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Auction History Result 3r146 IT'S A GIFT linen long Aust daybill '34 Richardson Studio stone litho of W.C. Fields on bike! Date Sold 12/9/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Long Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 15 1/4" x 39 1/2" [39 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) It's a Gift, the classic 1934 Norman Z. McLeod slapstick comedy ("There Wasn't a Lazy Bone In His Body... They Were All In His Head!") starring W.C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, and Charles Sellon (as Mr. Muckle). This is perhaps Fields' best movie (it includes the famous sequence with the blind man, Mr. Muckle, the kumquats, and the light bulb display)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Richardson Studio Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had minor wear on the foldlines. It had several diagonal tears in the bottom right corner extending into the right of the "T" of "GIFT", with small paper loss in the center of the "T" of "GIFT". Approximately 1/2" was trimmed from the left blank border. There were pinholes, tears, and small areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster, with some scattered in the image. There were faint smudges and scuffs scattered throughout, with a vertical scuff at the right of the "F" of "GIFT" in the title. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. A really talented restorer linenbacked the poster, replacing the missing part of the left blank border. They performed careful expert restoration to the above defects. The poster displays well, but the restorer avoided using heavy paint which would have given the poster a "restored" look, and instead specifically touched up the exact defects above. From any reasonable viewing distance, the poster looks great, and it is only on the closest inspection that you see the restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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