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Auction History Result #126 HORSEFLY OPERA linen 1sh '41 cartoon Date Sold 10/8/2002Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Horsefly Opera, the 1941 Eddie Donnelly Terrytoons animated animation cartoon comedy short (produced by Paul Terry). Note that this poster is a 1940 stock poster used by theaters showing Terrytoons cartoons (see below for how this was changed from a stock poster to a poster for this specific cartoon). Note that Paul Terry created a different "stock" poster for each year from 1937 through 1940 (there may have been ones from earlier or later years, but we have never encountered them). Each would have a completely different great image, showing many of his top cartoon stars of that year, and there would be a blank center area in each poster. After the posters were initially printed, they would overprint a group of the posters with a title of a particular cartoon from that year, and ALSO usually add a single-color image from that cartoon (unusual for stock cartoon posters), and then they would print another group of the posters with a different cartoon title and image, and so on. In the case of this particular poster, the title was printed in very large letters, and the cartoon that was advertised was "Horsefly Operal", the 1941 cartoon short (even though the posters were printed in 1940, they were still being overprinted in 1941). It seems likely that the advent of World War II caused Terry to stop making a different stock poster for each year, and that they simply re-used the 1940 posters throughout the war. 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: This poster has been professionally linenbacked. It now looks great, and most dealers would describe it as "fine (or mint) on linen". We have noted the defects that were restored below (and feel everyone should always do this!). Many collectors would not be aware of the restoration this poster has had unless it was specifically shown to them! Condition: very good. There is restoration along the folds, which had many creases and some paper loss. The restoration was very well done and from any distance away the poster looks great!. Most of the linenbacked posters we sell were restored by the finest professionals. An expertly linenbacked poster will often appear "mint", as its defects have been made to "vanish". We are the only seller we are aware of who always tries to describe the condition of the poster prior to being linenbacked, so you are fully aware of what restoration was performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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