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Auction History Result

4g0343 ST. LOUIS BLUES 24sh 1958 Nat King Cole, the life & music of W.C. Handy, cool silhouette art!

Date Sold 5/14/2020
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Tri-Folded Twenty-Four-Sheet Movie Poster (24sh; measures approximately 9' x 20') (Learn More)

St. Louis Blues, the 1958 Allen Reisner Memphis Tennessee New York City black African American historical musical ("'Devil's Music' They Called it THEN... The Whole World Honors America for it Now!'"; "Based upon the life and music of W.C. Handy") starring Nat 'King' Cole (as W.C. Handy), Eartha Kitt, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Ruby Dee, Juano Hernandez, and Jessie Ralph
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Important Added Info: Note that this twenty-four sheet was printed in 12 sections designed to overlap. Also note this 24-sheet poster was folded in a way that makes it resemble a tri-folded six-sheet (only much larger, of course, as there are more sections). But the length and width of the folded 24-sheet is just about the same as that of a folded six-sheet or three-sheet. This means that this 24-sheet needs to be sent in an oversized flat package, which will measure roughly 16" x 38", and approximately 2" high, and it will cost more to send than a regular sized package.

Note that this item needs to be shipped in a box, which might be a fairly small box, or might be a very large box. What is important for the bidders to know is that this item very likely CAN'T be combined with other purchases, because there would not be much savings if any, because this item will be in a box with substantial depth (because the item is "three-dimensional"), while other purchases will be in a flat package, and trying to combine them would likely damage this item. If you purchase multiple items like this (ones that need to be packed in a box), then they likely can be combined with each other (unless the resulting box is simply too large). So please bear in mind that this item likely must be sent separately in a box (the size and depth of the box will depend on the size of the item), and bear this added expense in mind before placing a bid on it (so if you would pay $150 for the item, but the shipping is likely $100, then only bid $50 for the item).

Condition: good to very good. The poster has some darkening, small tears, a few dot stains, and tiny paper loss on parts of the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded, but otherwise, the poster is in pretty nice condition!
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