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Auction History Result 1b1559 GREAT JASPER WC 1933 great romantic art of Irish Richard Dix & Wera Engels, very rare! Date Sold 11/23/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) The Great Jasper, the 1933 J. Walter Ruben New York City/Atlantic City New Jersey romantic love triangle fortune teller melodrama ("From novel by Fulton Oursler"; produced by David O. Selznick; about an early 1900s Irish streetcar conductor who gets drunk and has a one night stand with his boss' wife, and years later, his boss finds out that his son is not really his son, and he fires the streetcar conductor, who goes to Atlantic City and becomes a fortune teller on the famous boardwalk, but years later, he finds that his son is following in his footsteps) starring Richard Dix (in the title role as The Great Jasper), Wera Engels, Edna May Oliver, Florence Eldridge, Bruce Cabot, and Walter Walker NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this window card, and that was 13 years ago! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the top 2" of the card was trimmed off and there were nail holes, smudges, stains, tears, and paper loss around the edges, with some scattered in the image. Overall, the window card was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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