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Belltown

San Francisco, California

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

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Supersuckers poster by Chuck Sperry, 2017 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
14 days ago
Erato, by Chuck Sperry, 2017 - Fine Artin Fine Art
3 months ago
Dave Hunter Tribute poster - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
4 months ago
Willie Nelson poster, Fillmore, 5/6/17 - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
5 months ago
Lambrecht butter tub - China and Dinnerwarein China and Dinnerw…
5 months ago
Howlin' Wolf, 1966, Avalon Ballroom - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago
Santana Lion, by Lee Conklin - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago
Dinosaur Jr by Marq Spusta - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago
TRPS 2016 poster by Jim Pollock - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago
Dead & Led, 1973, San Francisco - Posters and Printsin Posters and Prints
11 months ago

Comments

  1. 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.
  2. Here's a rock-poster update of this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/66389-chuck-sperrys-frank-ocean-orange-crush
  3. Tx, ho2cultcha. Loved those guys, too.
  4. Cool stories, swampdogg!
  5. Hi AnythingObscure. Thought you might enjoy this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/saving-a-worlds-fair-pipe-organ/
  6. Thanks SpiritBear!
  7. 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/
  8. 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
  9. 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...
  10. $18 was in advance, $24 was at the door, but we all know how that turned out. ;-)
  11. Nice. Here's my set of tickets. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/209090-woodstock-1969-tickets-complete-set?in=user
  12. Thanks, Caperkid. I have a few more pieces to post; I'm way behind! Will try to post them this week.
  13. Yes he will. So will David Singer, Lee Conklin, Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and on and on. Full list in the link.
  14. http://www.trps.org/2016/08/22/festival-of-rock-posters-10-22-16/
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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
  18. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-retro-futuristic-world-of-laurent-durieux/
  19. Hi Kerry. Not sure about the wealth, but the other two are falling into place, ie, the important stuff. Best, Ben
  20. You too, Kevin!
  21. The cart is swell, but lovin' that lamp!
  22. 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...
  23. Probably between 82 and 84.
  24. Met him years ago at Pilchuck, or maybe it was Traver Gallery in Seattle. Nice guy.
  25. Very nice! Here's an article we published on Weber a few years back: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/kem-weber-the-most-important-mid-century-modern-designer-you-never-heard-of/ Best, Ben
  26. Seeing him next month at the Greek in Berkeley!
  27. Hi Rob: The people who work at this shop can be pretty helpful: http://www.gryphonstrings.com/ Best, Ben
  28. Nice! You may enjoy this: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/could-an-old-school-tube-amp-make-the-music-you-love-sound-better/
  29. Yes, went there back in the day...
  30. 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...
  31. Burmese? http://aboutworldlanguages.com/awl-images/Burmese/images/UDHRBurmeseArticle1.jpg
  32. 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/
  33. A piece similar to yours was featured in our recent story about Pyrex: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/how-pyrex-transformed-every-kitchen/
  34. 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...
  35. Here's a link to an article that may be helpful: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/lucite-in-the-sky-with-diamonds/
  36. 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/
  37. 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"....
  38. 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/
  39. 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...
  40. Great piece! You may enjoy this article: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-unfiltered-history-of-rolling-papers-plus-tommy-chong/ Best, Ben
  41. 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...
  42. Hi Prells6: You might enjoy reading this. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/why-the-yankees-triumphed-during-prohibition/ Best, Ben
  43. Beautiful, Rob! Is that mahogany on the front?
  44. Had one when I was a kid. Loved that bike!
  45. Canned Heat was the best, loved those guys!
  46. Thanks, nutsabotas6!
  47. Thanks Sean!
  48. The book described in this article could be a good resource: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-craze-for-traditional-native-american-baskets/
  49. Nice post. You might enjoy our article on Stanhopes: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/secrets-of-the-worlds-tiniest-photographs/
  50. Thanks. Their work is so spot on. I've become a big fan. From afar... ;-)
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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