Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$540.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Occasionally we feel compelled to offer posters that are slightly outside of our area of expertise yet extremely compelling to those who collect psychedelic posters. In this case we find that the posters from the Eden Hashish Centre to be truly original scarce and valuable!
The Eden Hashish Center operated in Katmandu Nepal from 1962 thru 1973 when they were shut down by the Nepalese government due to pressure from the Nixon administration. Until then cannabis products were sold legally by licensed shops much like the Netherlands. The centre created a run of posters that featured various Hindu deities as well as other enlightened beings. These images are both mystifying and beautiful. They utilized modern printing techniques that had previously been scarce in that part of the world.
This lovely example exhibits colorful pastels in the design featuring a robed Hindu deity with an upraised hand. It's one of their earliest promotional posters with their first location listed at the bottom. "Oldest & Favourite Shop in Town Serving You The Best Nepalese Hash & Ganja". As with 1960's concert posters we believe that these original posters are incredibly underappreciated and undervalued.
Poster – Eden Hashish Centre
Grade – PAE Near Mint 81
Dimensions - 14" x 20 1/2"
Printing - Original Printing
Condition Details – 100% Original with no restoration. Very thin paper. 5/8" tear towards bottom left corner crunch bottom left corner bump bottom right edge creases top edge some handling. 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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