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Auction History Result 3j0826 BUY EXTRA BONDS linen 20x28 WWII war poster 1945 great Flagg angry Uncle Sam art, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War II Poster (measures 20" x 27 3/4" [51 x 70 cm]) (Learn More) Buy Extra Bonds, the 1945 U.S. World War II (WWII) War Bond poster ("Jap... you're next"; "The mighty 7th war loan") encouraging citizens to purchase war bonds, and featuring James Montgomery Flagg art of Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves and wielding a large wrench! Note that this poster is far more rare than other James Montgomery Flagg posters, including the iconic "I Want YOU" poster! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: James Montgomery Flagg Important Added Info: Note that we originally auctioned this poster on a thin linen backing in 2016. The person who purchased it from us had it removed from the thin linen and linenbacked and re-consigned it to us in 2019, and the person who bought it in 2019 has re-consigned it, so it is still the only example of this poster we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was originally mounted onto a thin linen with no excess (this was almost surely done soon after it was created). There was an area of water staining in the top left that affected the bottom of the "P", and water staining in the center of the top border. There were some water stains in the middle left, entering the top of the wrench. There were smudges scattered in all the white background areas and in the letters of the title. There were tiny tears around the edges, with creases and tears in the bottom title area, with tiny paper loss. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. As noted above, we previously auctioned this poster in the above condition, and the person who purchased it sent it to a restorer, who removed the old linen and then re-backed it. They did it in a "minimalist" fashion, more for conservation than for restoration purposes. To "restore" away all of the above defects would have required putting much paint all over the poster, so instead, they left most of the creases and the faint smudges that did not come out through light bleaching. You can clearly see most of the above defects and some of the restoration when you look at the poster close up, but from any reasonable viewing distance, the defects become much less noticeable (and of course, those defects reinforce that this is a very rare original vintage poster and not any sort of reproduction. Learn More about condition grades 
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