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Belltown

Belltown

San Francisco, California

General Manager, CollectorsWeekly.com Collector of rock posters, postcards, and handbills, mostly from the late 1960s

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Signed Dick Dale publicity photo - Music Memorabiliain Music Memorabilia
5 months ago
"Bauer" pitcher - Potteryin Pottery
5 months ago
Alan Forbes and Justin McNeal posters - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
7 months ago
Johnny Cash at the Carousel Ballroom, 1968 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago
Chalkware head vase - Potteryin Pottery
1 year ago
Rolling Stones at Winterland, 1972 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
1 year ago
Christmas prints by Gary Houston, 2017-2015 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
1 year ago
Stout/Soto Pearl Jam screenprint, Belgium, 2012 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
1 year ago
Supersuckers poster by Chuck Sperry, 2017 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
2 years ago
Erato, by Chuck Sperry, 2017 - Fine Artin Fine Art
2 years ago

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  1. Thanks Brunswick. David is full of stories...
  2. Thanks Rob!
  3. Here's that link to our interview with Gary Houston, from 2011: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/devils-doves-and-world-war-i-the-rock-n-roll-posters-of-gary-houston/
  4. Thanks everybody. I'm going to try and post a bunch more over the next few weeks. Got some gems from '66 and '67 that I have been meaning to photograph. Happy holidays!
  5. Yes, that's me in the first photo!
  6. Today is the anniversary of this show. The Dead played 31 songs over the course of three sets; more than four hours of music. Fun day.
  7. Here's a rock-poster update of this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/66389-chuck-sperrys-frank-ocean-orange-crush
  8. Tx, ho2cultcha. Loved those guys, too.
  9. Cool stories, swampdogg!
  10. Hi AnythingObscure. Thought you might enjoy this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/saving-a-worlds-fair-pipe-organ/
  11. Thanks SpiritBear!
  12. Love this! It's the third image down in our story from a year or so ago.... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/rise-of-the-synthesizer/
  13. Here's a recent auction result for one of these. Seems like a lot of money for an old piece of paper, right? http://www.ebay.com/itm/222370774747?rmvSB=true
  14. It looks similar to the Schwinn Excelsior in this article (the bike in the first photo). http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-hippie-daredevils-who-were-just-crazy-enough-to-invent-mountain...
  15. $18 was in advance, $24 was at the door, but we all know how that turned out. ;-)
  16. Nice. Here's my set of tickets. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/209090-woodstock-1969-tickets-complete-set?in=user
  17. Thanks, Caperkid. I have a few more pieces to post; I'm way behind! Will try to post them this week.
  18. Yes he will. So will David Singer, Lee Conklin, Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and on and on. Full list in the link.
  19. http://www.trps.org/2016/08/22/festival-of-rock-posters-10-22-16/
  20. Hi SpiritBear: This is wonderful! Just in case you missed our article on Linen Postcards, here it is: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/how-linen-postcards-transformed-the-depression-era/ B...
  21. There are two authentic Woodstock posters of interest to collectors; this, alas, is not one of them. Here they are: http://www.classicposters.com/Joan_Baez/poster/Art_of_Rock/3.1 http://www.classicp...
  22. Sorry, but this is a bootleg, printed later. Here's the real thing: http://www.classicposters.com/Grateful_Dead/poster/Art_of_Rock/4.38
  23. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-retro-futuristic-world-of-laurent-durieux/
  24. Hi Kerry. Not sure about the wealth, but the other two are falling into place, ie, the important stuff. Best, Ben
  25. You too, Kevin!
  26. The cart is swell, but lovin' that lamp!
  27. Fort: You have the best toys! Saw this tour in support of this album. They played the whole thing, start to finish, plus a lot more (Aqualung, etc). As I recall, after playing Thick as a Brick f...
  28. Probably between 82 and 84.
