1/8/66–FD-IV-OHB-California Hall-Jefferson Airplane-The Charlatans Concert Handbill-CGC Graded 7.0

closed on Friday, May 3, 2019

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$660.00
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.

 

Bill Graham’s Appeal 1 event absolutely crushed the Family Dog’s Ming The Merciless concert that was held on the same night 11/6/65. The Ming event had very weak attendance and financial losses for the Family Dog folks.

 

Not surprisingly the original four Family Dog promoters disbanded for a while and tried to figure out how to raise more money for more concerts which was easier said than done at this time.

 

A couple months later before Graham & Chet really got the Fillmore rolling .. two other Family Dog affiliates took over concert producing. Danny Rifkin & Rock Scully. The pair used California Hall as their independent base-venue. They only produced 2 concerts before exploring a different side of San Francisco’s fledgling music industry vis a vis band management most notably with the Grateful Dead

 

This flyer was designed by George Hunter of the Charlatans in that same RE-CONTEXTUALIZED old-timey vernacular that as pioneered on the Seed poster. It is also noted as a Family Dog production before the Wes Wilson -Chet Helms FD logo became well recognized

 

CGC has brought much needed integrity and stability to the market for Original handbills like this that are relatively easy to counterfeit. For this reason demand and interest has exploded for CGC authenticated and graded handbills as we've consistently explained in recent blogs. See our blog for complete details on this subject.

 

Handbill – California Hall The Charlatans Jefferson Airplane

Subtitle – Rock & Roll

Catalog #– FD-IV 

Grade – CGC 7.0

Bands/Bill – The Charlatans Jefferson Airplane

Venue – California Hall

City – San Francisco CA

Date – 1/8/66

Dimensions – 8 3/4 x 11 1/4"

Printing – OHB Original Pre-Concert First Printing

Series/Promoter - Family Dog

Paper Type – Thin 

Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Single tack hole in each corner uneven toning light foxing. 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.

 

*****This Handbill is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****

 

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