Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$2,160.00
Starting bid: $10.00
A vintage Globe Printing Corp original cardboard conert poster! This early lineup for a evening in August 1957 in Chattanooga included legendary names like Little Richard, Booby Blue Bland, Big Maybelle and Jimmy Reed. This is a very early Little Richard issue as his 1955 single "Tutti Frutti" became an instant hit reaching No. 21 on the Billboard Top 100 in America and launching his career.
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!
Condition: Paper loss, tears, corner creases, wear, toning.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Little Richard Chattanooga Globe Poster
--GRADE: Extra Fine 63
--PERFORMERS: Little Richard, Booby Blue Bland, Junior Parker Band, The 5 Royales, Big Maybelle, Tab Smith, Jimmy Reed, Tony Harris, Noble Watts and his band.
--VENUE: Memorial Auditorium
--CITY: Chattanooga, TN
--DATE: 08/08/1957
--SIZE: 22.06 x 28.19"
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Cardboard Poster
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