ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL POSTERS UNCUT SHEET.
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Winning Bid:
$289.68
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #211 - Part II
Item numbers 1197 through 2870 in auction 211
Item Description
Large and impressive uncut 50x76" sheet containing three different (four total) poster designs for the first Atlanta International Pop Festival, a music festival held at the Atlanta International Raceway on July 4-5, 1969, more than a month before Woodstock. The crowd numbered in the high tens of thousands, w/some estimates as high as 125,000. Performers at the event included - Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Johnny Rivers, Blood Sweat & Tears, Canned Heat, Spirit, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin and an early appearance of Grand Funk Railroad, as well as one of the first appearances of Chicago Transit Authority before the name was changed to Chicago. Sheet features two repeated images utilizing Janis Joplin design, one w/Johnny Winter and one w/Canned Heat. These souvenir poster designs each have "Atlanta Pop Festival" text at bottom. Day-glo colors make for a vivid blacklight display. Sheet has scattered margin wear w/2.5" tear at right margin by Joplin image, .25" tear at top center and .75" tear at bottom center. Sheet has some scattered small age spotting and Canned Heat member has .5" and 1.5" spots of staining to forehead. Right margin has some scattered streaks of staining. Sheet has been rolled, sheet has some minor rippling as such. Overall, posters displays Fine. Rare.
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