Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$73.20
Starting bid: $1.00
This seldom-seen Family Dog poster isn't a part of the well-known numbered series, but is still a legitimate FD issue! It was designed by the legendary artist San Andreas Fault (Tad Hunter), who designed a few of the beloved numbered-series posters as well. It advertised a benefit for the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic held at the Avalon Ballroom in May 1968. Performers included Loading Zone, Santana, It's A Beautiful Day, and more! This is the FIRST time this poster is appearing in our auction!
"San Andreas Fault" (sometimes abbreviated simply "SAF", aka Tad Hunter) was on the major league roster of the 1960's leading SF Bay Area psychedelic dance concert artists, having created eight concert posters for the Avalon Ballroom in 1968 & 1969, four for the Straight Theater, as well as for various venues in Sacramento, San Rafael, San Bernadino, and Portland's Crystal Ballroom (these concerts carried the "Crystal Dog" nickname on the handbills & posters) in 1968 when Whitey Davis was booking major SF concert acts for the venue out of the Family Dog office that year. He also created underground comix, drawing panels for "THE ALL-LOSERS SQUAD" series which were written by Chester Crill, running from the mid-70's, along with having created the front cover of the KALEIDOSCOPE LP "A BEACON FROM MARS" released in January of 1968.
Condition Details: Staple holes, paper loss and tears top corners, stains.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: FD-680528 Poster
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 61
--PERFORMERS: Santana, It's a Beautiful Day, Loading Zone, Initial Shock, more
--VENUE: Avalon Ballroom
--CITY: San Francisco, CA
--DATE: 5/28-29/1968
--SIZE: 13 x 20.02"
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
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