1969–The Byrds-M.I.T. University Winter Weekend Original Poster-SCARCE & UNIQUE Posterboard Screenprint! PAE Graded Mint “91”

closed on Friday, August 14, 2020

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$840.00
Starting bid: $1.00

Our records indicate this to be the very FIRST AUCTION APPEARANCE of this extremely scarce and long lost collectible!

 

This poster was created for The Byrds Strawberry Alarm Clock Ill Wind & The Buckinghams for concerts held February 23rd & 24th 1969 at the MIT University Armory on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge Massachusetts. 

 

The events were part of the University’s “Winter Weekend” which featured The Byrds on Sunday afternoon. The poster itself is a handpulled screenprint created on posterboard at the MIT Art Department before the concerts. 

 

In a league of its own this relic was printed in ridiculously low quantities. There were allegedly only a handful of copies that were made by the student print shop at MIT for these appearances. According to accounts they were posted around the campus and most of them disappeared. 

 

We also have two other posters in this auction that were also produced in the MIT Print Shop for MIT shows before the concerts. 

 

Poster – Byrds-M.I.T. University

Grade – PAE Mint 91

Bands/Bill – The Byrds Strawberry Alarm Clock Ill Wind & The Buckinghams

Venue – MIT Armory

City – Cambridge Massachusetts

Date – 2/23-24/69

Dimensions – 11” x 14”

Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing

Series/Promoter – MIT University Students

Paper Type - Posterboard

Condition Details - Museum Quality with 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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