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Auction History Result 8p0295 KELLY'S HEROES 30x40 special acetate poster 1970 Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas & cast, rare! Date Sold 5/11/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Special Acetate Movie Poster (measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Kelly's Heroes, the 1970 Brian G. Hutton U.S./Yugoslavian World War II (WWII) military crime action comedy ("In 70mm And Full Stereophonic Sound"; "They set out to rob a bank... and damn near won a war instead!"; "They had a message for the Army: 'Up the brass!'"; "Never have so few taken so many for so much."; "Written by Troy Kennedy Martin.") starring Clint Eastwood (in the title role as Private Kelly), Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, and Donald Sutherland 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 there are unusual movie posters, but this might be one of the most unusual ones we have ever seen! It was found together with several other similar posters from the same time period (from the very late 1960s to the very early 1970s), and we are certain it dates from when this movie first opened. But exactly what is it? It is a movie poster that measures 30" x 40", but it is not printed on paper! Rather, it is printed on a plastic material that is likely acetate. It has full-color printing on both sides, with a tiny "PRINTED IN U.S.A." in the bottom right of the solid background area. We would have to think that this was intended to be displayed in light boxes, but for whatever reason, it either was abandoned before it was ever implemented, or it was tried and quickly abandoned. Given the rarity of these types of posters, we think it is more likely that this got abandoned before it started (perhaps the cost of making the posters was too high, or perhaps theaters didn't want to pay to have expensive light boxes installed). In April 2021, we auctioned a special acetate 2001: A Space Odyssey poster, and it auctioned for $15,500 Condition: fair to good. The poster was found rolled. It has a pronounced curl to it and we don't think that simply flattening it will "uncurl" it. It has splits in the material in the left and right borders, with a 3" split in the upper right border and a 10" split near the top of the right border, with some smaller splits next to it. It has several splits at center left with small material loss. It has some small areas of loss in the material in the lower right border. It has a few light stains scattered throughout, which likely can be cleaned, given it is a plastic-like material. If it can be made to "relax", then it can either be displayed as it is, or possibly the splits can be mended. If the plastic/acetate material can't be made to relax, then certainly, one option would be to frame the poster between two sheets of Plexiglas, which would certainly keep the poster completely flat. We highly recommend that bidders on this poster talk to poster restorers or experts in other kinds of restoration BEFORE placing a bid on this poster. It seems to be one of only two examples of this poster that there are, and the new owner absolutely should use the best possible conservation techniques to preserve it. Please be sure to read all of the above carefully and look at our super-sized image BEFORE bidding on this extremely rare and unusual poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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