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Auction History Result k477 VIKINGS linen one-sheet movie poster '58 Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis Date Sold 10/4/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (Learn More) The Vikings, the 1958 Richard Fleischer historical medieval Scandinavian seafaring war action adventure thriller ("The Screen Invades The Violent Age of... 'The Vikings'"; "Mightiest of men... Mightiest of spectacles... Mightiest of motion pictures!"; "Actually Filmed Amid The Ice-Capped Fjords Of Norway And The Sea-Lashed Cliffs Of Brittany!"; "Nothing ever matched its violence... Its vengeance... Its vastness!"; "In horizon spanning Technirama and magnificent Technicolor!"; "The Screen's Mightiest Conquest!"; "Screenplay by Calder Willingham"; "Based on the novel 'The Viking' by Edison Marshall") starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, and Edric Connor NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had very minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases and a few tiny tears on the foldlines. The borders were tattered, slightly extending into the edges of the image. The person who did the restoration put new blank white paper over all the borders to even out the appearance (but the small writing at the bottom of the poster was not covered over). This is a common technique used by several top restorers. It is done so well that the majority of collectors are not even aware it has been done, and many do not feel it to be a significant detraction (since it is only blank white area). Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays pretty well, but you can see some signs of the restoration on the foldlines, even from a distance. Learn More about condition grades 
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