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Auction History Result 1m066 DEVIL'S FIRE linen French 1p '03 Charles Burnett's episode of PBS TV's The Blues! Date Sold 2/25/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 46" x 62") (Learn More) Devil's Fire, the international theatrical release of the episode "Warming by the Devil's Fire" of "The Blues", the 2003 Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce, Martin Scorsese, and Wim Wenders PBS music part-documentary-part-recreation television (TV) series (seven episodes about the history of Blues music) starring Nathaniel Lee Jr., Tommy Redmond Hicks, and Susan McWilliams and featuring Blues music greats (and musicians who are fans) such as Jeff Beck, Nick Cave, Eric Clapton, The Coasters, Willie Dixon, Fats Domino, Mick Fleetwood, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Little Richard, Taj Mahal, John Mayall, Little Milton, Van Morrison, Lou Reed, Ike Turner, and Muddy Waters, to name just a few! Note that this particular episode was directed by Charles Burnett, and while we know that at least five other episodes were given an individual theatrical release, we do not know if the remaining episodes were, but it seems likely. 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 poster was created with "tears" and "areas of paper loss" within the image, to give it the illusion of looking at an old beat up poster. These are printed within the image and are NOT defects! 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 very minor fold and border wear (the apparent "defects" are actually part of the image; see above). 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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