eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 5p0154 CHARLEY'S AUNT linen style B 1sh 1925 Syd Chaplin dressed as woman from Brazil, ultra rare! Date Sold 9/1/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Charley's Aunt, the 1925 Scott Sidney silent cross-dressing romantic comedy ("The funniest farce in 40 years"; "From the play that made millions laugh"; "'Enough to make a cat laugh!'"; "From the play that made millions laugh by Brandon Thomas"; the much used plot which has been made as a movie under this title seven different times!; about two students at Oxford University who want their girlfriends to visit them, but they need a chaperone, and they get a friend at school to pretend to be one of their "aunts", even to the point of dressing in old lady clothes) starring Syd Chaplin (in the title role; billed on some items as "Sidney Chaplin"; "As Auntie - from Brazil where the nuts come from"), Ethel Shannon, James Page, Lucien Littlefield, and Alec Francis 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a title card and two non-U.S. programs from this movie (and NO other movie paper) until we received this one-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had paper loss scattered in the right 60 percent of the top border, very slightly extending down into the top center edge of the blue circle, and affecting the printer's mark in the top right corner, but otherwise, only blank white paper was affected. The poster also had scattered paper loss in the center half of the bottom border that slightly entered the blue border in two places and had two tears above that paper loss that extended into the bottom of the credits. There were tears and tiny paper loss in the center of the poster, with some small tears, creases, and tiny paper loss on parts of the folds. There was a tear below the "S" and "U" of the title, in the black background area. 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. Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
