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Auction History Result 3a080 PICKPOCKET linen French 1p '59 Robert Bresson, cool image of thief's hand reaching in jacket! Date Sold 5/6/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47" x 63 1/4" [119 x 161 cm]) (Learn More) Pickpocket, the 1959 (release in the U.S. in 1963) Robert Bresson French shoplifting petty thievery crime melodrama starring Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, and Pierre Leymarie. Note that the original French posters for this movie have a classic close up image of a hand picking a man's pocket! If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie! What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer likely did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be extremely happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good to fine. The poster had tiny paper loss at some crossfolds, slight darkening on parts of some foldlines, and very minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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