to LAMP from over 100 different countries.

AND NOW FOR 2005 ... We have a number of programs under development for the coming year. These include: updates on framing, restoration, studio history and artists articles; adding VHS, Laser Disc and other movie-related items to the MPDB; adding an article archive, movie poster price history/guide; etc.

CAN'T FORGET THE WORM ...

Unfortunately, a year end review must include the dreaded "WORM" that affected our host server's computers in December. This worm did a TREMENDOUS amount of damage, losing well over 250 articles as well as destroying our backup. We have put up some older versions of articles and still have hundreds of dead links. We're going to have to spend a LOT of additional hours trying to rewrite and reconstruct and update all of those areas. The majority of the remaining damage is in the History Section.

For complete details on the year 2004 and the plans for 2005, click HERE.

AROUND THE LAMP

Heritage Vintage Movie Posters (HVMP), the world leader and world-record holder in vintage movie poster sales, officially opened its new website, www.HeritageMoviePosters.com, on Tuesday, December 7, 2004.

In addition, December 7th will also see the opening of the first Heritage Internet Poster Auction (IPA), which will feature over 250 pieces of rare movie paper. Future sales will open, and close, on the third Sunday of every month, beginning on December 19, 2004. Their current auction ends on January 16, 2005. Click here for current auction info.

Formerly a part of Heritage Comics Auctions (HCA), HVMP holds the world record for the most expensive lobby card ever sold (a 1935 Bride of Frankenstein title card sold in November 2004 for $46,000), and has realized more than $5 million worth of vintage poster sales since its inception in 2001.

Heritage Rare Movie Poster Auction

The Consignment Deadline for the March 15-18 Heritage Rare Movie Poster Auction is Thursday, January 13, 2005. Click HERE for more info.

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Dominique Besson has recently updated his website, adding about 100 new posters. Be sure to check out his site HERE.

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CineMasterpieces AUCTION
CONSIGNMENTS

CineMasterpieces.com has recently updated its Auction Consignment Information Page. For more information on how to consign posters for their eBay auctions, click HERE.

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Unshredded Nostalgia's
Animation Art Exhibit Continues
Through February

The never-before-seen Dick Bartley Collection of Animation Art exhibit will continue its run at Unshredded Nostalgia through February. This exhibit features animation cells illustrating the world’s most popular characters from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera and Kellogg’s.

Unshredded Nostalgia is located at 323 South Main Street, Route 9, Barnegat, NJ, exit 67 off the Garden State Parkway, southbound. For more information, call (800) 872-9990 or e-mail at jime@unshreddednostalgia.com.

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MOVIE POSTER BID

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