1966-Avalon Ballroom- “Zig-Zag Man”-FD14 –Finest Known Copy – PAE Graded Mint97!

closed on Saturday, May 22, 2010

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$11,550.00
Starting bid: $500.00

Psychedelic Art Exchange is offering THE FINEST KNOWN COPY of one of the most iconic concert posters of the 1960’s…the famous FD14 “Zig-Zag Man” which advertises a pair of concerts by Big Brother and The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service that took place at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco California on June 24-25 1966.This poster is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING and is as bright and crisp as the day it was printed and grades Mint 97 according to the very strict grading standards of the Psychedelic Art Exchange. (Please visit Psychedelic Art Exchange for a full description of their Official Grading Standards). The poster measures 14 15/64” x 19 15/16 and is in perfect condition…there are no corner bumps folds holes or nicks of any kind and is the ONLY KNOWN COPY IN THIS STATE OF PRESERVATION !! Just the slightest bit of excess gold ink which appears in and to the left of the letter “B” in “Big Brother” keeps this piece from garnering the perfect Mint100 grade! This poster is covered under The Psychedelic Art Exchange’s Unsurpassed 100% Buy Back Guarantee.This poster along with the FD26 and the BG105 is universally considered one of the most iconic poster images of the 1960s. The poster represents the very first time that the legendary poster artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley worked together as Mouse Studios! The poster features wonderful signatures from both artists rendered in black ink in the lower right corner.The popularity of this poster is so extreme that it was immediately put up on walls and there are no other known undamaged copies in this condition! Psychedelic Art Exchange will gladly pay $22 500 for any copy that compares to the one offered here and the winning bidder will need to offer a price in this range for the privilege to own this unsurpassed example. Clean damaged copies of this poster bring $7500 or more making this one of a kind Gem a compelling bargain. The value proposition of posters like this is why many knowledgeable collectors believe that classic psychedelic 1960s rock concert posters represent the most lucrative ground floor opportunity in collectibles today ! This is your opportunity to acquire one of the most famous posters that is brilliantly designed impossible to locate and historically important at a tiny fraction of what most other collectibles trade for! This poster is sure to become the highlight of even the finest collection and will instantly catapult the collection in which it resides into the rarified air of “World Class”.