Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,162.00
Starting bid: $100.00
This was the last poster in Wilson’s steady run working for Bill Graham. The story goes: Wilson and Graham were at a disagreement when it came to negotiating pay. Many of these concert poster artists were earning pittances and Wilson became fed up with it. With his wife as his muse (as seen in BG-58 BG-60 and BG-62) Wes Wilson depicted beautiful nude women with their hands out begging for scraps almost tauntingly as symbols for how little he was making from Graham for his work.
This is the very FIRST CGC graded example of thos poster to ever appear at public auction.It is in tuly fantastic shape with no visible flaws. We have studied this piece hard and cannot understand why it wasn't assigned the 9.8 desgnation.
Poster – Grateful Dead Fillmore Auditorium
Catalog #BG-62
Grade – CGC 9.6
Band/Bill – Grateful Dead Paupers Collage
Venue – Fillmore Auditorium
City – San Francisco CA
Date – 5/5-6/67
Dimensions – 14”x 24”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist – Wes Wilson
Series/Promoter – Bill Graham
Condition Details – Superb in all respects. No visible flaws. Very conservatively graded even with the lofty 9.6 grade!
*****This Poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment*****