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Auction History Result

5a0051 SHOW OF SHOWS linen style C 3sh 1929 Advent of a New Event in Pictures, Warner Bros, rare!

Date Sold 9/3/2023
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style C Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More)

Warner Bros. Show of Shows, the 1929 John G. Adolfi all-star musical ("1000 Hollywood beauties"; "100 stars"; "100 shows in one"; "Ensembles by Jack Haskell and Larry Ceballos"; "The advent of a new event in pictures") starring Mary Astor, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr., Monte Blue, Hobart Bosworth, Chester Conklin, Dolores Costello (who performed the "Meet My Sister" number with her real life sister, Helene Costello), Alice Day, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Louise Fazenda, Lila Lee, Myrna Loy, Tully Marshall, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ann Sothern (billed under her real name of "Harriette Lake"), Ben Turpin, Loretta Young, Sally Blane, Georges Carpentier (real life heavyweight champion boxer!), Marion Byron, Irene Bordoni, Beatrice Lillie, Betty Compson, Alexander Gray, and many, MANY more!
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Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned another example of this three-sheet and a window card from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this second three-sheet!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had stains and smudges scattered throughout. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely restored, but it required overpainting a great deal of the solid colored areas, and the poster has a heavily restored look to it, so bear this in mind before bidding on this extremely rare poster.
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