1968 James Brown Rhode Island Globe Cardboard Poster

closed on Sunday, July 10, 2022

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$660.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Total bids: 9

Here's a magnificent head-turner that contains everything you could ever want all in one poster! James Brown was the man that started it all, giving this poster unsurpassed historical significance. This poster advertised his appearance at the Rhode Island Auditorium on October 4th, 1968. This is a CARDBOARD GLOBE poster and Globe posters are universally considered to be amongst the most desirable concert posters EVER issued.

From its opening in 1929 until its closure in 2010, Globe Poster Company in Baltimore was the go-to place for musicians, circuses, drag races, and concert producers for bold, eye-catching letterpress advertising. It's no secret that Globe cardboard concert posters are the gold standard amongst advanced collectors. They rarely show up at public auction and when they do, they are always met with enthusiastic bidding!

SIZE 22 x 28.25 inches.

--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: James Brown Rhode Island Globe
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 63
--PERFORMERS: James Brown
--VENUE: Rhode Island Auditorium
--CITY: Providence RI
--DATE: 10/04/68
--PRINTING: CARDBOARD; Cardboard Poster