Tuesday, August 22, 2006

10 Bestselling Posters of our time

'What are you're best selling posters ever? is a question we often get asked. We never really feel that we give a satisfactory answer to this as we usually just say something a bit vague like, 'Eh....dunno really.....Scarface or something probably'. Therefore, during a quiet moment the other day we had a proper think about it and tried to come up with an answer this question once and for all. We have come up with a top ten list which we reckon reflects what indeed the best selling posters have been over the 7 year period we've been flogging them. So, in no particular order :

Scarface - Movie Poster
Le Chat Noir - Giant Poster
Rio De Janeiro - Giant Poster
Akira - Movie Poster
Amelie - Japanese Movie Poster
Pink Floyd - Back Catalogue - Giant Poster
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Movie Poster
Godfather (il padrino) - Italian Movie Poster
Apocalypse Now - Movie Poster
The Warriors - Italian Movie Poster


There are a couple of surprises in there, we think you'll agree. The Warriors is probably the major shock, but we have sold reams of these posters which is a testament to the film cult status of the film. Pink Floyd Back Catalogue is another surprise inclusion. We can never really work out why its so popular, are people buying it because it is a clever, striking image featuring all the Floyd Album Covers?, or because it features a bunch of naked women sitting by a swimming pool?, probably a bit of both. All the Amelie Movie Posters have sold well since its release in 2001, but the Japanese version is the most popular. Apocalypse Now, Scarface, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Godafther are all quite obvious inclusions, as they are all classic movies with iconic main characters. Le Chat Noir and Rio De Janeiro have both been consistently good sellers.

Some exclusions which just miss out on the top ten would be the student classic Che Guevara, Muhammad Ali, the New York Skyscraper Lunch poster and the World Map. So, is there anything we've missed or are we pretty much spot on?

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