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Auction History Result 4x004 THING style A 1/2sh '51 Howard Hawks classic horror, shows five scenes from the movie! Date Sold 11/6/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 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 this poster was matted when our consignor purchased it from Sotheby's, the famous auction house, and the consignor sent us that mat, which has the original Sotheby's sticker on the back (see our image). We can send the mat to the new owner of this poster in the same package, or we can solely send the poster (sending the mat would mean sending a larger flat package). Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster must have been displayed in sunlight, because it is severely faded, primarily the reds in the poster, which are either now virtually absent, or have severely lightened. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never folded, and it had a sideways Y-shaped tear in the middle of the left border that extended into the background next to the middle of the "T" of "THE" in the title. It had many pinholes and small tears around the edges, with a few pinholes within the image area and some smudges and scuffs. Other than the fading, the poster was in good to very good condition, and it was well backed, but the restorer did not address the fading, or the fading occurred after it was restored. The poster still displays pretty well, because it did not fade in a way that hurts its appearance drastically. I would think some people would not even be aware of the fading if it were not pointed out to them! But please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its significant defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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