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Auction History Result

Lot #: VHP7 065 BIG CLOCK linen French movie poster '48 film noir, Ray Milland

Date Sold 7/11/2004
Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price.
Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 7
CATALOG SOLD OUT

The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase.



An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Movie Poster (measures 23 1/2" x 31") (Learn More)

The Big Clock, the 1948 John Farrow New York City newspaper publishing murder crime film noir ("The crime of your life!"; "The strangest and most savage manhunt in history!"; "Based on the Novel by Kenneth Fearing"; about a magazine publisher who commits murder and then frames his lead editor for the crime) starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan (in one of three movies she did with her husband, John Farrow), George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Harold Vermilyea, and Harry Morgan
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Important Added Info: Note that this French poster measures 23 1/2" x 31" and that it is linenbacked.

Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and the restorer did a good job, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). See below for this poster's pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!).

very good. The poster had darkened somewhat (this is mostly noticeable around the edges of the poster). If it has darkened within the image, it happened very evenly, as there is next-to-no sign of discoloration along the foldlines, typical of older French posters. There were some faint stains and a few minute areas of paper loss down the vertical foldline and tiny paper loss at the crossfold. There were several 1/4" to 1/2" tears in the center of the top border. There are some red smudges in the center of the title which are clearly a minor printing defect. There are a few tiny areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster in the blank borders. The person who backed this poster basically backed it "as is", but the poster has only minor defects, and they are not noticeable or distracting and the poster looks quite nice!
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