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RARE HAIGHT ASHBURY CITY LIMITS HIGH GRADE 1967 POSTER
Our Price: $2,750.00

HAIGHT ASHBURY
CITY LIMITS
EXTREMELY RARE
HIGH GRADE 1967 POSTER

HAIGHT ASHBURY CITY LIMITS  
POP: SUBJ. TO CHANGE  
ELEV: OUT OF SIGHT

LSD - STP
NEAR MINT 1967   NEAR MINT HIGH GRADE  
FOGGY DAY POSTER COMPANY, 1208 Haight, San Francisco
HAIGHT ASHBURY CITY LIMITS  

THE BINDWEED PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO

THE UTTER RARITY AND BEAUTY OF THIS POWERFUL BINDWEED PRESS IMAGE CELEBRATING THE OUTLOOK OF AN ALMOST BY-GONE GENERATION, THAT THE HAIGHT ASHBURY WAS A NATION UNTO ITSELF, CAN NOT BE OVER STATED AS THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN IN SOME 40 YEARS OF AVID COLLECTING.

PRINTED UP FOR FOGGY DAY POSTER COMPANY OUTLET ONCE LOCATED AT 1208 HAIGHT, THE COPIES SOLD OUT BACK THEN, STUCK UP IN MANY A HIPPY PAD.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC AS WE CONTEMPLATE JUST HOW MANY NEAR MINT TO MINT SPECIMENS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SURVIVED, MUCH LESS HARDLY ANY AT ALL.

I HAD A BUSY COMICS & POSTER STORE IN THE HAIGHT FROM 1976 THRU 1992, BUYING AND SELLING MANY THOUSANDS OF RARE PSYCHEDELIC POSTERS FROM MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE EVER OFFERED TO ME.
FINEST EXAMPLE IN EXISTENCE.
HUGE 30 INCH BY 24 INCH
FANTASTIC EYE APPEAL
VERY SHARP CORNERS
MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL FRAMED

SUPPLE WHITE PAPER
CHECK OUT HOW CLEAN AND PERFECT THIS SCARCE ARTIFACT IS
CONTINENTAL: THE SEEDS 1967 VERY RARE CONCERT POSTER
Our Price: $3,000.00

THE SEEDS

 CONTINENTAL BALLROOM
scarce concert poster
5.0 VGF 27 JAN 1967
NICE-GRADE
  THE BINDWEED PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO  
CONTINENTAL BALLROOM PRESENTS IN SANTA CLARA, CALIF
THIS VENUE ALSO PRODUCED A LOT OF REALLY COOL POSTERS

A SCARCE Artifact of American History
Original Poster placed around the Bay Area, California
THE SEEDS
CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND

THE OTHER SIDE, THE LIGHTHOUSE
ARTIST IS LES CANNON
CONTINENTAL BALLROOM WAS THE SOUTH BAY'S ANSWER
TO WHAT FAMILY DOG, BILL GRAHAM AND OTHERS WERE DOING A BIT NORTH.

PRIME PERIOD PIECE
FANTASTIC EYE APPEAL
DECENT CORNERS
Zero Restoration
A FEW PINHOLES PINHOLES; NO TAPE
The utter rarity of this piece cannot be overstated.

OFF-WHITE VERY SUPPLE PAPER
CHECK OUT HOW CLEAN THIS ARTIFACT IS

POSTER IS NOT PICTURED IN ART OF ROCK (AOR) - THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CONTINENTAL: BIG BROTHER 1967 VERY RARE CONCERT POSTER
Our Price: $3,500.00

CONTINENTAL BALLROOM
BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
VERY RARE 1967 CONCERT POSTER
THE BINDWEED PRESS

BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY  

 CONTINENTAL BALLROOM
 VERY RARE concert poster
8.0 VERY FINE 28 JAN 1967
HIGH-GRADE

MUSEUM QUALITY FRAMED
  THE BINDWEED PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO  
CONTINENTAL BALLROOM PRESENTS IN SANTA CLARA, CALIF
THIS VENUE PRODUCED A LOT OF REALLY COOL POSTERS

A SCARCE Artifact of American History
Original Poster placed around the Bay Area, California
BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY

ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS COLLECTING ! !

