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Auction History Result 4h283 KING KONG linen 1sh R1952 different art of Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong & the giant ape, rare! Date Sold 3/3/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1952 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy 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 while this poster is from the 1952 re-release of this classic movie, it is still quite rare (far more rare than the one-sheets from most of the other re-releases, or even the first release, for that matter!). We have only auctioned two examples of it in the past 21 years! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had paper loss at the bottom two crossfolds, with tiny paper loss at the top crossfold. It had creases, tears, and small paper loss scattered across the bottom horizontal fold and in the bottom half of the vertical fold, with a lesser amount of wear on the other folds. It had some staple holes and tears around the edges. There were two diagonal scratches in the lower left, running to the part of Kong's hand over Wray's body, with a very long vertical scratch down the lower left of the poster, and a 6" diagonal scratch to the right of the bottom of the first scratch, running through Wray's hair (see our image). Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was likely backed many years ago, and only the slightest attempts at restoration were made. If I owned this very rare poster, I would surely immediately give it to a talented restorer to remove from the present backing. After being re-backed and properly restored, the poster will display well, but bear in mind its defects and the cost of additional restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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