ANCHOR LEAD IN:
IF YOU GREW UP WITH POSTERS ON YOUR BEDROOM WALLS, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW VALUABLE SOME OF THOSE OLD SHEETS OF PAPER HAVE BECOME... IN TODAY'S HEADS UP WE'LL TELL YOU WHETHER YOUR OLD FARAH FAWCETT POSTER IS EVER GOING TO BE WORTH ANYTHING...

TRACK ONE Length: :04
RUDY FRANCHI (ROO-dee FRANK-ee) HAS BEEN A POSTER DEALER FOR 36 YEARS.

SOT
Key @ : :05 Name: Rudy Franchi Title: The Nostalgia Factory
"People call me with posters all the time that they've just found rolled up in a corner of the attic or the basement."

TRACK TWO Length: :12
FRANCHI HAS ALSO BEEN AN APPRAISER ON THE ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW FOR 10 YEARS. HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SURPRISED AT WHAT THEIR POSTERS ARE WORTH. LIKE THE WOMAN WHO PAID 200-DOLLARS FOR A BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S POSTER IN THE 1980S....

SOT
Key @ : 1:24 Name: Rudy Franchi Title: The Nostalgia Factory
"She hasn't done so badly since it's worth 4,000 to 5,000 dollars..."

TRACK THREE Length: :11
NOT ALL POSTERS GO UP IN VALUE. BUT SOME - LIKE ENTERTAINMENT POSTERS FEATURING ROCK ICONS FROM THE 60S AND EARLY SCI-FI MOVIES LIKE THIS ONE FROM 'THE MUMMY' CAN BE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE...

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Length: :02
No Key - covered SOT Name: Rudy Franchi Title: The Nostalgia Factory
Source: NYSE: BID - NEWS - PEOPLE ) (NYSE: BID)
"That's a half a million dollar poster...

TRACK FOUR Length: :02
'VINTAGE POSTERS' ARE ALSO HOT...

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Length: :06
No Key - covered SOT Name: Rudy Franchi Title: The Nostalgia Factory
"The major themes for vintage posters are travel, advertising destinations ...ski posters..."

TRACK FIVE Length: :11
WHATEVER THE TOPIC, FOUR THINGS MAKE A POSTER VALUABLE: THE ARTIST, THE IMAGE, THE POSTER'S RARITY AND ITS CONDITION...AFTER THAT, IT'S ALL ABOUT PERSONAL TASTE...

SOT
Key @ : 1:00 Name: Howard Brown Title: Poster Collector
"I'm very interested in American history and these early world war 2 posters and world war one had great imagery."

TRACK SIX Length: :06
HOWARD BROWN HAS BEEN PICKING UP POSTERS AT FLEA MARKETS FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS...SOMETIMES, HE RE-SELLS WHAT HE FINDS.

SOT
Key @ : 1:14 Name: Howard Brown Title: Poster Collector
"I've paid $5 for something and sold it for 50 or 60."

TRACK SEVEN Length: :07
SO, DOES THAT MEAN YOU SHOULD UNROLL THAT OLD FARRAH FAWCETT AND TRY AND TURN A PROFIT? WELL...THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY OF THOSE AROUND.

SOT
Length: :06 No Key Name: Rudy Franchi Title: The Nostalgia Factory
"The famed Farrah Fawcett poster -- you can go onto the internet auction sites and pick those up all day long..."

ANCHOR TAG:
THE FARRAH FAWCETT POSTERS WERE PRINTED IN HUGE QUANTITIES BY A COMMERCIAL PRINTER. FRANCHI SAYS YOU CAN USUALLY TELL A COMMERCIAL POSTER BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE THE NAME OF A PRINTER AND A PUBLISHER ON THE BOTTOM. BUT, IF THE POSTER STILL SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE SOMETHING OF VALUE - HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. YOU NEVER KNOW!


SOURCES
Rudy Franchi
The Nostalgia Factory
310-360-0830
Rudy@nostalgia.com

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VINTAGE POSTERS HUM050905
Release Date: September 12, 2005
Run Time: 1:30