eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4y112 WAR & PEACE 1/2sh '56 art of Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda & Mel Ferrer, Leo Tolstoy epic! Date Sold 8/3/2010Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, the 1956 King Vidor (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Italian/U.S. War of 1812 military romantic epic ("Conflicts, Loves, Passions, Drama, You Live Through a Supreme Experience as 'War and Peace' Comes Alive On The Screen!"; "Based on the novel 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy"; "The mighty spectacle. The great human story. From the greatest novel ever written!"; "The greatest novel of all time... now a motion picture!") starring Audrey Hepburn (as Natasha Rostova), Henry Fonda (as Pierre Bezukhov), Mel Ferrer (as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky), Vittorio Gassman (as Anatol Kuragin), Herbert Lom (as Napoleon), Oscar Homolka, Anita Ekberg (as Helene Kuragina), Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale, Jeremy Brett, John Mills, May Britt, and Tullio Carminati 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 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. What IS paperbacking? "Paperbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them easier to display (it is easier and less expensive to frame a paperbacked poster, but not quite as easy as it is to frame a linenbacked poster). When paperbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well paperbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the paperbacked posters we are currently selling already paperbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had been folded once in each direction and there were pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades
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