Old movie posters are worth big bucks.
When the teens were little and into all the Disney movies, I would go to the video rental store, and ask them for the original movie posters and cardboard stand ups they used for displays.
Most of the time, they'd say yes, write my name on the back of it, and when they were done with it, they'd call me up and tell me to come get it, or hold it until the next time I came in.
Most of the time I'd be there before they called, I have always been a big movie renter.
But anyway, I'd take the posters and buy some cheap frames, and hang them up all over the boy's room and along the hallways, the bathroom, and even some in the living room.
I'd often get my name written on the backs of the posters from movies I wanted as well, like this one.
I wish I had saved all of those, but when I moved here I sold almost everything I owned at the yard sale of spectacular deals.
Seriously, I sold off my entire Stephen King book collection, for like $5, my foldout couch with an awesome mattress for $10, a 27" really nice tv for $15, my dinette set with table and 8 matching chairs for $20, all my kitchen stuff like blender, matching pots and pan set for about a buck a pan.
I had to sell everything that I wasn't taking with me because I needed the money.
But if I had saved all those posters, they'd be worth some serious bucks.
I can't believe how much the original posters are selling for these days.
I had the one I linked above and pictured to the left, got it free from the video store, and look at how much it's worth
Sometimes, I make really stupid choices.
D'oh!
