Antiques Roadshow guest bursts into tears at valuation of dead brother’s vintage Rock & Roll posters: ‘He loved them, and I love them too’
An Antiques Roadshow guest burst into tears after being told the estimated value of her late brother’s Rock & Roll posters from the 1960s.
The guest had presented 47 posters that her brother had collected from various rock musicians and bands between 1967 and 1969 to James Supp for evaluation.
She quickly told Supp that before her brother died 28 years ago, she would send money for postage to rock concert promoter Bill Graham and the iconic music venue Fillmore West, and in return would receive a poster in the mail.
When the evaluator asked her where the posters had hung for almost thirty years, she remembered her mother taking them off her brother’s wall and putting them safely in a box.
After learning how the posters had been impeccably preserved, Supp was told that the artworks were of great value, noting in particular that one commanded the highest market price.
Through tears, the guest says, “Wow. Wow! He loved them and I love them too. I want to do something with them, you know? I don’t know what to do. Enjoy it, no longer in a box’
He described a flying eyeball poster of Jimi Hendrix with art by Rick Griffin from 1968 as “the most iconic rock ‘n’ roll posters of the ’60s,” explaining that it represented the pinnacle of ’60s psychedelic art .
Supp further explained that the eyeball poster was a first edition due to the placement of the “Bill Graham” and the poster number.
“The poster number is 105 of “Bill Graham Presents” and by its placement under the word “tickets” you can tell it is a first edition,” he told the surprised guest.
The guest was then told that since the poster had very minimal damage and no holes, it could be worth between $5,000 and $7,000.
The woman was completely shocked to hear the rare poster’s rating and Supp can be heard talking about how “amazing it is.”
The guest had presented 47 posters that her brother had collected from various rock musicians and bands between 1967 and 1969 to James Supp for evaluation.
The evaluator then goes on to price another Jimi Hendrix poster from 1968, when he was at the height of his career, at between $3,000 and $5,000.
Another poster of The Grateful Dead making its first appearance at Café au Go Go in Greenwich Village was also valued at $2,000 to $3,000.
He also notes that the reason why all posters are priced differently is that their value “depends not only on which concert or artist played, but also on whether it is a first edition, whether it was printed before the concert or after the concert. concert’.
At the end of the evaluation, Supp tells the guest that her entire collection of 47 posters would collectively cost between $20,000 and $35,000.
He described a Jimi Hendrix flying eyes poster with art by Rick Griffin from 1968 as “the most iconic rock ‘n’ roll posters of the ’60s” and explained that it was the pinnacle of ’60s psychedelic art represented.
Through tears, the guest says, “Wow. Wow! He loved them and I love them too. I want to do something with them, you know? I don’t know what to do. Enjoy it, no longer in a box.’
James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix is considered the greatest and one of the most influential electric guitarists in history, despite having only a four-year professional career before his death.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.”