Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,680.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This lot will be accompanied by a Letter of Provenance attesting to the fact that it resided in the historic Early '66 Time Capsule Collection one of the most exciting and important concert poster discoveries of the past 20 years.
This poster known as The Rock and Roll Ball is for the second Family Dog show put on by Rifkin & Scully and features artwork by George Hunter of The Charlatans. After this show Chet would partner up with Bill Graham to start producing shows at the Fillmore. Chet put forth some of the Family Dog crew as a production force but ultimately lost control over the venue bands and the power to run things as he saw fit. Chet then shook free of Graham and found his own venue for dance concerts the Avalon Ballroom. This brief phase of the Family Dog was done after just 2 shows at California Hall.
This incredible Museum Piece is a quintessential George Hunter design… subtly psychedelic wryly humorous and stylized as is George’s forte in general ... a real early FD classic. The Charlatans though not necessarily identifying themselves as a “Family Dog band” were in the heart of the “Dog House” social network housing and schemes and was intertwined with the Family Dog more than any other band other than possibly Big Brother.
This poster is a big deal item. We are aware of maybe 20 specimens that have surfaced over the past 50+years in ANY condition. On the rare occasion that one surfaces they are generally really thrashed. The condition of this lot it is about as nice as this issue gets. Quality wise this is on a totally different scale and therefore must be included in any Finest Known Census.
Estimate: The high water mark for this issue at auction was cataloged as "13-14 pinholes and light handling" and realized $9130 7 1/2 years ago in November 2011.
Poster – Charlatans California Hall
Subtitle – Ball
Grade – CGC 5.5
Bands/Bill – Electric Train Charlatans
Venue – California Hall
City – San Francisco CA
Date – 2/4/1966
Dimensions – 15 1/64” X 19 63/64”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Series/Promoter – Family Dog
Paper – Off White Stock
Artist – Michael Ferguson George Hunter
Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Single tack hole in each corner creases traces of moisture. 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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