Nirvana Poster??

TheFixer

Big Nirvana fan and saw this on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 97.c0.m619

Does anyone have any info about it?? Is it real or a fake?? Never seen it but thought it looked awesome.....

PearlOfAGirl

I've never seen that poster before either... :think:

catefrances

i have. though whether or not that particular one is real or fake i couldnt say.

gabers

I've seen it too. I wanna say at a record store here in Houston. That's a steep price!

jimed14

I am almost certain the one that's listed is real, as it even idicates it's signed by Frank Kozik, and there's a close up of his sig.

Pretty 'famous' poster for that era, as Kozik was really taking screen printing and posters to another level before the entire poster explosion happened.

While there are 800 of these, it's sold for as much as $500 ... with the recent recession, poster prices have dropped, these have been going in the $250 range of late.

Click on the image here for more ....

TheFixer

Thanks for the info Jimed.....think it's a really cool print. Now to decide whether to partake in an Ebay bidding war over it????

jimed14

Good luck with the auction.

If it gets too spendy, there are a few folks on expressobeans that have this listed for sale, one user named" pjpuppets" willing to sell it for 200. Not sure about the condition though.

There's also an online retailer (L'imagrie gallery) that also has it for sale at 250.

A few tips.

1) always ask about condition ... something this old (hell, 18 years now) you just want to make sure there is no damage to the image area. Some collecters get finicky about bent corners or edge wear ... I leave that up to you, but certainly inquire about the condition of the image

2) ask if its signed ... I think its cool to have one signed by the artist ... if you don't care, you may be able to knock a few bucks off the price for an unsigned one. But getting a signed version will significantly reduce the risks of getting a fake. (Not that a signature can't be faked, but ... it helps)

Lone Drawn Meteor

jimed14 wrote:

Good luck with the auction.

If it gets too spendy, there are a few folks on expressobeans that have this listed for sale, one user named" pjpuppets" willing to sell it for 200. Not sure about the condition though.

There's also an online retailer (L'imagrie gallery) that also has it for sale at 250.

A few tips.

1) always ask about condition ... something this old (hell, 18 years now) you just want to make sure there is no damage to the image area. Some collecters get finicky about bent corners or edge wear ... I leave that up to you, but certainly inquire about the condition of the image

2) ask if its signed ... I think its cool to have one signed by the artist ... if you don't care, you may be able to knock a few bucks off the price for an unsigned one. But getting a signed version will significantly reduce the risks of getting a fake. (Not that a signature can't be faked, but ... it helps)

Condition is in question, especially if it's stayed rolled up for those 18 years, as it says in the auction. Ink becomes brittle, and in areas where it didn't bind to the paper 100%, it can crack and flake off if it's repeatedly rolled and unrolled (once for her to take the picture, the second when you get it to inspect it, the third when the framer unrolls it, etc. It adds up quick on delicate items like that, and that might be all it takes.

Good luck!

TheFixer

Thanks again Jimed & Woooody.....

Kilgore_Trout

WOW... under $200 for that... if the condition is any good then that's a pretty solid deal

i might have to start getting back into the poster game while the getting is good

(KOZIK ROCKS)