  29. Met him years ago at Pilchuck, or maybe it was Traver Gallery in Seattle. Nice guy.
  30. Hi Rob: The people who work at this shop can be pretty helpful: http://www.gryphonstrings.com/ Best, Ben
  31. Nice! You may enjoy this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/could-an-old-school-tube-amp-make-the-music-you-love-sound-better/
  32. Yes, went there back in the day...
  33. Love kingfisher feather jewelry! Here's a piece we wrote about that and other types of antique Chinese jewelry a while back: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/unraveling-the-ancient-riddles-of...
  34. Burmese? http://aboutworldlanguages.com/awl-images/Burmese/images/UDHRBurmeseArticle1.jpg
  35. Here's an article we published on this topic a few years back: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-folklore-and-fashion-of-japanese-netsuke-an-interview-with-christine-drosse/
  36. A piece similar to yours was featured in our recent story about Pyrex: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/how-pyrex-transformed-every-kitchen/
  37. Thanks for posting all these baskets! Here's a link to an article we wrote about a basket book that could be helpful for identification: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-craze-for-traditi...
  38. Here's a link to an article that may be helpful: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/lucite-in-the-sky-with-diamonds/
  39. This is not a direct answer to your question, but here's a link to an article that mentions this brewery: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/why-the-yankees-triumphed-during-prohibition/
  40. Briefly, we took our kids to a dentist named Dr. Ow. A few years back, I went to an orthopedic surgeon whose last name is pronounced "aching"....
  41. Here's an article on these photographs, if they are what I think they are.... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-forgotten-photo-technology-that-romanticized-america/
  42. Here's a link to our Chihuly shot glass. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/27835-dale-chihuly-shot-glass Here's a link to Ulrica's. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/27837-ulrica-hydman...
  43. Great piece! You may enjoy this article: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-unfiltered-history-of-rolling-papers-plus-tommy-chong/ Best, Ben
  44. Hi catburgler. Thanks for the warning! I have a few first editions of the first Bongo comics, but that's about it as far as Simpsons stuff goes. I'll post it some time. This can is still in our fridge...
  45. Hi Prells6: You might enjoy reading this. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/why-the-yankees-triumphed-during-prohibition/ Best, Ben
  46. Beautiful, Rob! Is that mahogany on the front?
  47. Had one when I was a kid. Loved that bike!
  48. Canned Heat was the best, loved those guys!
  49. Thanks, nutsabotas6!
  50. Thanks Sean!
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Harrach enameled bird vase Ernest-Baptiste Léveillé footed Bowl or Vase pre 1885 Weird floral and bird light peg vase Art Pottery Vase - signed 1800s "Brownware" Victorian cased spatter glass jug. Seven Barks Antique Labeled Bottle with Box Franciscan Coronado Aqua Dinky Toys #1404 Citroen Break ID19 Radio Television Luxembourg Camera car Aderia Glass goblets 1970s 1955 Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Cast Bronze Ornamental Exterior Light Fixture - Renaissance Revival? Pacific pottery, bubble dancer pottery vase MAY 5th 1970 Hand-Serigraphed Kent State Shooting (Massacre) Poster (part of pipe) "organ 34" Lake Michigan to Puget Sound Electrically through the Rockies, Bitterroot, and Cascade Mountains

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Three 1881 Trade Cards for Frank Pearsall, Brooklyn Photographer Mouse and Rabit wooden figurines (Spain, 1960s) Pair of Mid Century Modern Chairs they are all my favorites Antique Carved Agate Flexible Bracelet Silver buckle MY PASSION NUMBER ONE! Micro Mosaic vermeil brooch Mystery Fake Louise Nevelson Black Wood Assemblages Donna Nelson "Primary Days" Issue #2..... Pastel 19th Century English Butter Dome & Plate W. Adams Semi Porcelain Gas station Eastern Washington (USA) 1920s Farm Scenes Mid-Century Modern Art Pottery Vase - Total Mystery Giggs & Maaggie (maybe) 1949 RCA Model 8-X-542 Tube Radio Antique Oak Detective Camera, early 1890s