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Auction History Result 1h0303 GO WEST TC 1926 great art of Buster Keaton riding a bull + c/u photo portrait, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Paperbacked Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Go West, the 1925 Buster Keaton silent cowboy western comedy ("The Laugh-Buster!"; about a man from a small town who goes to New York City, but is quickly disillusioned, and he gets on a train going west, and he falls off the train in a western town, where he surprisingly becomes a successful cowhand, and ends up alone on a train with 1,000 cows) starring Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson, Brown Eyes (the cow), and Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (in an uncredited role as a woman!). Buster Keaton knew that a lot of the success of this movie would depend on his personal relationship with "his Pal of the Plains", Brown Eyes the cow, and so he personally "trained" her, to build up their chemistry. The production was halted for two weeks when Brown Eyes went in heat and was unavailable to work, and she was paid $13 a week and received billing! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY U.S. first release movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned four different scene cards and four stills from this movie (and NO other U.S. first release movie paper of any kind, so no posters at all) until we received this title lobby card! Note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a fairly heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original lobby card (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The card had paper loss in the bottom right corner, affecting the bottom of the "N" of "KEATON" and the small text in the bottom border, and part of the rope border at right and bottom. It had paper loss in the top right blank corner. It had paper loss in the top left corner that affected the top of the "B" and "U" and the rope border. It had some stains in the middle of the card, including a little bit in the right of Keaton's head and body and in the bottom art area below the horse. Overall, the card was in fair condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer paperbacked the card and did pretty good restoration to the above defects, but because they were significant, you can still see signs of the defects and signs of the restoration of those defects. Obviously, one would much prefer to find an example of this card in better condition or with less restoration, but that might take many years! Learn More about condition grades 
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