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Auction History Result 2z164 LONG GOOD FRIDAY linen British quad '79 mobster Bob Hoskins crosses paths with the IRA! Date Sold 5/4/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) The Long Good Friday, the classic 1979 (released in the U.S. in 1982) John Mackenzie English mob gangster crime mystery thriller ("Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?"; "Eric blown to smithereens Colin carved up, a bomb in my Casino and you say nothing unusual!"; "RAZORS - Harold's personal persuader..."; "'I've got 65 inches of stitching. And not from sewing mail bags.'"; "Judgment day for the king of violence") starring Bob Hoskins ("as 'Harold'"), Helen Mirren ("as 'Victoria'"), Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson (billed as "introducing Derek Thompson"), Eddie Constantine ("as 'Charlie'"), and Pierce Brosnan 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 this is a "country of origin" poster for this English movie! What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. The poster had two extra slightly diagonal folds beneath the middle foldline in the center of the poster only. There were some creases, tiny tears, and scuffs on parts of several foldlines, tiny paper loss at the crossfolds, and minor border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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