STAR WARS 1976 HOWARD CHAYKIN PROMOTIONAL POSTER.
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Winning Bid:
$6,440.68
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
20x29" promotional poster featuring art by Howard Chaykin. Poster was commissioned by Charles Lippincott as advance promotion for Star Wars, just one of many ways Lippincott helped turn Star Wars into the pop culture juggernaut it is today. Poster was printed in the summer of 1976, and personally picked up from the printer by Lippincott himself to be sold at San Diego Comic-Con and WorldCon in Kansas City. Chaykin, a Marvel comics artist (who would later go on to provide art for Marvel's early Star Wars comic books), produced the artwork utilizing a handful of stills and paintings by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, who also designed the early "Star Wars" logo seen at lower right. Poster features great scene showing Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi, w/large Darth Vader image looming over them. The Death Star can be seen in bkg. and foreground features X-Wings, Y-Wings and TIE Fighters. Back has poster has numbered label at upper left corner and lower right corner bears inkstamp reading "Charles Lippincott Used This Item Marketing & Promoting Star Wars" along w/inked initials. Poster has some scattered edge wear, w/5/8" tear/chip to upper left margin, 1" margin tear at lower left and two small tears and some scattered moisture rippling/lt. staining along bottom margin. Fine overall, but could be framed for nice display. Rare, w/only about a thousand posters printed, and surviving examples rarely come up for sale. Charles Lippincott Collection.
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