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Auction History Result p045 FRANKENSTEIN linen lobby card R38 Boris Karloff Date Sold 3/21/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1938 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Frankenstein, the classic 1931 James Whale Universal monster horror thriller ("The monster that terrorized the world!"; "The Man Who Made a Monster"; "Warning! The monster is loose!"; "Based upon the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Story"; "Adapted by John L. Balderston from the play by Peggy Webling"; the first of the Universal "Frankenstein" movies, and regarded as one of the finer movies of any genre, in large part due to the marvelous acting of Boris Karloff, and the marvelous direction of James Whale!) starring Colin Clive (as Dr. Herbert V. Frankenstein), Boris Karloff (as the Frankenstein monster), Edward Van Sloan, Fredric Kerr, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye (extremely memorable as Fritz), and John Boles NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good to very good. The lobby card was linenbacked, likely many years ago. The reason the card was linenbacked was because there was paper loss in the bottom left corner. It is approximately 1 1/2" x 1 1/2". It includes the corner of the image background, and there was a 1" tear extending from that missing area above the quote marks at the start of the title. There were tears, pinholes, creases, and smudges around the edges of the card. The person who linenbacked the card did a pretty nice job matching the missing image background at lower left, but they touched up the borders of the card with a white paint that is a different shade than the original creamy color of the borders, so you can see the restoration in the borders. The image area of the card has had next-to-no restoration of any kind, except right at the edges. I would think most collectors would be very happy to display this great card just as it is, but if the coloration difference of the borders bothered the new owner, any talented restorer could do additional border restoration without re-backing the card. I would think most collectors would love to have this great card on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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