BG #14, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & the Holding Co, Jaywalkers, 7/1/66; Great Society, Sopwith Camel, Charlatans, 7/2/66, Love, Grateful Dead, Group B, 7/3/66, Fillmore; "Independence Ball" design by Wes Wilson; hard-to-find original poster; never reprinted either as a poster or a card. Original poster, VG+/VG; light staple or pinholes in each corner margin, outside image, a little general paper age, very slight browning, not too bad; basically a decent copy with just a bit of wear, $475.
BG #16, Mindbenders, Chocolate Watchband, 7/8-9/66, Fillmore; purple and yellow Wes Wilson image with brain-type shape in center forming lettering. Second printing with no Wes Wilson credit, colors good but has a couple of horizontal creases, plus pinholes in corners; filler copy. VG or so overall, $35.
BG #18, The Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grassroots, Sopwith Camel, 7/22-23/66, Fillmore; Wes Wilson "flames" design with flame-shaped lettering. Offered here is an ORIGINAL of this interesting image with the Wes Wilson signature over a green background. Eric King lists 3 different "originals" with fairly minor variances; this one measures .008 thick on my micrometer so it is either the "B" or "C" version; I'm not sure which, and frankly I don't think it makes a lot of difference for anything other than scholarly research purposes. If you need more info than that, let me know. Condition-wise, this one is around VG. It is reasonably clean except for tape removal from the four corners which has left some residue and tape pulls going maybe 3/4" to 1" in the corners. This one would frame up pretty well as the artwork is good other than the corner issues, or could probably be restored to a pretty attractive appearance. First printings of BG18 are fairly scarce and so I'm putting this out at $325 which is a pretty good price even with the condition issues. If you are serious about it, let me know and I can send images of the poster.
BG #27, Mothers of Invention, Oxford Circle, 9/9-10/66, blue & orange poster by John Myers with photo of mothers; nice original, first printing solid VG+ copy; light unobtrusive staple holes in corner margins outside image, very slight hint of overall age, otherwise clean, $450.
BG #67, The Doors, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, 6/6-10/67, Fillmore; olive-brown background; pink dragon figure with black faces, lettering; Bonnie MacLean image, tougher poster to find; this one has an ancient horizontal crease across the image, and some fairly minor wear; colors good; would grade VG overall, $225.
BG #104, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Electric Flag, Youngbloods, 1/25-27/68, Fillmore; another Jack Hatfield design; pink-red background with photo of same woman as #103, above, blue sky and star in background; $70.
BG #165, Janis Joplin, Savoy Brown, Aum, 3/30-23/69, Fillmore West/Winterland; Randy Tuten's class Janis poster with color photo of smiling Janis at a microphone surrounded by circle of color like an old-time jukebox; green lettering; black background. Offered here is a set of FOUR PROGRESSIVE PROOFS of the second printing of this poster, which was printed circa 1974-75: one complete 28 x 24 uncut sheet of two posters, and three partial printings with some but not all of the colors--a couple of the combinations are very striking. Each is personally signed by artists Randy Tuten and D. Bread. Along with this set are 2 overprinted press sheets with the BG165 image overprinted with other designs, colorful and funky. All of these are basically NM- with minor storage age. This is a very unusual and interesting set of progressive posters and a very neat item for someone who's a big fan of Janis. Asking $750. I also have a nice VG+ FIRST PRINTING of this poplular Janis Joplin poster, basically this is a NM poster that has what looks like a storage crease in the lower LH corner, like somebody dropped it on its corner, otherwise very clean. A nice, attractive example, of this popular and important poster, $260.
BG #172, Albert King, Its a Beautiful Day, 5/8-10/68, Fillmore West brown colored border melts into a column and then a blob like semi-human figure; purple, red, and turquoise background. Artist?--Lee Conklin, of course. NM-/VG+ poster with diagonal storage crease across lower LH corner, $60
BG #178, The Who, Santana, Woody Herman, Ike & Tina Turner, Blues Image, others, 6/17-22/69, Fillmore West; David Singer's first Fillmore poster, collage with armless Greco-Roman statue;front is a beautiful NM, # written in ballpoint on back (doesn't show through), $150.
