eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2z0218 POTTERS WC 1927 W.C. Fields invests in worthless oil company, only to strike it rich, rare! Date Sold 1/23/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 18 1/4" [36 x 46 cm]) (Learn More) The Potters, the 1927 Fred C. Newmeyer silent family relationship get-rich-quick oil investing screwball comedy ("from the play by J.P. McEvoy"; about a family whose father invests their life savings in an oil stock, which prove worthless, but just as they are about to lose everything they have, the oil company strikes it rich, and they are saved, with W.C. Fields literally doing handsprings in his living room when he learns of his tremendous reversal of fortune!) starring W.C. Fields (as Pa Potter), Ivy Harris, Mary Alden, Jack Egan, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher (in his second movie role!), Joseph W. Smiley, and Bradley Barker. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 never before auctioned this window card! Not only that, but we have never auctioned ANY movie poster from this! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14" x 18 1/4" [36 x 46 cm]. Also note that this window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: fair. The card has much staining, pinholes, and paper loss around the edges, with a few tears, including one extending up into the title. There are some stains and scuffs scattered throughout the image. The card was mounted to something and has dark staining on the back. Obviously, this incredibly rare card can be restored, but bear its significant defects and the cost of restoration in mind before bidding. Learn More about condition grades
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