eMoviePoster.com
Find similar items:
CANINE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANINE SHERLOCK HOLMES British quad OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6g0171 CANINE SHERLOCK HOLMES vertical British quad 1912 policemen & Spot the Urbanora Dog, rare! Date Sold 4/11/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Vertical British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) A Canine Sherlock Holmes, the 1912 Stuart Kinder English silent canine dog crime detective mystery comedy short (about a detective tracking bank robbers but his dog does most of the work) starring Spot the Urbanora Dog (in the title role; Spot starred in 3 films for Urbanora, who were also known as the Charles Urban Trading Company). Note that this was apparently not based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character (other than an unlicensed use of the name), but instead on Hawkshaw the Detective, a character who debuted in an 1863 play and was later turned into a comic strip by Gus Mager. Interestingly, Mager used Hawkshaw after his character "Sherlocko the Monk" caused Doyle to threatened legal action, and we would be surprised if this movie did not have a similar issue! Finally, note that there seems to be a very strong case for "Spot" having been the first movie dog to star in his own movies! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 we have only auctioned three examples of this poster before! Also note that this poster was folded at one time, but it has been stored flat, and because it is very fragile we are not refolding it and it will be sent rolled in a tube. Also note that few people know that in the early days of British quads, they were originally in a vertical format (but they measured 30" x 40", just as they continue to do throughout the years). This is because so few of them survive, almost surely because of the massive paper shortages in England during World War II! At some point in the 1950s, they changed orientation to be horizontal, and they have remained that way to the present day. Finally note that this is an extremely rare pre-World War II English poster! Virtually no English posters survive from the 1940s or earlier, because during World War II there were many paper shortages resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters! Condition: good to very good. The poster has creases along the folds with pinholes, stains and small paper loss in parts of the borders. After a relatively simple linenbacking the poster will display really well! 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) |
|||||||||||||
