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Auction History Result 5g0270 KING KONG 1/2sh R1956 full-color art of top cast fleeing ape by flames, like 1933 6-sheet! Date Sold 10/26/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1956 Re-Release Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy 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 for this 1956 re-release, RKO created this really wild full-color artwork image of a rampaging Kong (similar to that which was on the original 1933 six-sheet) with the great tagline "NEVER TOPPED! NEVER EQUALED! the one and only KING KONG", and this is one of the best King Kong re-release posters there is (and it is within the reach of most collectors, whereas first release King Kong posters are not!). The last time we auctioned an example of this poster, it sold for $3,222 in "good to very good" condition! Note that the half-sheet was folded down the middle at one time and only partially folded across the middle at one time. Because completely re-folding the half-sheet would make the folds more significant, we won't re-fold it prior to mailing, because doing so would lessen its condition. It will only be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. The poster has no paper loss on either fold or at the crossfold, which is unusual and desirable. It has some tiny creases on parts of the folds. The poster was likely framed and the back has darkened somewhat, and the front of the blank borders have slightly darkened. There are tiny pinholes, staple holes, creases, and smudges around the edges, but nothing very significant. This great poster has had no restoration, and it will display wonderfully on its new owner's wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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