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Auction History Result 7k110 KING KONG linen 1sh R1942 different full-color art of ape w/Wray +Wray, Armstrong & Cabot,rare Date Sold 6/15/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1942 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy 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 an EXTREMELY rare poster! King Kong was reissued many times, but several of the reissues had two-color artwork. All of the items from the 1942 re-release had brand new artwork, and ANY material from the 1942 re-release is difficult to find (perhaps it was because of World War II and paper drives, or perhaps because the movie was quickly re-released several more times, which likely caused the 1942 re-release paper to be used up or destroyed). We have only auctioned this poster twice before, and the last time was 11 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at the top two crossfolds. It had small tears and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of several folds, and there had been tape on the back of several of those areas. There were pinholes, tears, stains, and small paper loss around the edges, and some of those areas had tape on the back. There was small paper loss in both K's of the title, with some smudges scattered in the title letters. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. If you are the sort of person who does not mind that you can tell that a poster is 75 years old and was used in a theater, then you will likely be happy to display this poster! If you want your posters to look "perfect", then you would surely want to have this poster re-backed (which certainly could be done). Please look closely at our super-sized image and read what is written above before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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