Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$5,400.00
Starting bid: $10.00
Wow, a rare CGC High Graded 9.9 Condition Postcard! Any examples that meet the super strict CGC grading standards of 9.9 or higher are a TINY fraction of surviving, top quality condition items.
This Original Postcard is part of a group of recently unearthed original Grande Ballroom material acquired decades ago by a collector intimately connected to the late 1960s Detroit music scene. We now have the pleasure of offering these rare, difficult to find relics to the collecting community in this auction!
We are pleased to offer this HIGH GRADE Quality condition card! This "Vanessa" original printing Grande Postcard is universally recognized as one of the top 10 coolest and most desirable psychedelic concert images produced. This is the pre-concert, ultra rare OPC-B variant version postcard - unlike the other postcards produced of this issue - which exhibits the image of Vanessa in Magenta. We are pleased to now offer the highest quality CGC Graded example to ever appear in our auction!
Artist Carl Lundgren created this image for a pair of November 1967 concerts at the Grande featuring blues harp legend James Cotton and the Detroit icons MC5 . This psychedelic masterpiece uses a stunning central composition of the controversial actress Vanessa Redgrave taken by celebrity photographer Victor Skebnewski. Lundgrens’ use of the opposing colors of Magenta and Neon Green create an incredibly vibrant effect that leaves the viewer mesmerized.
The “Vanessa” is viewed by discerning collectors as not only being the most attractive and desirable of the Grande series but of the entire genre of psychedelic concert art. The OP-1 poster is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to locate. This original postcard will provide collectors an excellent opportunity to fill that gap in their collection until a poster surfaces.
A lower CGC 8.0 graded example of this Postcard sold 4 years ago in our auction for $1,200.00. This super-grade 9.9 CGC relic is likely to receive much attention from collectors looking for top quality items! Don't pass up this opportunity!
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: G/G-671110 Postcard
--GRADE: CGC 9.9
--PERFORMERS: James Cotton Blues Band, MC5, Billy C & the Sunshine
--VENUE: Grande Ballroom, Detroit
--DATE: 11/10-11/1967
--SIZE: 4.13 x 7.13
--PRINTING: OPC-B; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Postcard, Version B.
A 20% Buyers Premium will be added to the final hammer price of this lot.
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