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Auction History Result 7w065 BLUE SKIES linen 1sh '46 dancing Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Irving Berlin Date Sold 10/15/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, the 1946 Stuart Heisler romantic musical comedy ("It's the Nearest Thing to Heaven!"; "Paramount's Melody Masterpiece Featuring All of Irving Berlin's Biggest Hits!"; "Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin"; "Featuring 32 of Irving Berlin's Greatest Hits Old and New"; "32 Berlin Hits Old and New"; "Paramount's - melody masterpiece featuring all of Irving Berlin's biggest hits!") starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield (in her fourth movie role!), Billy De Wolfe, and Olga San Juan NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. 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 tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some tiny scuffs and tears in the center of the vertical foldline. There were pinholes and some smudges around the edges of the poster. 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. The poster was backed onto a very thin linen and it was roughly handled, so there are now some creases along the foldlines, both in the poster and the linen itself. If I owned this poster, I would surely have it removed from the thin linen and re-backed. Learn More about condition grades 
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