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Auction History Result

5a0718 LAST DAYS OF POMPEII linen Aust daybill 1959 Steve Reeves in fiery summit of spectacle, rare!

Date Sold 9/3/2023
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13" x 30" [33 x 76 cm]) (Learn More)

Gli Ultimi Gioni di Pompei (released in the U.S. in 1960 as "The Last Days of Pompeii"), the 1959 Mario Bonnard & Sergio Leone German/Italian/Monocan/Spanish Italy sword-and-sandal gladiator volcano action adventure epic ("The mighty spectacle of a city that lived in sin and died in flame!"; "See! The yawning jaws of the flesh ripping alligator death pit! The pillaging, plundering black-hooded death-riders!"; "See! The awesome eruption of Mt. Vesuvius as it avalanches down into a boiling inferno!"; "See! The martyred Christians thrown to the gaping fangs of crazed lions!"; "The Fiery Summit of Spectacle!"; "Pompeii! City of the pagan hordes, city of beasts and battles... Of revels and orgies... Of spectacle and splendor! The city that lived in sin... And died in flame!"; "Never has the screen been stunned by such spectacles"; "Now the screen is swept by scenes that stagger the imagination! Now the chariot race ...The battles rage ...The pagans revel in shameless orgies! Now the fiery spectacle of Pompeii ...Swept to flaming hell by boiling lava!") starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann (billed as "Cristina Kauffman"), Barbara Carroll, Anne Marie Baumann, Fernando Rey, Mimmo Palmara, Angel Aranda, and Guillermo Marin
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this Australian daybill, and that was 11 years ago!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had minor fold wear and some smudges above and inside of the second "P" of "POMPEII". 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.
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