Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$600.00
Starting bid: $1.00
CREAM!!! This BG-109 is an extremely rare original first-printing poster that very seldom comes up for public sale! It's no secret that Cream posters always enjoy top demand from collectors. This particular Bill Graham title is at the top of our MOST REQUESTED numbered series posters list. The original first printing can be like a needle in a haystack to locate in ANY condition and even the official post-concert reprints are tough to find.
Two of the most sought-after Fillmore posters in the whole series are the BG 109 and BG 110. These back-to-back posters announced consecutive weekends of the power trio Cream in San Francisco in 1968. Lee Conklin created BG-109 and Stanley Mouse did the BG-110. Both posters used the same publicity photo of the band as inspiration but the artist's individual styles delivered two strikingly contrasting images of the band. Conklin's take on it in the BG-109 shown here delivers bright colors and his trademark drippy line & lettering work representing a mountainside in the hot sun.
The band was at the height of its game at the time of the shows. Having formed in 1966 the band met with critical acclaim. However, after a couple of years of heavy touring, the band became strained by internal conflict between Baker and Bruce. They would close down shop by the end of 1968.
Condition Details: Multiple pinholes, tape residue and tape pulls, corner bumps, toning
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: BG-109
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 63
--PERFORMERS: Cream
--VENUE: Winterland
--CITY: San Francisco
--DATE: 02/29/68
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
--SIZE: 14 x 21
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