Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$120.00
Starting bid: $1.00
A World Class cardboard poster featuring World Class performers in 1982's famous US Festival and in World Class condition! This historic 3 day festival included sets by legendary names like The Police Talking Heads Tom Petty and of course The Grateful Dead!
The historic Colby Poster Printing Company produced promotional material between 1948 and 2012 and they became legendary for their signature fluorescent inks and bold all-caps typography although none of the original staff had any formal design training. They were members of the letterpress union the screen printers union and the typesetters union.
Original Printing Cardboard posters are super popular and remain one of the most highly sought after type of concert memorabilia ever known! Read our Blog Dated 8/1/18 where we discuss the recent growth of the Dead’s legacy with today’s younger generation and the impact this has on authentic material in our collectors world.
Poster – The US Festival
Grade – PAE Mint 97
Bands/Bill – Friday: The Police Talking Heads The B-52’s Oingo Boingo The English Beat Ramones Saturday: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Pat Benatar the Kinks the Cars Santana Eddie Money Dave Edmunds Sunday: Fleetwood Mac Jackson Browne Jimmy Buffett Jerry Jeff Walker Grateful Dead.
Venue – Glen Helen Regional Park
City – San Bernadino California
Date – 9/3-5/1982
Dimensions – 14 X 22”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Paper – Cardboard
Series/Promoter – the US Festival
Artist – Colby Poster Printing Co.
Condition Details – Superb Museum Quality that is unimprovable in every way. Of course there are no nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration.
*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****
*A 20% Buyers Premium will be added to the final hammer price of this lot.*
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