BG #8, Andy Warhol & His Plastic Inevitable, Velvet Underground, The Mothers, 5/27-29/66, Fillmore. Another early Wes Wilson design.Orange & black poster; scarce FIRST PRINTING; this copy is fairly damaged; looks like some restoration work was done on it, but with only limited success; still shows residual wrinkles, paper age discoloration, generally has a slightly dirty appearance, but this is a very scarce poster, so asking $1,000 for it.
BG #13, Lenny Bruce, Mothers, 6/24-25/66, Fillmore; famous early Wes Wilson poster; orange background with purple lettering and haunting portrait of Lenny Bruce; this is a true FIRST PRINTING of this poster as described in Eric King's guide and as such is rare, this copy is a strong VG+; a single unobtrusive ancient staple hole in each corner margin, outside the image, and the smallest hint of paper age, but basically quite a pleasing copy of this rare and historic poster. Asking $2500; this is the first true 1st printing I've offered in many, many years.
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 #23, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, 8/12-13/66, Fillmore; classic early Wes Wilson image with early photos of the Dead and Airplane and great swirly red lettering on purple background. Arguably one of the best, most classic Fillmore posters from the earliest period, featuring the classic Airplane/Dead lineup, very popular. This copy is a FIRST PRINTING, with the red-brown Wes Wilson credit in purple below the RH date. Hard to know how to grade this one, but I'm going to call it VG+/VG and provide a little more description. The image is clean and colors bold. The only problems are in the corner where at one time some tape was affixed diagonally in each corner, maybe 1" across or so across the diagonal. The tape has been removed, but it left some residue brown residue that is masked to some extent by the purple background, but still visible. In addition, in the lower RH corner along the upper margin, there is a small 1/16" 3/8" scuff spot where the tape removal took the purple off, and a much smaller 1/16" square spot in the upper RH corner. This makes the poster sound a lot worse than it really is, but since this is a tough one to find, I'm being conservative. This would be a nice copy to frame as the framing would hide nearly all the corner issues, and the rest of it looks good. If you're seriously interested, I can send you some images of the poster. Asking $350.
BG#24, Young Rascals, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 8/19-20/66; orange and green poster with Wes Wilson art and photo of Young Rascals. FIRST PRINTING with union logo #221 at lower LH corner. Condition VG/VG-; 1" brown diagonal tape stains in 3 corners (tape long since removed); a bit of general overall age; otherwise clean. Uncommon as a first printing, reasonably priced at $125.
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 #29, Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, Butterfield Blues Band, 9/23-10/2, Fillmore & Winterland. The famous "The Sound" image with dancing nude woman--perhaps Wes Wilson's most famous poster. Offered here is a beautiful copy of the first colored version with the magenta-lavender border, designated by Eric King as BG29-OP-2. This is probably the most desirable version of this poster and in my opinion the most attractive. This is a nice NM/NM- copy; exceptionally clean with just the slightest hint of a ripple in the lower LH corner. Colors strong and bright, asking $1200. Original copies of this poster--and especially this version--do not show up in this condition very often.
Bumper Sticker, Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, 9/25/66, Fllmore; 4" x 15" bumper sticker with black swirling lettering by John Myers on bright yellow-orange dayglo stock. One of the best bumper stickers I've seen....for illustration, see The Art of Rock, pl. 2.55. This bumper sticker was produced to publicize the famous "Sound" concerts that generated the BG 29 poster. Wonderful rare item for Fillmore collectors; unused bumper sticker, NM-/VG+; small amount of general age but basically a nice clean copy. $100.
BG #31, Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Big Mama Mae Thornton, 10/14-16/66, Fillmore; brown/gold Wes Wilson image with photo of Big Mama in the center. This version measures out as a first printing per Eric King's description; overall condition strong VG+; no pinholes, light wrinkle in lower margin area; light overall age; almost a NM- but not quite, $250.
BG #77, Electric Flag, Moby Grape, Steve Miller, 8/8-13/67, Fillmore; nice red, brown, and black design by Bonnie MacLean with photo of the Electric Flag (Mike Bloomfield et al) in the center; will grade this copy strong VG+; clean and no pinholes but has some wrinkles at the top and bottom and couple of near-invisible horizontal creases, light and long pressed out; would look fine framed; priced nicely at $30.
BG #78, Count Basie, Chuck Berry, Charles Lloyd, Young Rascals, others 8/15-21/67, bright red background, brown & bright green art by Jim Blashfield; nice copy, strong VG+; would be NM- but for small thumb tack hole in each upper corner, $40.
BG #80, Cream, Electric Flag, Gary Burton, 8/29-9/3/67, Fillmore; odd Jim Blashfield design with man having bird's head for arm; these were very historic concerts in Eric Clapton's career. Important, popular poster, Nice FIRST PRINTING, NM-, $225.
BG #82, The Byrds, Loading Zone, LDM Spiritual Band, 9/7-9/67, Fillmore; green/orange art with photo of Byrds in center; NM-/VG+, no pinholes, minor storage ripples $80.
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; 2 copies available, $70 each. (*)
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.
BG #171, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead Mongo Santamaria, Cold Blood, Elvin Bishop Group, 5/1-4/69, Fillmore/Winterland; slate blue background with central image of man reaching his hands up to the sky; old time airplane flying over; very nice lettering; one of the better Randy Tuten designs; FIRST PRINTING with blue background; condition strong BG, no pinholes and clean, but has some fairly minor storage wrinkles and some sun exposure discoloration on the back that doesn't show through; priced accordingly; this would be a good one to frame, $115.
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.
BG #181, B.B. King, Aum, The Frost, 7/7-9/69, Santana, Taj Mahal, Flamin' Groovies, 7/11-13/69, Fillmore West; David Singer collage card with dark purple background and center collage of face of statue looking out window at war scene outside. Nice NM copy, $100.
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.
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 #185, Fleetwood Mac, SRC, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, Lee Michaels, Tony Joe White; 8/5-10/69, Fillmore West, David Singer image with olive green background and collage of odd arches, moon, and red sky. Nice NM copy $100.
BG #188, John Mayall, Mother Earth, NY Rock and Roll Ensemble, 8/19-21/69, Fillmore West; The Wild West Show in Golden Gate Park, 8/22-24/69; David Singer image with pink background and collage of stairs and the moon in the background. NM/NM- on front, small # written in ballpoint on reverse, $100.
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 #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 #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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