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Auction History Result 6g0055 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND 40x60 1938 Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Ameche, Berlin, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/11/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 39 1/4" x 59" [100 x 150 cm]) (Learn More) Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band, the 1938 Henry King musical ("An American Cavalcade!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; written by Irving Berlin; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck) starring Tyrone Power Jr. (in the title role as Roger Grant/Alexander), Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon, Ruth Terry, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, and Eddie Collins 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 all 40x60s from 1930s movies are extremely rare (with a very few exceptions, where multiple examples of a single poster have been found). Even more rare are 40x60s from top 1930s movies! We have only auctioned this poster once before (and now that very same poster has been reconsigned to us for this auction, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned!). Also note that because this poster is extremely fragile, it will need to be sent by itself in a long tube, and CANNOT be combined with any other purchases. Also note that this 40x60 has been trimmed in two blank borders and it now measures 39" x 59" [99 x 150 cm]. Condition: fair. The poster was printed on a thin glossy paper, to better create the sense of a huge color photograph. It has a 12" vertical tear in the right of the top border that has tears and paper loss along it (it extends into Power's hair and the edge of his temple, and one tear extends into his forehead, as seen in our image). There is a 7" vertical tear with paper loss and a tear along it in the far right of the top border, extending into the background. There is a tear in the left border that extends into the "R' of "RAGTIME" and a vertical tear extending 8" from it, down through the left of Carradine's credit. Someone put three kinds of tape on the back of those tears and paper loss. There are tears in the bottom center (at the bottom of the image) that are not taped from the back. There is also masking tape on the back of all four borders. There is a great number of small creases scattered throughout the poster. Because the poster measures 39" x 59", and because the borders are uneven, we think it is likely that 1" was trimmed from the blank right border and 1" trimmed from the blank bottom border. Obviously, this poster is in urgent need of expert professional restoration, but it is likely the only example of the poster that exists, and after proper restoration, it will make for a likely unique display, but bear in mind its many defects and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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