Most collectibles hover in the $200 to $500 range, but rare items, such as the original poster for 1972's legendary film 'Deep Throat,' sell for up to $5,000. While he readily admits to being a collector and not a dealer of this sort of memorabilia, he's noted an increased interest among people in the one-sheet movie posters and press books (promotional kits with photos and press releases) for porn films from the 1970s and early 1980s. If you can think of it, he has it, as well as all sorts of things that would likely never cross your mind. The 80-year old former theological professor claims to have over 3 million items, filling 34 warehouses. McIlvenna may quite possibly possess the largest collection of erotic memorabilia in the world. 'A lot of the films people are rediscovering is happening because so much of the stuff they're making now is fast and furious,' says Ted McIlvenna, Ph.D., president of The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco and curator of the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas. It is, in fact, the factory-like production of much of today's porn that has made some collectors appreciate items of the past.
