Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$230.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Wow a CGC graded 9.9 original Avalon poster! This image called "Smiling Hun" is based on a drawing from the year 1869. It's a bit of a rare Family Dog poster we don't see come through the doors here very often at PAE. Even less common is the amazing 9.9 grade. This is by far the finest quality CGC graded example we have seen! In every collectibles market there is feverish demand for those few one of a kind posters that are the top 1% of the top 1%. Here is your chance to acquire a splendid 9.9 original masterpiece for yourself!
The experienced collectors we talk to are 100% convinced that posters that have somehow miraculously earned a 9.9 or 10.0 grade from CGC are exceedingly undervalued at current market levels. Their reasoning is simple but firmly grounded in reality. In every other certified collectibles marketplace it’s COMMONPLACE for the absolute “Best of the Best” to command premiums of 10x 20x or even 50x the next grade down. These types of premiums are universal and longstanding in regards to the values of rare coins comic books baseball cards paper money postage stamps etc. Because independent authentication and grading of concert posters is still in it’s early days premiums have not yet approached these types of levels. But make no mistake premiums ARE growing as collectors from other fields are flowing into the marketplace and snapping up what they consider to be MASSIVE bargains. We first discussed this opportunity in our blog dated 8/19/16 and recently updated it on 6/18/18. We highly recommend you read each blog carefully if you are interested in participating in this exciting segment of the marketplace.
Poster – Blue Cheer Avalon Ballroom
Sub Title – Smiling Hun
Catalog #FD-73
Grade – CGC 9.9
Bands/Bill – Blue Cheer Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Youngbloods
Venue – Avalon Ballroom
City – San Francisco California
Date – 7/27-30/67
Dimensions – 12 17/32” x 19 15/16”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist – Tom Glass AKA Ned Lamont
Series/Promoter – Family Dog
Paper Type – Vellum
Condition Details – The ultra rare 9.9 grade says more than words. Staggering eye appeal and quality!
*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****
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