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Auction History Result 1a0132 INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS linen 1sh 1940 Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke, H.G. Wells, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Invisible Man Returns, the 1940 Joe May Universal science fiction (sci-fi) horror thriller sequel ("A new fantastic sensation suggested by 'The Invisible Man' by H.G. Wells"; "They hear him! They feel him! But they can't stop him!") starring Cedric Hardwicke (billed as "Sir Cedric Hardwicke"), Vincent Price (in the title role as the Invisible Man), Nan Grey, John Sutton, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, Forrester Harvey, Ernie Adams, and Matthew Boulton 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 previously auctioned one example of this one-sheet, and it sold for $5,750. That poster has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example of this one-sheet we have ever auctioned! Posters from the first 1940 release have always been extremely scarce. In all our years of auctioning, we have only previously auctioned four window cards and no other first release posters. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had darkened. It had much paper loss at the middle crossfold and a thin strip of paper loss that was 6" wide at the bottom crossfold, with tiny paper loss at the top crossfold. It had paper loss in the left half of the middle horizontal fold and only a few small tears and tiny paper loss on the rest of the folds. It had scattered paper loss in a vertical line in the background to the right of Sutton's hat, extending into the brim of the hat. It had an 8" vertical tear running down the middle right of Sutton's face, and extending to the bottom border, and there had been tape on the back of that area. There were pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges of the poster. Fortunately, much of the paper loss and damage to the poster was in the bottom half, and the image of the Invisible Man had comparatively little damage. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. A really talented restorer expertly backed and restored the poster, and while you can see signs of the restoration, it displays pretty well from any reasonable viewing distance and will look wonderful on the new owner's wall. However, please bear in mind that it did have a substantial amount of fold and border restoration before placing a bid on this extremely rare poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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