ARTIST IS LES CANNON
CONTINENTAL BALLROOM WAS THE SOUTH BAY'S ANSWER
TO WHAT FAMILY DOG, BILL GRAHAM AND OTHERS WERE DOING A BIT NORTH.

PRIME PERIOD PIECE
FANTASTIC EYE APPEAL
SHARP CORNERS
Zero Restoration
NO PINHOLES PINHOLES; NO TAPE
The utter rarity of this piece cannot be overstated.

OFF-WHITE VERY SUPPLE PAPER
CHECK OUT HOW CLEAN THIS ARTIFACT IS FROM THE PICS,

POSTER IS NOT PICTURED IN ART OF ROCK (AOR) - THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
GRATEFUL DEAD 67 TRIP OR FREAK RICK GRIFFIN KELLY MOUSE
Our Price: $12,000.00

TRIP OR FREAK  
RICK GRIFFIN, ALTON KELLY AND STANLEY MOUSE  
8.0 VERY FINE Original Poster Printed in 1967
WHITE PAPER HIGH-GRADE
PRIME PERIOD PIECE
FANTASTIC EYE APPEAL
SHARP CORNERS!
Zero Restoration
NO PINHOLES; NO TAPE
SUPPLE OFF-WHITE PAPER

VERY CLEAN SERIGRAPH POSTER OVERALL AS SEEN IN THE SCAN,
POSTER IS PICTURED IN ART OF ROCK (AOR) ON PAGE 185

A SCARCE Artifact of American History
Original Seriagraph Of An Original Poster From A By-Gone Era
MEASURES A HUGE 39 X 23 INCHES
ARTISTS ARE RICK GRIFFIN, ALTON KELLY AND STANLEY MOUSE

BEST COMICS AND ROCK ART GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, PUBLISHER
ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD MAY OWN RICK GRIFFIN'S LAST PIECE OF ART

RICK DREW ORIGINAL ART ON TWO OF THESE SERIGRAPHS I PUBLISHED, JUST A DAY OR SO BEFORE HIS TRAGIC UNTIMELY DEATH MID-AUGUST 1991. CONTAINS AUTHENTIC SIGNATURES AND ART BY RICK GRIFFIN, ALTON KELLY AND STANLEY MOUSE

GRATEFUL DEAD
BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICEWINTERLAND

The very rare original 1969 first version of this famous Halloween concert poster sells regularly in the five to seven thousand dollar range. The urban legend has it the local acid dealers of the day were cutting up the 100s of little Lon Chaney heads into orange sunshine blotter tabs. Whatever reason there is that comes to be called "truth," one thing is for certain, this has always been one of the toughest posters out there to acquire ever since I began collecting and dealing them, first in my Telegraph Ave comic book store beginning August 1972, then also in my Haight Ashbury store first opened November 1976. This is a one of a kind opportunity for the Rick Griffin and/or Grateful Dead collector who thinks they have "everything" because...... ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD CAN OWN RICK'S LAST WORK OF ART, READ ON......

