When I was a child, I bought a movie poster at a yard sale; it was
for an old monster movie that I used to watch as a kid. Later I went off
to college and packed up all my stuff, including the movie poster and
stored it with my folks.
Later when I got my own place I found the movie poster and framed it
so I could hang it up in my home. Over the years I decorated my home
with all sorts of posters for movies that I liked.
When I got married my wife convinced me to look into the value of my
collection and see if any of them were worth money. Too my surprise the
movie poster I bought as a child was worth over three hundred thousand
dollars.
When my wife was trying to talk me into finding out the value of my
collection she had ulterior motives. She thought that they would be
something that proved to be a waste of money and she would be able to
convince me to redecorate the home in another motif. Boy was she wrong!
Now that she sees the value of collecting movie posters she has
completely changed her tune. She actively buys me a new movie poster
each month and we have redecorated the home. She just did not expect to
redecorate in a completely movie based theme. I think that she has
become more of a movie poster collector than I ever dreamt of being.
In a few months we are planning to sell some of our movie posters and
go on a trip around the world. All of it would not have been made
possible if I had not gone to that yard sale many years ago and bought
that first movie poster. It just goes to show you that some people start
collections without ever even trying.
