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Auction History Result

4z0020 L'ISPETTORE VARGAS German 38x54 1942 cool art of detective shining light on jewels, rare!

Date Sold 8/31/2023
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An Original 1942 (from the first release of this movie in Germany) Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked German Movie Poster (measures 37 1/2" x 54" [95 x 137 cm]) (Learn More)

L'ispettore Vargas (literally translates to "Inspector Vargas"), the 1940 Gianni Franciolini & Felix Aguilera Italian/Spanish police crime detective thriller (about a rich man returning to his villa with a hired woman and her adult daughter, and when they arrive, he is killed by thieves who have been waiting for them, and the police are called, and they naturally suspect the two women as having been involved, but the lead police inspector recognizes the woman as his wife who he separated from many years ago, and her daughter is his daughter, who he last saw as an infant, and he vows to honestly investigate, but fortunately he is able to vindicate his former wife and daughter) starring Giulio Donadio (in the title role as Inspector Vargas), Olga Solbelli, Mariella Lotti, Lauro Gazzolo, and Checco Rissone. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
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Important Added Info: Note that this is a very rare "country of origin" poster from Germany from before World War II, which we have never auctioned before. There are very few German movie posters from before World War II in existence (because of the massive paper shortages in Germany during World War II), and most of those few are in museums.

Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had separation and tiny paper loss on parts of many folds, with some creases, tears, and small paper loss in the bottom two horizontal folds. It had a few creases scattered throughout. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above.
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