Though they often strain my budget, I like to collect Classic Movie Posters. Vintage posters (those that were printed when the film came out and those printed to accompany subsequent theatrical re-releases of the film) are the real collectors items, but they are also more expensive -- sometimes costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for the most popular films!  If you're new to vintage movie posters but think you might be interested in owning a few, start by reading a little about the history of poster collecting.  For poster fans on a tighter budget, there are lots of reprints available these days that are great for decorating and much less expensive than the real thing. 

The dealers on this list are grouped into the following categories (and don't forget to support Reel Classics by patronizing the vendors marked with a ):

Vintage Posters | Classic Poster Reprints | Other Poster Sites

For Vintage Movie Posters:

Major Dealers:

• Bruce Hershenson Vintage Film Posters --he's published several books about them and auctions hundreds of posters monthly through his eBay site; lots of high-quality images and helpful advice; email him and subscribe to his free weekly email newsletter about vintage posters to get all kinds of insight about collecting and restoring posters; vintage only. 
• Movie Poster Service (P.O. Box 517, Canton, OK 73724; tel: 580-886-2248; fax: 580-886-2249) --MPS was the country's first independent poster exchange (established in 1926) and has the largest collection of vintage movie posters in the world (over 1 million items!); website only shows a fraction of what they have, so email, call or write with requests.
• MovieGoods --lots of vintage and reprints listed together but clearly identified; good search feature with images and a large selection of titles.
• Heritage Movie Poster Auctions --a Dallas-based auction house that hosts regular online and live vintage poster auctions.
• JS Dietz Movie Posters --vintage, listed by his own categories; also auctions his posters on eBay here.
• The Movie Poster Shop --vintage (organized by date, but not very well) and reprints as well as star posters; a few images; no search; catalogue available.
• Movie Poster Warehouse --mostly vintage, some reprints; organized by title with a search engine and some images.
• Rick's Movie Posters and Pictures --vintage and reprints all listed together; good search feature with images.

Other Dealers:

• Arnold Movie Poster Company --vintage, organized by star
• B&M Collectibles --some vintage posters; search engine or browse by title, some images
• Chisholm-Larsson Poster Gallery --vintage; search engine only but with images
• Cinepost --vintage; organized by title, some images
• Hollywood Collector --a private collector selling his posters
• Moe's Movie Madness --vintage; search engine only, no images
• New Line Cinema Auction --an online movie memorabilia auction site that usually features a few vintage posters.
• The Nostalgia Factory --"vintage" in the sense of original, but many more modern posters than classics; search engine and some images
• Posterworld (Paul Hein, 9 Bolton Pl., Fairlawn, NJ 07410) --specializes in vintage American posters, 1940-1975.
• Private Eye: Noir Arts, Ltd.  --some lobby cards, specializing in film noir and deco aesthetic. 
• The Reel Poster Gallery --a UK dealer specializing in vintage movie posters with high artistic value; posters from various countries; no ugly posters or reproductions.
• Silent Cinema --specializing in silent movie art but with talkies too; organized by genre, a few images
• S&P Parker's Movie Market --mostly US and UK vintage posters with a few foreigns as well; some images
• The Stars Come Out: Movie Posters --vintage; organized by poster size and film title, a few good images
• Time Machine --a small selection of vintage American and British movie posters; images but no search
• Amazon's Movie Poster Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale
• Ebay's Movie Poster Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale
• Amazon's Lobby Card Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale
• Ebay's Lobby Cards Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale

Dealers of Non-U.S. Vintage Posters:

• Cinematic --vintage German, organized by genre, but also some Spanish and Polish
• Intemporel --in French but mostly translated; primarily foreign vintage
• Ciné-Images -- mostly vintage French posters, but a few Italian and American as well; high quality posters from big-name films
• Quadbod -- specializing in British movie posters.
• B Movie Posters --a broad definition of "B movie" (seemingly just about anything that didn't win an Oscar); mostly vintage foreign posters (French and Italian) as well as a few American
• John Reid Vintage Movie Memorabilia --vintage posters from Austraila
• Movie Poster Classics --vintage French and some Italian
• Movie Poster Webshop --mostly European version vintage
• Mad Museum (32, rue Carnot, 84800 l'Ile sur la Sorgue, France; telephone - 04-90-38-56-82) --primarily European vintage posters, mostly French and Belgian, in addition to European movie magazines and soundtrack records.
• Movie Posters-- The Swedish Style --mostly Swedish version vintage posters
• Posteritati --mostly foreign vintage
• Spanish Movie Posters --vintage Spanish
• Umberto Passini Online --foreign vintage
• Ebay's Non-U.S. Movie Poster Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale
• Ebay's Non-U.S. Lobby Card Auctions --a listing of the items currently for sale

For Classic Movie Poster Reprints:

• AllPosters.com --good source for cheap reprints, search by title or star; calendars too; with images.
• MovieGoods --probably the Internet's largest selection of classic poster reprints; search by title, star, director, year or genre; with images.
• PostersFAST.com --see their Classic Cinema section for a good selection of cheap reprints; mostly film posters but some star portrait posters as well.
• Barnes & Noble: Prints & Posters: Performing Arts --reprints of mostly silent-era poster as well as posters of scenes from classic movies; with images
• Galactic Highway Movie Posters --mostly modern, but a few classic reprints; listed by title with images
• The Movie Poster Shop --vintage and reprints; organized by title with images
• Rick's Movie Posters and Pictures --vintage and reprints all listed together; good search feature with images
• Cyber-Cinema --lots of reprints; organized by title but few images
• Dr. Z's Movie Posters --modern originals and special section of classic reprints; good images
• Reel Deals --modern originals and a few classic reprints; images but no search
• Festival Films --not reprints but photographic reproductions of 4,000 classic posters; with images
• Movie Poster Warehouse --mostly vintage, some reprints
• Movie Star News --some reprints with images
• Photo World --mostly modern but a few classic reprints; with search and images
• Popular Posters --mostly modern, but some classic reprints

Other Movie Poster-related Sites:

• Learn About Movie Posters --a reference site for beginners interested in learning more about the intricacies of collecting movie posters.
• Greatest Films --no posters for sale here, but lots of good poster images to see.

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