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Auction History Result 1m018 ANNA KARENINA linen pre-War Belgian '35 art of Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew Date Sold 2/25/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 24 1/4" x 32 3/4") (Learn More) Anna Karenina, the 1935 Clarence Brown Russia romantic marriage melodrama (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy; produced by David O. Selznick) starring Greta Garbo (in the title role as Anna Karenina), Fredric March (as Vronsky), Freddie Bartholomew ("[David Copperfield]"), Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Denny, and Mischa Auer. Note that this had been one of Greta Garbo's biggest hits in 1927 when it was titled "Love", as a silent movie, and she remade it in 1935, replacing John Gilbert with Fredric March. 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 this is a rare "pre-War" Belgian poster. Prior to World War II, Belgian posters were much larger than the ones from after the war, and they are extremely rare (because during WWII, there was a massive paper shortage in Belgium, and they took virtually every poster and map, and printed new posters on the backs of them!). 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 minor fold and border wear and pinholes in the corners. 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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