Playbill Frames

[pdjennings]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 8:43pm

Hello --

I'm looking to (finally) get around to framing my Playbills.

I've read some of the older threads about using 8x10 frames and just centering the Playbill, etc -- but I'm kinda picky and I just know that I'd never be happy with that (and I'd suck at centering!)

Soooo ... right now, I leaning toward the frames sold by hollywoodposterframes.com. If anyone here has used them -- could you please let me know how much of the "white space" the frame itself covers on the front of the Playbill? I only ask because I have a few cast-signed ones that have signatures very close to the edges, in the white space... and I'd hate to have the frame itself covering those. They offer larger frames with the mat, but again, I hate the thought of trying to center a Playbill.

Likewise -- how about the frame offered by Playbillstore.com? They don't look like precise fit, but it doesn't say it's a "float" mat, either.

I saw (somewhere) a site that sells very plain, exact fit Lucite frames -- but they didn't seem to have any sort of hanging method. I like the look of those ... and i seem to remember them being relatively cheap -- but the lack of hanger kinda renders them useless.

Overall -- I just want to be able to stay consistent with whatever kind I start to buy -- so that they all match, etc. I hate a bunch of unmatched frames :P

Ok -- enough rambling :) Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated :) (post photos of your stuff too -- i love seeing those!)

Pj