Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,725.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This poster is signed in pencil by the artist the late great Gary Grimshaw.
Here we have a very rare original printing poster for a very early show at the Grande Ballroom. This is only the SECOND CGC Graded example we have offered and BY FAR THE FINEST condition we have handled. It's just the 5th poster in the Grande series. Compared to the San Francisco Ballrooms which at this time were printing posters in quantities of 1500 or more the print run for Grande posters was around 500. Very few of these early original posters exist today! Back in April 2017 a lower graded 6.5 example sold for a very affordable $357 in our auction. This 9.6 museum quality piece exhibited here is LIGHT YEARS ahead in condition. In any other collectibles market this 9.6 poster would be worth many multiples of the previously sold 6.5 graded example. It will be interesting to see what premium the market attaches to this superior example now. In addition this example is SIGNED by the artist! Read our blog dated 1/20/18 where we discuss the skyrocketing demand for signed material such as this lot!
Poster – Southbound Freeway Grande Ballroom
Sub Title – G/G-661104
Grade – CGC Graded 9.6
Bands/Bill- Southbound Freeway MC5 Bossmen
Venue- Grande Ballroom
City – Detroit MI
Date – 11/4&5/66
Dimensions- 11 14/32”x 22”
Printing- OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Artist – Gary Grimshaw
Series/ Promoter- Russ Gibb
Paper Type – Vellum
Condition Details - Superb Museum Quality with no visible flaws of any kind. No nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration.
*****This Poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****
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