Hello!

We got interested in some videos circulated by David J. Schow, produced by an impressive graphics-restoration company in Canoga Park called Fourth Cone Restoration.  Collectors with cherished old movie posters in his closet can imagine them being restored and mounted as if they were fine art in a museum. The Fourth Cone demo videos certainly convince us that they could do wonders with the paper in our attic right now.

We see them washing and prepping the paper posters, in one case dissolving and removing a backing of brown wrapping paper. We see various techniques employed to keep the paper intact while smoothing out wrinkles. Then they touch up colors missing from various folds and tears.

Although I recommend first checking out their webpage, there’s another YouTube Video Homepage listing Fourth Cone Restoration’s featured videos.

Or go directly to a video showing work being performed on a French poster for  The Day the Earth Stood Still, a ’60s reissue item that pulls in an image from This Island Earth. Here are two more direct links to posters being rejuvenated — a vintage  King Kong poster, and one for  Star Wars.

Another Fourth Cone YouTube page has more video links, including one about packing tips for Posters.

Wishful thinking — this professional service most likely costs thousands of dollars … my French Major Dundee poster, the one that’s bigger than a U.S. one-sheet, is still wrapped up, un-displayed. Dream on.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson