Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,440.00
Starting bid: $1.00
It brings great joy to offer the collecting community the FINEST MUSEUM QUALITY CONDITION CGC Graded example of this historic poster to ever appear in our auction!
Coverage of Marty Balin's sad passing 2 years ago spurred worldwide interest in Jefferson Airplane The Matrix and Balin's role with both. Balin co-founded the Airplane. He got a group of investors together to open the Matrix so San Francisco bands playing psychedelic music would have a dedicated performance space to call their own. Balin gave the investors a 75% interest in the club while keeping a 25% interest for himself in return for managing the club.
This poster is a perfect example of why many believe these posters are severely undervalued. The Matrix is an incredibly important venue as it was San Francisco’s first folk club EVER. The Matrix opened in August 1965 and was a tiny venue holding just over 100 concert-goers. We don’t know for certain how many posters were created for this super early 1966 show but we can estimate it to be around 250 max.
It's no secret that Jefferson Airplane enjoys a collector following. In April 2016 a lower 9.0 graded example of this issue reached the high water mark of $1098 in our auction. In any other collectibles market this poster would be worth many multiples of the previously sold example. It will be interesting to see what premium the market attaches to this superior 9.4 example now. This is a very historical very rare and very collectible specimen!
Poster – The Matrix Jefferson Airplane
Grade – CGC 9.4
Band/Bill – Jefferson Airplane
Venue – The Matrix
City – San Francisco
Date – 10/24-27/1966
Dimensions – 13 24/32” x 20 8/32”
Printing – Original Pre-Concert First Printing OP-1
Artist – Tom Weller
A.O.R. #- 2.112
Condition Details – Museum Quality with no visible flaws of any kind. No nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration. View the detailed high res photo of this lot. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00 pm eastern.
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