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Auction History Result 8k0743 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN LC #4 1948 Aubert between Bela Lugosi & Strange, rare! Date Sold 4/29/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #4 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (released in other English-speaking countries as "Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts"), the 1948 Charles T. Barton monster horror spoof comedy ("It's a grand New idea for Fun!"; the eighth Universal Frankenstein movie, and this time they added their #1 comedy team to both liven up the series, and to inject comedy; many people fondly remember this as their favorite of the 1940s Frankenstein movies!; "Jeepers! The Creepers are after Bud and Lou!"; "The laughs are MONSTERous! Bud and Lou are in a stew when they tangle with the Titans of Terror!"; "The monsters of menace vs the masters of Mirth!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Lon Chaney Jr. ("The Wolf Man played by Lon Chaney"), Bela Lugosi (returning as Dracula after being long absent from the role; "Dracula played by Bela Lugosi"), Glenn Strange (in the title role, playing the Frankenstein monster; "The Monster played by Glenn Strange"), Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Charles Bradstreet, and Vincent Price (in a cute cameo, as the voice of The Invisible Man at the end of the movie!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this wonderful scene card has a great close up of both Lugosi and Strange, so it is very desired by collectors (and we have only auctioned two examples in the last 15 years)! 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. Condition: good. The card had red stains in part of Lugosi's cheek between his mouth and his ear. It also had a 4" tear near the middle of the left border, going through Strange's chest in the border art, and extending into the tree background. There were pinholes and some stains around the edges and two tiny pairs of staple holes in the upper part of the woman's cape, and a tiny pair in the bottom of the cape, with one in the cape and one in Strange's jacket. There was paper loss in the top left blank corner and surface paper loss in the lower left blank border. There were stains scattered on the back of the card, which, fortunately, did not show through to the front. Overall, the card was in fair to good condition prior to restoration. A really talented restorer did restoration to all of the above defects on the front of the card, but left the stains on the back of the card alone, and they did not back the card (see our images). The card displays pretty well, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects when you look closely at the card, and from a distance, they are slightly noticeable. Still, this card with display well on the new owner's wall, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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