Lights, camera, auction! Film posters go under the hammer in Wolverhampton
From Harry Potter to James Bond - hundreds of movie posters have been donated to a Black Country charity to help raise vital funds.
The huge collection of up to 300 posters has been given to The Beacon Centre in Sedgley, which plans to sell them to raise cash.
A supporter of the centre donated the posters because they wanted to make room to start another collection.
The selection ranges from vintage retro posters of Oklahoma right to more modern films like Harry Potter and the latest James Bond movie Spectre.
Film favourites including Saving Private Ryan, Rocky and Matrix Reloaded also feature in the collection.
Posters for films released before the 1940s are highly collectable as very few of them survived.
Charity chiefs have now got in touch with Wolverhampton auction house, Cuttlestones Auctioneers and Valuers to put the collection up for sale at auction in early May.
The total value of the collection is still being determined with the posters being reviewed and catalogued.
Beacon Centre communications manager Helen Brown said: "We are very lucky to receive regular donations here at Beacon Centre but this is definitely one of the largest and most unusual donations we have ever had.
"The collection is made up of hundreds of movie posters covering vintage films through to more modern offerings
"We have instructed Cuttlestones Auctioneers in Wolverhampton to sell the collection on our behalf and should know shortly when they will be available."
University student Nicola Concliffe, who is currently on a volunteer placement with Beacon Centre, has been helping to catalogue the posters.
She said it had been an unexpected surprise to have to sift through the varied collection.
"It's been great to see some of the unusual donations which are made to the Beacon Centre," she said.
The centre's fundraising department is in regular receipt of offerings from its supporters.
This can be clothing or DVDs or stamps and coins.
Any donations made to the centre will be used to help support people living with sight loss across the Black Country.
Mrs Brown added: "We'd love to hear from anyone else who'd like to make a donation to us, whether it's unusual or more straight forward, ring 01902 880 111."
