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Auction History Result 4d0306 FLIGHT TO MARS linen 1/2sh 1951 most fantastic expedition ever conceived by man, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Flight to Mars, the 1951 Lesley Selander science fiction (sci-fi) outer space thriller ("The Most Fantastic Expedition Ever Conceived by Man!"; "Fifty years into the future!"; "What will they find?"; "Has science solved the mightiest mystery of the universe?"; "You'll want to turn back.... but you can't!") starring Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz, John Litel, and Morris Ankrum. Note that the producers of the movie guessed that a real life flight to Mars would take place in 2001. Of course, this never happened, but now, thanks to Elon Musk, it may happen just a couple of decades past that date! 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 four half-sheets from this movie, and only one example of this this "white title" style, which sold for $651! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfold and some surface paper loss on parts of the folds. It had a few smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. It had some tears and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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