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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

After the goldrush: rock posters fetching silly sums

Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Silkscreen poster advertising Bob Dylan's film Renaldo & Clara. Signed 'To Paul, Best Wishes, Bob Dylan 9/17/86'. $5,000 Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Poster advertising D.O.A, Coffin Break and a little-known band called Nirvana at the Olympia Underground in Washington, 1988 Photograph: Dig Gallery
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Bruce Springsteen poster from 1974, after the release of his second album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. $400 Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Poster for the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Festival Hall in 1967 Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Poster advertising the Beatles' Yesterday and Today album with the famous 'butcher' cover. Capitol Records planned to issue the record in June 1966, but got such negative feedback from retailers that they withdrew the cover at the last minute Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Poster advertising the Who, Cannonball Adderly and the Vagrants at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, February 22 1968 Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
A rare Joy Division poster signed by music journalist Jon Savage. £1,600 Photograph: Recordmecca
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Emek poster advertising a Decemberists gig in Amsterdam, 2007. £300 Photograph: Emek / richardgoodallgallery.com
Rock Posters: Rock Posters
Emek's 2006 Nick Cave poster, which took three months to complete. Sold for £500 Photograph: Emek / richardgoodallgallery.com
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