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Auction History Result 1a0255 THING WC 1951 Howard Hawks astounding classic horror from another world, rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Paperbacked Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("The Thing from another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie"; "Look out... it's The Thing from another world!"; produced by Howard Hawks; based on the story by John W. Campbell, best known for being the editor of Astounding Science Fiction!) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Paul Frees, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, James Arness (in the title role as The Thing From Another World!), William Self, and Billy Curtis (as the miniature "Thing" in the final sequence when the monster appears to shrink). Note that this movie had a very unusual poster campaign, where the letters of the title were made to look like body parts ("blood and guts"!), with wires coming off of the letters. Almost all the posters had this basic design. The pressbook calls all of them "teaser" posters and says "This display material was designed for an advance teaser campaign, as well as for general use". So obviously, they intentionally wanted to have the posters not reveal much about the movie, as a way to get people interested and get them into the theater. 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 four examples of this window card in all our years of auctioning. One of those examples has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still only one of four examples we have ever auctioned! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? Normally, this means the poster was backed onto a thick paper backing, that is similar in feel to that of the original window card (except somewhat heavier). However, in this case, the person who did the restoration used a different window card as the backing board, and the result is pretty much the same. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card was folded across the middle and there were creases along that fold. It was also partially folded across the upper and lower parts of the image, and there were creases in those areas, with some creases and scuffs scattered in the rest of the card. It had pinholes, creases, and small tears around the edges. Overall, the window card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Also, after the poster was backed, it was somewhat roughly handled, and there is now a greater crease in the bottom left corner than there originally was (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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