eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6t068 MARILYN MONROE linen 22x62 commercial poster '50s best full-length portrait in skimpy outfit! Date Sold 5/3/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked Commercial Poster (made to be sold directly to the public; measures 21 3/4" x 62" [55 x 157 cm]) (Learn More) Marilyn Monroe is one of the greatest larger-than-life movie stars ever of the 1950s, and surely the greatest sex symbol of all time! She appeared in several memorable movies including: Some Like It Hot, The Prince & the Showgirl, All About Eve, The Asphalt Jungle, The Misfits, The Seven Year Itch, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monkey Business, and Niagara. The last film that she worked on was Something's Got To Give in 1962. 20th Century Fox blamed Marilyn for the production being behind schedule, and fired her in June (the film was never completed). In August, she was found dead in her home from an apparent drug overdose, and her death was ruled a suicide (though there are theories that foul play was involved, and even in 2024, many people do not feel it was an "accidental" death). If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have seen a different example of this door panel-like poster before, but it had different printer information than this poster, and it had different coloring. We would say that both of these posters surely date from the mid 1950s (likely late 1954 or 1955, soon after Marilyn's centerfold in the first Playboy). We don't know if they were created in conjunction with any movie, or how they were sold or distributed. We would say there is absolutely no chance they are any sort of reproduction or from later than the 1950s. If anyone knows more about either of these posters, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was never folded. It had many tiny pinholes around the edges, with a 4" tear near the center of the bottom border. Approximately 1" was trimmed off the top edge of the poster at a slight diagonal (likely so that the poster could fit on a door). Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. It was surely displayed and either before or after it was backed, it faded somewhat, so that the reds in the poster are now lighter than they originally were. Learn More about condition grades
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