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Auction History Result

4w435 SAND PEBBLES linen 1sh '67 art of Navy sailor Steve McQueen & Candice Bergen by Terpning!

Date Sold 9/13/2011
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More)

The Sand Pebbles, the 1967 Robert Wise Naval Navy sailor military China war melodrama ("This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who disturbed the sleeping dragon of savage China as the threatened world watched in breathless terror."; "After 'West Side Story'... 'The Sound of Music'... director Robert Wise now turns his camera on the Orient ...and the world of adventure!"; "Screenplay by Robert Anderson"; "based on the novel by Richard McKenna"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; set in 1926 China; about an American ship that is supposed to be completely neutral, but when some missionaries are treated poorly, one of the sailors takes it on himself to lead a rescue of them) starring Steve McQueen (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane, Mako (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), and Simon Oakland
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Artist: Howard Terpning
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases, scuffs, and tiny tears on parts of some foldlines. There were some pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges of the poster. 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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