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Auction History Result

2z543 PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE English 1sh '55 Powell & Pressburger's Battle of the River Plate!

Date Sold 12/8/2016
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded English One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 39 1/2" [69 x 100 cm]) (Learn More)

The Battle of the River Plate (released in the U.S. in 1957 as "Pursuit of the Graf Spee"; the movie was also released in England under this title), the 1955 Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger English World War II (WWII) military Navy Naval battle battleship seagoing seafaring ocean sailor drama combat action thriller ("The tremendous story of the victory over the Graf Spee"; "Written Produced and Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger") starring John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch ("as Captain Langsdorff"), Bernard Lee, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Christopher Lee (in a bit role as Manolo), Anthony Newley (in an early uncredited role), John Schlesinger (the famous director in an uncredited acting role!), and Muriel Smith (best known as the singing voice of Bloody Mary in South Pacific; in an uncredited singing role, but she is pictured on the bottom of the U.S. insert and English & U.S. one-sheets!)
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Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this English movie! Also note that this English one-sheet measures 27" x 39 1/2" [69 x 100 cm].

Note that all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I of eMoviePoster.com's December Major Auction were consigned to us by legendary French dealer/collector Dominique Besson.

Dominique Besson started collecting movie posters in 1981, and became a dealer in French and European posters in 1994, and has remained as a top dealer ever since!

But in addition, 30 years ago, Dominique began collecting U.S. one-sheets, first those with Saul Bass art, and then adding Alfred Hitchcock posters, then Humphrey Bogart, and he finally ended up collecting in an amazing total of 47 different categories, purchasing the posters from all over the world!

Now the time has come to sell this wonderful collection, and Dominique has chosen eMoviePoster.com to do so, through our auctions!

As noted above, all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I come from this more remarkable collection (the 28 that do not were consigned to us by other collectors, and are clearly marked).

This is not all of the Dominique Besson collection we are auctioning. In addition, there are approximately 200 more folded one-sheets that will be in Part IV of this special auction (ones from the 1970s to present), and there are approximately 100 unfolded one-sheets that will be in Part III (including many great ones).

This is a very rare opportunity to purchase folded one-sheets (all of which have had no professional restoration) from one of the greatest one-sheet collections assembled!

Note that this one-sheet is from the category that Dominique Besson collected on that he labeled "British Cinema".

Condition: good to very good. There is a light stain in the upper left between the two men's heads. There are a few other light stains scattered in the poster. There are a few pinholes in the corners.
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