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Being kept under carpet is a great way of prserving rare and valuable movie posters!

Edward

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From the UK Guardian newspaper:

"Classic film posters used as carpet underlay soldfor £72,000"

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...osters-used-as-carpet-underlay-sold-for-72000

A stash of beautiful cinema posters dating from the 1930s and 40s that were used as a makeshift carpet underlay have sold at auction for £72,000.

Two builders found the posters, for films starring Hollywood greats such as Laurence Olivier, Boris Karloff, Vivien Leigh and John Wayne, when they renovated the house of a relative of a Cardiff cinema owner.

They were allowed to hang on to the 66 posters and kept them in storage for more than 30 years before realising that the cache could provide them with a tidy retirement nest egg.
 

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