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Auction History Result 3r334 BACKFIRE linen Italian locandina '52 great different Martinati art of sexy Virginia Mayo! Date Sold 12/9/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1952 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Locandina Movie Poster (measures 13" x 27 1/4" [33 x 69 cm]) (Learn More) Backfire, the 1950 Vincent Sherman romantic mystery crime film noir ("A double-cross that doubled back... with a blonde on the end of it!"; "New Warner Bros. Sensation"; "From a story by Larry Marcus") starring Virginia Mayo ("That 'White Heat' Girl turns it on again!.."; "That 'White Heat' girl brings all her fire to Backfire"), Gordon MacRae, Edmond O'Brien, Dane Clark, Viveca Lindfors, and Ed Begley NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Luigi Martinati Important Added Info: Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had some minor creases and scuffs on the foldlines and some pinholes and small tears around the edges, with paper loss in the top blank corners, where pins were roughly removed. It had the remnants of a snipe in the top left and top right play dates area. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. Unfortunately, after the poster was backed, it was roughly handled, and there are now five noticeable horizontal creases in the poster (both in the poster and the linen itself. If I owned this poster, I would surely have it re-backed, and after proper restoration, it will look fantastic! Learn More about condition grades 
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