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Auction History Result 4y0025 ROMAN HOLIDAY 1/2sh 1953 Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck about to kiss & on Vespa, very rare! Date Sold 8/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) William Wyler's Roman Holiday, the 1953 William Wyler (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Rome Italy romantic royal-princess-falls-in-love-with-commoner comedy ("Story by Ian McLellan Hunter"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Eddie Albert (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Paolo Carlini, and Margaret Rawlings 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 "green credits" style half-sheet (we auctioned that same poster twice, and it was linenbacked and in "good" condition prior to backing and "good to very good" after backing) until we were consigned this second example! Note that this poster has been "gel backed". What does that mean? It means that a talented restorer backed the poster onto a gel material, and they then performed restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, and afterward the poster still looks and feels like an original poster (and it is!), with no backing at all. Many collectors prefer this method of restoration to paperbacking or linenbacking, because with those methods the poster no longer looks like it was not backed. Gel backing can't be used with posters that have major paper loss or other major defects, but for the posters it can be used on, it is really an excellent method of restoration! Note that this poster was gel backed, and while it could be rolled and sent in a tube, we would worry that doing so would either damage the poster or bring back the folds. Therefore, we would much prefer to send it in a large flat package. However, if the new buyer insists, we will send it in a tube, but only if they accept responsibility for doing so. What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. It had some pinholes and tears around the edges, with paper loss in the bottom left blank corner. It had a pinhole in the center and a tear in the middle of the "E" of "PECK". Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer gel backed the poster and performed excellent restoration to the above defects. You can barely see slight signs of the border restoration, but the poster displays really well, and the colors are bright and fresh! Learn More about condition grades 
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