Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$8,625.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This beauty is one of the "Holy Grails" in the entire 1960's concert poster market and we're proud to offer THIS SUPER CLEAN CGC graded example to the collecting community! The BG-74 is ultra rare and highly sought after. Rarity wise it is on par with the BG-2 and like the BG-2 high grade unrestored examples such as this routinely bring well over $10 000 at auction. (Even the handbill is worth over $5 000!) We sold a CGC graded 9.8 privately for $45 000.00 and an example cataloged as "very good condition with pinholes in the corners and a few light handling bends" realized $12 880 3 years ago on 9/10/15. That specimen was NOT authenticated and graded by CGC.
The BG-74 is somewhat unique in that a large percentage of the small number of surviving examples have been restored. Often this restoration is hard to detect making independent CGC authentication and grading particularly valuable and essential. If you want the definition of a "blue chip concert poster" this would be it. Great bands great art extreme rarity and legendary status! This issue is universally recognized as THE KEY to the entire Bill Graham Fillmore set - the MOST POPULAR and MOST COLLECTED series of concert posters ever created. As such the number of collectors seeking out the very few original unrestored examples of this poster FAR EXCEEDS the tiny available supply. This lot is sure to generate tremendous interest as it represents an opportunity that may not present itself again anytime soon. Note- We are also offering an ORIGINAL PROGRAM with CGC Grading in this current auction!
Estimate $9 000 - $18 000
Poster – Jefferson Airplane O’Keefe Centre Toronto 7/31 – 8/5/67
Subtitle – BG-74
Grade – CGC 8.0
Bands/Bill – Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead
Venue – O’Keefe Centre
City – Toronto Canada
Date – 7/31 – 8/5/67
Dimensions – 13 61/64” x 20 27/64”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Series/Promoter – Bill Graham Presents
Condition Details –100% Original with no restoration. Super clean! Full and complete borders with no nicks cuts or tears. 2 pinholes each top corner. 1 pinhole each bottom corner. Small tape pull left black border just below and to the left of the "J" in July View the detailed high res photo of this lot. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern.
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