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KING OF THE CHAMPS ELYSEES KING OF THE CHAMPS ELYSEES Belgian OR search current auctions Auction History Result 1m020 KING OF THE CHAMPS ELYSEES linen pre-War Belgian '34 incredible artwork of Buster Keaton! Date Sold 2/25/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 17 1/4" x 23") (Learn More) Le Roi des Champs-Elysees (released in the U.S. as "King of the Champs Elysees"), the 1934 Max Nosseck French mistaken identity suicide crime screwball comedy starring Buster Keaton (in a dual role, as a poor down-and-out man, and as an escaped convict, who he is mistaken for!), Paulette Dubost, Colette Darfeuil, Madeleine Guitty, and Jacques Dumesnil. Note that this French movie was only shown twice in the U.S. before it was given a Los Angeles premiere in 2005! 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 does not measure the size of pre-War Belgians, but we believe that it is from 1934. Why? Because it measures almost exactly half the size of pre-War Belgians, and it is larger than post-war Belgians (we have also auctioned a Belgian poster from "After the Thin Man" that is approximately the same size as this poster). Therefore, we think it is likely that this is a second smaller Belgian poster from the first Belgian release of this movie in 1934, and that there is likely a larger pre-War Belgian from this same title (which may or may not have the same art). Also, note that the blank top has been trimmed (as was common with Belgian posters) and it now measures 17 1/4" x 23". What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" 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 far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking 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 linenbacked, but the restorer likely 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. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be extremely happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, 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 to fine. The poster was folded once horizontally and once vertically, and there were some tiny tears and tiny areas of paper loss on the horizontal fold, but was otherwise in nice condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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