How to Collect Movie Lobby Cards?

Collecting movie memorabilia is not only a hobby to most people, but also a quite lucrative part time business/investment.  But if you think it would be too time-consuming or to costly to start this hobby/investment, then You Are wrong.

Actually you can start your film memorabilia from collecting movie Lobby Cards.

Tips on wisely collecting movie lobby cards:

First of all, you'll need to decide one or two certain categories of films' movie lobbies you want to collect so you don't get a diluted pool of movie lobby cards' collection where the cards have no relation to each other.

There are various categories you can start your move lobby cards' collection. Perhaps you can concentrate on movie lobby cards that convey a certain art style or certain colors to go with your home décor. Yes, lobby cards can be great and unique art pieces when framed and they will give your lovely home a gorgeous touch of vintage! Others may opt to collect from a specific type of films, such as scientific imaginary films, action films or romantic love stores. And of course, you can also collect lobby cards featuring a certain actor or actress, such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Shawn Connery. I also know many frenzy collectors prefer to collect movie lobby cards from their favourite movies.

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Bud did you know that collecting movie lobby cards can also be a quite lucrative part time business/investment? To achieve this, you need to know what kind of lobby cards are valuable then stick to collect them. Needless to say, lobby cards of those classic old movies in black and white era that cast big names sure would be of great value. Old horror movie lobby cards or vintage lobby cards of movie classics, or those cards signed by the actors in the film. A hint on signed items: you want to be sure the signatures are originals, and not stamped, printed or copied. That makes the difference between what could be a very valuable poster and one that is a dime a dozen.

Where to buy the most original & authentic movie lobby cards?

Now that you have decided which type or trend of movie lobby cards you are going to collect, then you need to know where to get them. One way is to search or try your luck in local garage sales. But this way is not only time consuming but perhaps it would bring you little to no collectable movie lobby cards. So I suggest you buy lobby cards on some online auction sites specializing in movie lobby cards, such as http://www.mcrugbypix.com. Or you may try this site for movie film cells, another great source to kick off your movie memorabilia collections!