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Auction History Result 5p1109 DETECTIVE linen Aust daybill 1954 different art of Guinness as Father Brown, very rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/2" x 30" [34 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) Father Brown (released in the U.S. as "The Detective" and in some English-speaking countries as "Father Brown - Detective"), the 1954 Robert Hamer English religious priest detective crime comedy ("Up to his ears in clues"; "Up to his neck in laffs!"; "When Guinness turns private eye... it's a public scandal!"; "Based on the Father Brown stories by G.K. Chesterton") starring Alec Guinness ("Comedy star of 'Man in the White Suit' and 'Captain's Paradise'"; in the title role as Father Brown), Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker ("as 'The Bishop'"), and Bernard Lee NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned three examples of this Australian daybill. The buyer of the last example had it linenbacked, and they have now reconsigned it to us, so this is still only one of three examples we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had discoloration scattered in some areas from exposure to moisture and the moisture has caused deterioration and paper loss along the lower horizontal fold. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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