Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$3,600.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This poster emerged from a recently unearthed and long held collection of Texas material owned by a long time resident and participant of the Austin music scene!
This large and beautiful poster is the FIRST large poster of the numbered series of Vulcan Gas Company issues. There is one number in collectibles that is instantly more sought after and valuable than any other number and that is the number ONE. ONE as in FIRST!! The first corvette the first Batman comic the first U.S. coin are all immediately recognizable due to the HISTORIC IMPORTANCE of the collectible in question. Anybody and everybody can understand THE FIRST and therefore THE FIRST of everything has an intrinsic desirability to people inside AND outside a collectible market.
The lot you see here is also the first CGC graded example of this Scarce Vulcan poster to appear in our auction! It features the World Class artistry of legendary counter culture artist Gilbert Shelton. Just 500 posters were originally produced and it's one of the most popular & difficult to find issues of the series. Advanced collectors are aware this piece is extremely RARE and seldom surfaces in auctions.
Shelton was the art director of the Vulcan Gas Company along with Jim Franklin of Armadillo World Headquarters fame. Shelton went on to become one of most well known underground Comix artists of all time. He was one of the founders of “Rip off Press” and was best known for his hilarious and popular “Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comix. The material that was created for the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin Texas in the 1960s are some of the most desirable and valuable in the entire genre of Psychedelic Concert art.
If you’ve been waiting years for one of these ultra rare gems to be available your time has come. 100% Original with no restoration!
Poster – Conqueroo at Vulcan Gas Company
Subtitle – Grand Oepning
Catalog # VG-1
Grade – CGC 7.0
Bands/Bill – Conqueroo Shiva's Headband
Venue – Vulcan Gas Company
City – Austin Texas
Date – 10/27/67
Dimensions – 21" x 27"
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Series/Promoter – Vulcan Gas Company
Artist – Gilbert Shelton
Condition Details – 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 6:00pm eastern.
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