Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$720.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This is only the third CGC Graded example with NO RESTORATION of this classic summer festival poster in our auction! The first annual Atlanta International Pop Festival was held July 4th weekend of 1969. The festival was organized by promoter Alex Cooley. He was also one of the organizers of the Texas International Pop Festival a few weeks later on Labor Day weekend. Legendary artists like Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin performed along with a powerful lineup of artists and the Atlanta Pop festival went down in history as one of the great events in the south.
Few of these original posters still exist today in ANY condition. We have only auctioned this issue a handful times over the past 13 years and this one being only the third un-restored example with third party authentication. Last year an example with restoration graded by CGC at 4.5 reached $510 in our auction. In any other collectibles market this 8.0 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 example now.
Poster – Atlanta Pop Festival Atlanta International Raceway
Grade – CGC 8.0
Band/Bill – Janis Joplin Canned Heat Led Zeppelin Creedence Clearwater Revival Chicago Transit Authority Johnny Winter Paul Butterfield Blues Band Spirit and more
Venue – Atlanta International Raceway
City – Atlanta GA
Date – 7/4-5/69
Dimensions – 22” x 28 1/16”
Printing – OP-2 Original Pre-Concert First Printing Version 2
Artist – Lance Bragg
Series/Promoter – International Pop Festivals Inc.
Paper Type – Thin Glossy
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 6:00 pm eastern.
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