Great new BRE 240Z Poster

[hls30.com]

I haven't even opened the tube, but #8 is now waiting on an appropriate frame!

Will

[26th-Z]

Some of you may be horrified when you find out how much it is going to cost to frame your poster. As much as I admire the talents of a good framer, I have been buying frames and framing large posters for years from pictureframes.com. Check out their collection of metal frames - the "rainbow" line. These frames are thin, screw together, and hold a poster very well. I buy foam-core board at a local art supply shop and glass from a glass shop. Non-glare type glass is best for these larger formats. You order the frames by exact size and everything comes pre-cut. All you have to do is assemble everything. I might also suggest using acid free materials for backer boards or matting; anything that comes in contact with the poster. The acids in normal paper and cardboard will eventually brown the paper of the poster and affect the coloring. Make the same consideration if you decide to dry mount the poster to a board. Dry mounting will prevent the poster from wrinkling inside the frame and works best on thin papers. I'm pretty handy with a matt cutter and have layout tables and bars to do most of this work but it isn't very difficult. Matt board comes in a million colors and matting gives the piece depth and richness.

[hls30.com]

Chris,

I have been going back and forth about matting with framing and just framing.

I have a professionally done matted lay out of photographic enlargements of the 1970 240Z sales brochure done for Victory Motors(the local dealer when the Z first came out), it has faded over the last 38 years-as my Showroom version of the Dream Garage has(I didn't realize how badly the showroom Dream Garage had faded until Ron sent me one of the dealer giveaway versions to compare it with).

Anyway-any idea if there is a glass that will stop/inhibit the fading?

Thanks for the link as well!

Will

PS.. if anyone has some high res scans of the original 240Z Brochure I could get to renew the Framed enlargements from Victory Motors...

[geezer]

Will, I had the same concerns about light damage when it came to putting my guitars on display. The glass shop recommended a slightly tinted glass that really doesn't seem to impair the viewing but protects against damaging light. Kind of a crummy pic but it does have Z content. I'm a bad one to give advise; all my posters are in tubes:(

[hls30.com]

Ron,

I am in the same boat-er-tube!

The only posters(sort of) I have hanging are the Victory Motors enlargement, and the Dream Garage that used to hang in a Dealership(it is not on the wall, but it is out)-as you say everything else in in a tube. I am going to remodel my den/office and I want the posters displayed in it-It has 10-12 feet of windows centered on one wall, and I want to address the fading with more than covers.

Will

[Poindexter]

Almost all real cover glass will reject much of the UV wavelengths- which are the primary causes of fading; some of the IR wavelengths will also cause some damage over the long haul. The glare-preventative plastic usually does not contain any UV blocking properties, but they might be making it now.

Obviously keeping anything of value off the wall where direct sunlight will fall is the best answer, but depending on the size/number of windows, and considering the other things of value in the room that might be damaged by the sun- i.e. good furniture, fabrics, wood flooring, rugs, etc... "they" make clear or slightly (5%-15%) tinted UV rejecting films that can be applied to window glass quite easily which will prevent sunlight/UV damage to everything in the room. I'm a builder and install this stuff in almost every E, S & W facing window in all of the high-end apartments I've built. North light is the best, and doesn't need any filtering. It's also the light with the best visual qualities that most galleries live for.

These films are really the best way to proceed.

FWIW.

Edited August 10, 2008 by Poindexter

[Mike B]

It looks like someone is trying to flip the posters numbered 48-500 on ebay now (I guess #47 must be sold).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Championship-240Z-BRE-Poster-Repro-500-Car-Poster_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10076QQihZ007QQitemZ170249355054QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

You can buy them directly from BRE for $49, and this guy is staring them at $70 with a BIN of $80. He says he can get them signed by Peter for an additional fee after the auction ends. No doubt higher than the $10 Peter charges on the BRE site.

-Mike

[Ron Carter]

Hmm, that seems odd. I will contact Gayle and see if she knows about this.

Ron

[EVILC]

Hmm, that seems odd. I will contact Gayle and see if she knows about this.

Ron

I was thinking the same thing last night, I am going to email the seller to how much more for it to be signed.

Clive

[Mike B]

I sent this guy an email yesterday asking what his value add was to a poster that is still being sold by BRE for less. He didn't respond, but he dropped his starting and BIN price to $55 ($6 above the BRE price) today and is no longer offer to have it autographed by Peter for an additional price after the auction. I noticed that he is also selling the BRE 1971 510 Trans Am Championship poster. Not sure what he was asking before, but he revised his price yesterday and today and now it is the same $95 price that BRE is selling it for. I think he must just be trying to liquidate his inventory to break even at this point.

-Mike

[zhead240]

just got mine in the mail today. looks great.

[zhead240]

cost to frame $144

wood frame with foam backerboard, glass with 50% uv protection

no matt ( $80 = tax extra)

and the best thing is the wife is going to pay for both the frameing and poster, my early x-mas present!! dang, if i'd known that i would have gone with the matting.

ps- i forgot to mention 3 fridge magnets of the bre racer came as a bonus.

the receipt was personalized and signed for authenticity. i'll have that put in a sleave and attached to the back.