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Auction History Result

4c0002 TALES OF HOFFMANN linen German 33x47 1951 Powell & Pressburger, art of Shearer, ultra rare!

Date Sold 4/30/2020
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked German "A0" Movie Poster (33x47; measures 33" x 47" [84 x 119 cm]) (Learn More)

The Tales of Hoffmann, the 1951 Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger English dance ballet opera romantic fantasy adventure musical (based on the opera by Jacques Offenbach, which in turn is based on the short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann) starring Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, Robert Rounseville (in the title role as Hoffmann), Ludmilla Tcherina (billed as "Presenting Ludmilla Tcherina"), and Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Note that this movie includes scenes of a fantasy island, and it was too costly to create such a set, so those scenes were done with the judicious use of matte paintings of the island!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this German poster, or any other first release German poster!

Note that this poster ships in a very long tube (at least 33" long, but possibly 50" long or more). Therefore the shipping for this poster will be more than that for a poster that ships in a tube 32" or shorter, and possibly much more. Please bear this added shipping expense in mind before bidding on this poster. You can tell how long of a tube this poster needs to ship in by looking at the shorter dimension of its length and width and then adding 4" to that (so a 47" x 63" poster will need to ship in a 51" long tube).

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the left crossfolds, with tiny paper loss at the other crossfolds. It had some tears and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds and minor wear in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well!
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