Rick Griffin was a good friend of mine since 1973 when he first wandered into my Berkeley California comic book store Comics & Comix on Telegraph Ave at Dwight Way back in the day.  We traded C&C's old comic books & pulps for his original art, with me first ending up with his original cover to the Print Mint edition of Tales From The Tube. By 1991 I had became Rick's last art agent and semi-partmer when we opened a
Rick Griffin Art Gallery in The Cannery at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. He created several business logos, store signage, shirt designs, etc insisting that gallery also carry comic strip book items from around the world as he remained true to all the art fields he enjoyed working in. He could never forget his Zap Comics involvement and in this piece he also pays homage to his Von Dutch roots. He was coming down from his mid-age crisis, tuning back into his kids, wanting to create new art as he began the next level of his extra-ordinary career. We worked on creating a gallery where he could showcase his new work. He was at peace with himself. He was supremely confidant with his artistic abilities.
This is the very last drawing Rick made before he died. He told me that day from now on all he was going to paint and draw were nude women as envisioned by the thought balloon as seen in his self-portrait of himself as artist in the scans. Just two days later, after a tremendous amount of hard work and money laid out for many months, Rick Griffin had his most unfortunate motorcycle accident.

I miss my friend. We went to First Showing First Day of the 1989 Batman premiere at the Coronet Theatre over on Geary in San Fran. He was such a fan of the best of culture world-wide -:) He parked the Harley that was later in the fatal accident blocking the front door to my Haight Ashbury store, sauntered in, kicked out all the customer browsers, and told me he had two tickets to the first showing.
How do you say no to Rick Griffin?

I miss the new art which would have been created in past 17 years. Never thought I would be selling this most special of momentos of a day now long ago in that galaxy now far far away inside Fisherman's Wharf.  It was a fun day when me, my former partner and three of the ghods of the psychedelic poster art form, which transformed the way much of the world viewed art and is still having its impact felt in new generations of artists continuing to be inspired by that which came before, got down to the business at hand.

After much mirth and jest of us all feelling good that day, just two drawings later, Rick announced he had a hot date at the beach
up north of Golden Gate Bridge along the Marin coast with a new girl friend, going surfing again, he said, before he was to head back to some where on Long Island to finish up an animation project which initially looked most promising as this veteran of lost causes kept looking towards the future.

I have absorbed a lot of Griffin lore over the past 40+ years, including having been first & foremost Rick's friend, then honored as his exclusive art agent in a gallery devoted to his work in The Cannery down in San Francisco's world-famous Fisherman's Wharf opening back in May 1991, the year of his untimely demise. The aftermath of the 6.5 years of his probate wars from leaving no will was such it has been almost 15 years before I could consider dealing in my friend's work again as the memories remain very strong. I am soon completing work on a bio-book about the last two years of my friend Rick Griffin's life as well as the aftermath of his death. There is a lot of urban myth out there about what happened.

I also lament learning recently of the passing of Alton Kelly, a true artist & businessman, and my friend in the day. And Stanley Mouse can tell you I saved his life when i asked Bay Area Channel 7 news reporters ro go visit the Grateful Dead HQ asking why they were going to let Stanley Mouse die when a couple bucks would pull him thru, showing up at their doorstep at 11 AM on a Monday morn many moons ago
now when Jerry was still alive, just hours before Stan was to succumb from a destroyed liver brought on by the many hours spent silk-screening producing such magnificent Dead Head Art for us all to enjoy.

The doctors & hospital powers-that-be wanted "someone" to guarantee the $250,000 cost of the liver as well as the operating costs of the personnel and facility before they would proceed. Mouse had just hours to go before he would be Knockin' On Heaven's Door (as Dylan is playing as i type these very words) and i said to myself that just cannot stand.  Mouse deserved royalties unpaid from many decades of reprinting his iconic Dead images and therefore I am grateful to Stan for bringing his fellow liver-transplant hospital roommate and his main nurse over to my gallery in The Cannery, where we proceeded upstairs to Charlie Brown's restaurant on the top floor,
and Stan told them, "This is the man who saved my life!"

Some years ago my ex-partner got a-hold of me saying the Dead management wanted to buy my remaining half of the 1000 Trip Or Freak serigraphs plus 250 black border versions. They were also acquiring all of his including his Trip Or Freak with the second to last drawing by Rick Griffin, which is printed on all their copies. As far as i know they still own it.

What i offer you now is the chance to say, "I own Rick's last piece of art he ever did before he died."