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Auction History Result 8x030 HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL linen special 27x38 poster '20s John Held Jr. art of jazz musicians! Date Sold 12/8/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Special Poster (measures 27 1/4" x 38") (Learn More) Has Anybody Seen My Gal, the series of five posters from the 1920s, all featuring John Held Jr. art. We have no idea what these posters were created to promote (it certainly could have been a movie, a stage show, or something else). If anyone knows more about these posters, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Artist: John Held Jr. Condition: fair. This poster has been linenbacked, but it was not very well done, either because the restorer did not do a very good job, or because the years since it has been linenbacked have not been kind to the poster. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. Generally, it had some scattered creases, foldlines, and tears, and some scuffs in the pants of the musicians. There was a circular hole in the lower right border. The poster was not that well backed, because you can see signs of the above general defects and the restoration of the defects (in some cases, as should be immediately evident in our image, the linenbacker did no restoration to some of the defects). I would think few collectors would want to display it as it is, without someone performing some additional restoration. Certainly, a talented restorer could perform additional restoration (either with or without re-backing the poster), but it might be fairly expensive to have this done, so bear that in mind before you place a bid. At some point after the poster was backed, it became heavily water stained in the right 6" to 8", and certainly, someone should remove it from the existing linen and properly re-back it. Learn More about condition grades 
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