BG #179, Iron Butterfly, Cold Blood, Sanpaku, 6/24-26/69; Spirit, Lee Michaels, Pyewacket, 6/27-29/67, Fillmore; the second David Singer design with a dark blue border area and center collage of Christ on the cross in an auto junkyard, with a red/orange sunset behind. Powerful image. Front beautiful NM, number written on ballpoint on reverse (doesn't show through), $120; second copy very nice NM-, $110. (*).
BG #183, Ten Years After, Ike & Tina Turner, The Flock, 7/22-24/69; Steve Miller Band, Albert King, Mountain, 7/25-27/69, Fillmore West; another in the first David Singer collage series, with a gay border and a center collage of a sea blue hood with old ancient columns, the US Capitol building, and a statue of Jesus, all where the face would be. NM- copy, front clean, # written in ink on the back, $100, second copy NM/NM- $110. (*)
BG #184, Canned Heat, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Southwind, 7/29-31/69; Everly Brothers, Sons of Champlin, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, 8/1-3/69; early David Singer collage image with dark purple black color and stone hand reaching out of a lava flow. NM- copy (clean, one tiny mark in image) SIGNED BY DAVID SINGER IN SILVER INK, $125.
BG #189, Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spirit, Barkays, Savoy Brown, Womb, 8/29-31/69, Fillmore West; very nice David Singer collage with white background, contrasting black lettering, center photo of Michaelangelo's David (2 of them actually) standing on the moon. NM- on front,# written on back in ballpoint, $100.
BG #199, Led Zeppelin, Bonzo Dog Band, Roland Kirk; 11/6-8/69; Winterland; attractive red, white, and blue poster by Randy Tuten with striking image of huge Zeppelin in hangar; lettering in style of riveted metal. The best Zeppelin poster of the series and one of the best there is, period; scarce and highly sought after. NM- or so with the slightest hint of wear in the upper LH corner; the upper part of the image is about 1/4" or so off register; asking $850 for this copy.
BG #201, Rolling Stones, 11/9/69, Oakland Coliseum, silver & black poster by Randy Tuten with vintage photo of the Stones looking like bad boys; the ultimate Stones poster from this particular period. There are 2 printings of this poster, the original and a second printing done circa 1975 if I remember right, but I have never known any way to tell them apart, and Eric King's guide agrees with me, although others apparently think they can tell the difference. In any case, I have 2 copies at this time; 1 NM with a very teeny, almost unnoticeable printing flaw resulting in a teeny white mark in the upper LH margin outside the image; asking $275 for this one; copy #2 is NM- asking $235 for this one. (*)
BG #214, Steve Miller Band, Sha Na Na, Ten Wheel Drive, 1/29-2/1/70, Fillmore West; powerful David Singer image with gray background, center collage of hand holding cutaway diagram of earth showing its molten interior, scene of earth or field in background. Nice NM- copy, 2d printing per Eric King (almost indistinguishable, small white dot in "V" of "Steve". $75.
BG #232, Lee Michaels, Small Faces with Rod Stewart, Catfish, Shorty; 5/7-10/70, Fillmore West; David Singer design with black background, old engraving of church or similar building with huge purple raindrop coming through hole in roof; printing press inside the raindrop; blue lettering; NM-/VG+ (tape removed on back, doesn't show through) $ 75.
BG #263, Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Cold Blood, Elvin Bishop, Stoneground, Boz Scaggs, 12/31/70, Fillmore/Winterland; last Fillmore New Years' Eve show; collage by David Singer. Double-size image with photo of San Francisco Ferry Building. 2 copies available; 1 NM/NM-, $150, second copy VG+; small 1/4" tear at topcenter in margin; very light stain spot in blue background on RH side, $125. (*)
BG #264, Cold Blood, Boz Scaggs, Voices of East Harlem, Stoneground, 12/31-1/3/71, Fillmore West; black & red Norman Orr design with images of Indians. NM $65.
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